Fun-Size Quilts includes 19 mini quilt patterns by 17 different designers. It's bursting with all kinds of mini quilt fun!
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Inside Fun-Size quilts, you'll find a mini version of my Skip the Borders cover quilt, "Four-Patch Shift".
This mini "Four-Patch Shift" finishes at 12 1/2" x 16 1/2" with 2" x 2" finished blocks. Yup, teeny tiny 2" blocks. Get out your Precision Stilettos for this one!
Quilt Details
Fabric is Pick a Bunch by Nancy Mims for Robert Kaufman
Pattern - Mini Four Patch Shift
Designed by me
Quilted by Angela Walters
Started on 6/3/2012
Finished on 11/2/2012
Quilt measures - 12 1/4" x 16 1/4"
Here are some of the progress photos I shared on Instagram over two years ago!
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And you'll find a mini "White Stars" quilt!
This mini "White Stars" finishes at 12 1/2" x 16 1/2" with 4" x 4" finished blocks.
Quilt Details
Fabric is assorted Tula Pink from my stash
Pattern - Mini White Stars
Designed by me
Quilted by Angela Walters
Started on 7/16/2013
Finished on 8/23/2013
Quilt measures - 12 1/4" x 16 1/4"
Here are some of the progress photos I shared on Instagram last year!
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This book is full of so many great quilts, I picked out a few from other designers to share with you.
This "To-Do List" quilt by Debbie Grifka of Esch House Quilts captures my idea of a perfect day!
"Tapa Cloth" by Natalie Barnes has a cool and calming feel to it.
Kim Jolly's cover quilt, "Sunshine," has a great modern-traditional spin to it.
"Starlight" by Elizabeth Dackson.
"Skyline" by Emily Herrick.
"Elongated Triangles" by Missy Shepler.
And "Stalagstripes" by Pippa Eccles Armbrester.
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I love that to/do list quilt :)
ReplyDeleteSo much inspiration. It's a toss up between white stars and Elizabeth daxkson's quilt!
ReplyDeleteI would make the stalagstripe mini. Love it and its name!
ReplyDeleteI'd make the To Do List quilt for my sewing room wall - apparently we have enough big quilts in our house so fun size ones must be the way forward!
ReplyDeleteI would make them all! But that To Do List is stinkin cute! Would be a great one to make for all of my sewing sisters for gifts!
ReplyDeleteLove these patterns! I'm most inspired by the stars-- white stars and starlight.
ReplyDeleteI would love to make both the Sunshine and White Stars quilts.
ReplyDeleteOH yeah -- I'd make elongated triangles first but probably make all of them eventually
ReplyDeleteThe Four Patch Shift looks fun to make
ReplyDeleteI would love to make the Hedgehog quilt that is in the book AND Perhaps (Thomas Knauer's quilt)
ReplyDeleteI think the first I would make is the mini white stars. And then the elongated triangles. I love the simple clean lines of both. Eventually I would try them all.
ReplyDeleteI really like the simplicity of Skyline. Colorful and easy to make. Both features that I emjoy.
ReplyDeleteAll of them are an inspiration to make you want to make a mini for yourself. This is an exceptional great book to be able to win a copy for yourself. Thank you for the chance to win.
ReplyDeleteSandi Timmons
sandit1@sbcglobal.net
"Stalagstripes" would be first on my list.....i would probably make them all!
ReplyDeleteThere is something about that Elongated Triangle quilt that makes me want to have one.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to make Starlight!
ReplyDeleteI've only been quilting since May so I'm gonna start "easy" with the skyline quilt.
ReplyDeleteI love Elongated Triangles
ReplyDeleteThese would be perfect for practicing free motion on my domestic. I'd like to make to to-do list one and hang it on the wall in the sewing room.
ReplyDeleteMini White Stars and Stalagstripes are 2 quilts in this book that really jump out at me...would try them first :)
ReplyDeleteI'd love to make Melissa Corry’s “Quiltalicious”! Thanks for the chance ~ fingers crossed!
