Design Wall Monday

Yesterday was spent at church, helping a neighbor, watching a Baby E, and delivering some furniture that was purchased at our sale. I did sneak away for just a bit to play with the vintage scraps I cut last week.

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These squares finish at 1 inch. I had enough cut to make a couple more rows but I thought that would throw this all out of proportion. So I made another tiny top.

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I have a lot of cleaning and laundry to do today but I hope to add borders and prepare these for quilting.

One thing I find very helpful when working with tiny pieces, is to starch the scraps well before cutting. Some of these vintage bits are loosely woven fabric and the starch really helps it to behave.

Linking up with Judy for DWMonday and Marelize for Anything Goes Monday.

About katyquilts

I am a wife, mom of four amazing adult kids, and a former librarian. I love making everything from traditional quilts to art quilts. I am thankful to God my Father and Creator for the gift of creativity!
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10 Responses to Design Wall Monday

  1. linda says:

    So sweet! and so tiny!

  2. Kelly says:

    I love all those scraps!

  3. Kate says:

    Oh such tiny squares! It’s very cute.

  4. Diane says:

    Great tip about the starch! Then, once the piece is done, it can be easily washed out so as not to attract little bugs who like the starch. Thanks so much for the idea!

  5. Ruth says:

    Really lovely – love starch for bias, never thought of it for small pieces!

  6. Those are sweet. It reminds me of things my grandma had.

  7. Lois says:

    Oh, I just *love* the vintage look.

  8. njquilter24 says:

    this is just adorable, I LOVE It!!!! hope you find time to sew today and put the borders on
    thanks for sharing
    Kathie

  9. redeemedsheep says:

    I starch everything. It really does help. =) Cute little quilts. =)

  10. That is going to be a great quilt!

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