pieceful kwilter: a mini quilt fest!

happy november! did you enjoy your extra hour of sleep....i did! too bad the dogs can't tell time...
okay i promised a post with all the eight minis that pam pieced. here goes! keep in mind, none of these were big. i think they averaged out to around 20 inches on one side...

i have formed the opinion that mini quilts are more intimidating to quilt than their bigger counterparts. here's why: on a bed quilt, it's hard to look at the entire quilt 'at once' your eyes travel across the quilt seeing the different details. that makes it hard to 'see' the mistakes cause they are visually so far apart, not in the same field of view. on a mini- it's right there. you see the entire quilt at once. 'mistakes' are more noticeable. but i don't make mistakes, so i don't have that problem (sic) yeah right!

i like the block in this one...i'll make it bigger though. i could totally see it in pastels for a baby quilt....

here's the back shot. cool how contrasting thread makes it wholecloth-y feeling

this one i did my signature quilting design cotton candy E2E on. i like the border print in the center of the rail fence...i'll have to remember that little trick...

this is cheddar and chocolate. see how simple CCing can spice up a plain setting square? remember in karen's BOM how i broke up those weird rectangles- i did that here. i chalked lines in them and quilted them as tho they were pieced 1/4 squares. remove chalk- wha-la! a more visually interesting design...

the log cabin strips finish at 1/4 inch...i admire the patience..see the houses?

i like the crosses in this one. lots of stops and starts, but totally worth the work...there are feathered wreaths in the setting squares. if you follow my work- i very rarely do feathered wreaths.

here's the back of crosses. the backing isn't wrinkled, it's dyed that way...can you say optical illusion? i pressed it three times before i realized it was the fabric.