ReplyDelete"Skyline" looks easy peasy, and will make a good place mat for the cat!
ReplyDeleteI think I might like to tackle the four patch shift mini quilt! I have done a few of your other mini's and enjoyed them!
ReplyDeleteI can't decide between Starlight or White Stars. They are both what I was looking for in a small quilt
ReplyDeleteLove these quilts! I would like to try "Elongated Triangles" because it is so different from anything I've made before.
ReplyDeleteI'm a big fan of those White Stars and your four patch.
ReplyDeleteI love all these quilts but Elizabeth Dacksons Starlight would be definitely on my list
ReplyDeleteI would HAVE to start with 'White Stars'. Stars and minis...a perfect combination.
ReplyDeletetough choice - White stars is so clean like it
ReplyDeleteI love the white stars and the other star quilt. Thanks for a chance at a great prize:)
ReplyDeleteI love the little foxy faces! I'd love the book - thank you.
ReplyDeleteI am intriqued by the little animal quilt.
ReplyDeleteI really love the foxy quilt and the 4 patch shift looks like fun.
ReplyDeleteI'd make up the Hedgehog quilt or Starlight. However, I'd give hard thought to White Stars. Decisions, decisions, decisions . . .
ReplyDeleteI don't understand mini-quilts. I see in the quilt blogs that there's a lot of excitement about them, so I'm led to believe I'm in the minority. Is the point to practice technique? What do you use these for? What good is a quilt that only covers your hip? These are honest questions - I just don't get it.
ReplyDeleteI might end up making ALL of them (love mini quilts!), but I'd start with the "To Do List" quilt for my sewing room wall. The fox quilt will be perfect for my son! Fun stuff!
ReplyDeleteI like Thomas's Perhaps quilt !
ReplyDeleteI am inspired to make the Sunshine quilt.
ReplyDeleteElongated Triangles catches my eye--not sure why. nridder@hurontel.on.ca
ReplyDeleteUmmm.. all of them!! I really like Fox in a Box and Woven Stars :) vicnorm@Yahoo.com
ReplyDeleteI really like your white stars and then it would be the hedgehog one as well as the foxes. What darling quilts! Thanks- K-
ReplyDeleteI love the "To-Do List." Your stars would be great for a holiday project too. And that tiny binding? Awesome!
ReplyDeleteYour White Stars is a great contribution to this mini quilt book. This is so much fun and so many quilt designs that you just want to make all of them. Thank you for the chance to win this copy of Fun-sized Quilts.
ReplyDeleteSandi Timmons
sandit1@sbcglobal.net
I like the skyline quilt
ReplyDeleteThe Fox in the Box mini would be adorable to make.
ReplyDeleteFour patch shift. Love the teeny tiny squares.
ReplyDeleteAll I can say is ... foxes <3 <3. <3!
ReplyDeleteugh. lost my comment - an error said "conflicting edits" :(
ReplyDeleteI just love all these little quilts. Too cute. I think it's good I picked up the Precision Stiletto a few months ago at Nancy Zieman's warehouse sale when I saw it. I'd seen that earlier in the week before the sale and was thrilled to see one that soon.
I honestly can't decide which I love most, as there are three that are screaming to me. Those three are My Little Garden, White Stars, and Sunshine. I am not sure which I want to do first.
I love the white stars. I think I'd do that one first. Thanks for the giveaway. eclay8@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI love them all. But the best part is that when you are busy and have a full time job and kids these mini quilts give a great outlet to be able to be creative, productive and successful! The size makes it all manageable.
ReplyDeleteAll great patterns and quilt but I would make 'Starlight' first.
ReplyDeleteI like "Elongated Triangles", I've been wanting to do something with a gray background, and solids are outside of my comfort zone - this would be a good challenge!
ReplyDeleteThey are all so inspirational
ReplyDeleteWould be sweet to win this e-book!! I would love to make the Four-Patch Shift.... Which would surely be a challenge to my piecing skills!!
ReplyDeleteThey are all so cute! Minis are great. I think us shine and to do list will be the first I will will do. Would love to win!
ReplyDeleteLaranjolisa@yahoo.com
I would do the 4-patch shift, first then any of the rest look fun. I don't know about the 1/8" binding, but willing to give it a try.
ReplyDeleteI'm definitely going to make the fox face quilt. So cute!
ReplyDeleteI love the impact of elongated triangles but the to do list is too cute! pjrcontest@msn.com
ReplyDeleteLove the Sunshine quilt!
ReplyDeleteThe colors you chose for Four patch shift are great. I can see doing this with a variety of pattern to the fabric. Looks like a lot of fun.
ReplyDeleteThe Tapa Cloth quilt is the one I would make first.
ReplyDeleteWhite Stars and Four Patch shift!
ReplyDeleteI like the skyline quilt!
ReplyDeleteI would pick sunshine...but I am thinking coral and grey :)
ReplyDeleteI think I'd do the miniature White Stars. I love the quilts in Skip the Borders and am in the process of making one now. sabolnd@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteI love pinwheels, so the first quilt I would make from this book is Sunshine, with the little yellow pinwheels.
ReplyDeleteElongated triangles really speaks to me.
ReplyDeleteWhite Stars and Sunshine are my favorite choices. I'm traditional so the pattern is familiar. I'm trying to expand into modern fabrics. I can see how it will work with these patterns
ReplyDeleteoh boy--sunshine, to-do list, and the white stars all are crying out to me!!!! Looks like there are some awesome quilts in this book--can't wait to get my hands on a copy!!! yay!!
ReplyDeleteSew hard to choose. I love the To Do list and the white stars and the sunshine quilt. I think I might just make them all.
ReplyDeleteI love the to-do list quilt. What a fun idea!
ReplyDeleteLove the "To Do List" quilt and the "White Stars". Maybe I could work on them both at the same time. ☺
ReplyDeleteThanks a bunch for the chance to win!
my nana maree @ yahoo . com
I love them all! But the to-do list and 4-patch shift are at the top of the list!
ReplyDeleteThey are all cute! I think I would try “Quiltalicious” by Melissa Corry first.
ReplyDeleteMy fav is Skyline. Thanks
ReplyDeleteI like the skyline and white stars quilt!
ReplyDeleteThe White Stars Mini-quilt caught my eye! Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteSo many amazing choices...not sure I'm able to choose just 1! My top 3 are Stalagstripes, Elongated Triangles, and Starlight!! Thanks for the awesome opportunity!!
ReplyDeleteSunshine because pinwheels are my favorite Blocks but have never done a mini.
ReplyDeleteThese would make great gifts!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is Skyline. Thanks
ReplyDeletethey are all cute, but I like White Stars and Tapa Cloth and the pinwheels.
ReplyDeleteTo-Do List would look great on the wall of my sewing space!
ReplyDeleteI am in a triangle mode lately, so Elongated Triangles and Stalagstripes really appeal to me!
ReplyDeleteWhat a hard decision but I think the first one would be Elongated Triangles. Thanks.
ReplyDeleteWhite Stars is unique in that white is usually used for the background and colored or prints for the stars. kthurn@bektel.com
ReplyDeleteI was inspired by the Hedgehog quilt in Fun-Sized Quilts. It is so adorable and would make a fantastic baby quilt someday.
ReplyDeleteLove the Sew, Sew, Sew quilt... I've seen designs like this before, but I don't have a lot of surplus wall space in my studio, so a mini would be perfect!
ReplyDeleteI would love to make them all but I think the fox quilt is particularly adorable!
ReplyDeleteWhich one, which one!?!? It's extremely difficult to decide, but probably begin with the hedge hogs for my new great niece. These are going to be addictive I do believe. Won't be able to stop once I've started.
ReplyDeleteI would make the white star quilt, but with 9 blocks or 4 blocks to make it square. Thanks for the give away!
ReplyDeleteLove the foxes' and starlight.
ReplyDeleteI would probably start with the sunshine quilt (love the pinwheels)!
ReplyDeleteI can't decide between the "Sew sew sew" and the mini white stars! These are great! :)
ReplyDeleteLoooove your White Stars mini!! Loooove Stars!! Would definitely make it too...plus the Sew Sew Sew one...for my Sewin' Room!! :)
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a great book! I love both the "White Stars" and "To-Do List" quilts. One of those would be my first project. Thanks for the chance to win :)
ReplyDeleteI want to make all of the quilts, but I would make the White Stars quilt first! Thanks!
ReplyDeletePlease click on the delaineelliott above for my email link.
I would love to make the "HI" or "Skyline" quilts - they look easy enough for me!
ReplyDeleteI can't stop looking at those cute little fox faces. That might be first but there are so so many wonderful designs.
ReplyDeleteI love the Hedgehog quilt, that would be the first I'd want to try.
ReplyDeleteI am in love with the "Sunshine" quilt!
ReplyDeleteStalagstripes is my favorite.
ReplyDeleteLove your mini White Stars quilt. I'm really into stars at the moment.
ReplyDeleteThey are all so cute and I like the idea of completing something small. Sunshine certainly inspires me, I love the pinwheels.
ReplyDeleteA tie...Fox in a Box and Hedgehog Heyday.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the opportunity to win this awesome book
Your White Stars mini is calling my name!
ReplyDeleteJane @ Hamdiworking.com
I'll start with your stars quilt, then do Kim Jolly's pinwheel quilt. After that, it's a toss up, but eventually, I'll make them all. I love the look of the mini quilts, and can't wait to start playing in my stash!
ReplyDeleteI love mini quilts & have been working on a mini wall so all would work for it!!!
ReplyDeleteI instantly wanted to make the Starlight quilt featured on the cover of the book but now I have seen inside I want to make more. So first I would make Starlight because I am mad about pinwheels right now, and then I would make White Stars - love it too.
ReplyDeletePauline
perry94022 at hotmail dot com
The Fun-Size Quilt I'm inspired to make from the book is Quiltalicious! Love the chevron running through it and think the colour combination is great!
ReplyDeleteI want to do the To Do quilt first.
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a fun book! And I love that fox pattern!
ReplyDeleteThis looks like a fun book to own! Thank you for a chance to win!
ReplyDelete4 Patch Shift looks like fun to make, but To Do List would be nice for my studio.
ReplyDeletemarilynrobin at gmail.com
I love the white stars, but the one I most want to make is the hedgehog mini quilt.
ReplyDeleteI've already made the 4 patch shift in the large size from your Skip the Borders book, and could use up some scraps making this mini version.
ReplyDeleteI probably would do more than one, but the first one, would defiantly be "Four-Square Shift" i love it, i can just see my Grandma making that one! Very bright & vibrant!
ReplyDeleteBut I do love them all second choice would be Fox in a box!
Many mini quilts are in my future, I think. Such fun patterns. I'm going to be brave and attempt a mini-binding too -- I agree that it helps the scale.
ReplyDeleteI love the 'To - Do List...but they all look interesting.
ReplyDeleteI really like the fox quilt and Perhaps. N
ReplyDeleteI want to make at least one 'To-do List' quilt - one for me and one for a quilting friend.
ReplyDeleteI love the Sunshine quilt!
ReplyDeleteI love stars, and your white stars are so little and perfect....
ReplyDeleteThe White Stars quilt, love it and I'm going to try one of those mini bindings, looks great. Thanks for the opportunity.
ReplyDeleteI am inspired by the Four Patch Shift!
ReplyDeleteThe first one I'm going to make is Elongated Triangles.
ReplyDeleteI really like the 4 Patch Shift quilt since it looks so scrappy.
ReplyDeleteI would like to make the 4 patch shift - it looks fun!
ReplyDeleteHmmm...I think I'd go for the White Stars quilt and the To-Do List quilt first. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI'm torn between your White Stars and Kim Jolly's Sunshine. I might have to resort to "eenie meanie miney mo"!
ReplyDeletehi I would make the hedgehog one, too cute...
ReplyDeleteThe first one I'm going to make is Elongated Triangles.
ReplyDeleteStalagstripes is different & fun!
ReplyDeleteThose white stars look like a good way for this newbie to practice and not have to make too many!
ReplyDeleteI love mini quilts so this book will be a must to add to my library and I love stars too so my first quilt would be your white stars ! thanks so much for the chance to win !
ReplyDeleteHow can I choose.
ReplyDeleteStar bright
Star light I will choose your star tonight.
I would love to make white stars, the foxes, and a few of the others looks fun! This looks like a must have for learning new techniques! Thanks
ReplyDeleteI would make the mini white stars right away!
ReplyDeleteI adore your white stars as a mini - so fun! (and of course Tula Pink, so how can I resist making one of these asap!)
ReplyDeleteSo cute! I'd either make the white stars using my stash of Gypsy girl for the background OR I'd make the cute foxes to make something for my SIL, who would just love it!
ReplyDeleteI like four patch shift. I have some red, aqua and teal just waiting for something good!
ReplyDeleteI have your Skip the Border books and have always liked the Four Patch Shift.... There are a lot of nice ones in this book
ReplyDeletethanks for the giveaway
I love the foxes, and four patch shift is my style. Looks like fun!
ReplyDeleteMarca
Raylynn(at)homemail(dot)com
Fox in a box is my favorite mini. The white star mini is my second favorite! THanks.
ReplyDeletepattik@windstream.net
I like 4 patch shift-I like your fabric choice also. Not a fan of 1/8 inch binding!
ReplyDeleteI will do each and every quilt in this book! I can't wait to get a copy!!
ReplyDeleteI want to make your White Stars!
ReplyDeleteI'm so excited for your whole mini-lineup. I won your Mini Hex n More and Mini Disco from Moda after Quilt Market, so I'm so excited to try them!
reillyr2(at)hotmail(dot)com
I think I would do the mini "White Star" only instead
ReplyDeleteof white I would use a light shade of green and build around that color. Green is my favorite color and I love working with the different shades.
Tana Lewis
tjl1000@sbcglobal.net
I can see a whole set of white stars minis done in different fabrics.
ReplyDeleteI plan to make doll quilts with my granddaughter, this book would be perfect! Thanks for the chance to win
ReplyDeletelove those patterns , have your book already 'Skip the borders'
ReplyDeleteI plan to make the WHITE STAR quilt. I love your colors. I'm into Modern Quilting and love to do my own quilting on my home sewing machine.
ReplyDeleteLyndalee
My favorite is "Sunshine."
ReplyDeleteI love the White Stars quilt as I am drawn to stars quilts. And the Sunshine quilt is so cheery. I really like all of them.
ReplyDeleteI would like to make Four patch shift, I have stash for it.
ReplyDeletejchiagan at yahoo dot com
Hedgehogs for my grandson but all are so creative - Make some nice lunch placements too
ReplyDeleteI love pinwheels so I think I would love to try Kim Jolly's Sunshine quilt.
ReplyDeleteI like "White Star" and "Skyline" both! ronnie dot bazan @ hotmail dot com.
ReplyDeleteI liked Sunshine and Tapa Cloth. Thanks for sharing your Mini quilts.
ReplyDeleteI do love your quilt, but 2" blocks frighten me! I'm inspired by Heather Valentine's flower applique quilt...I'd like to attempt that!
ReplyDeleteOh I'd just love to make the Tapa Cloth!
ReplyDeleteI'm in love with the hedgehogs, foxes and stalagstripes. The foxes would be at the top for a doll quilt challenge in our guild.
ReplyDeleteSo many cute ones, but I really like the white star quilt!
ReplyDeleteI am inspired to make them all! Really! This book is such a clever idea!
ReplyDeleteI love White Stars. Thanks for chance to win this book. b.j.day68 at gmail dot com
ReplyDeleteVery cute. The 4-patch shift would be a darling american girl doll quilt!
ReplyDeleteI like the To Do List for my sewing room.
ReplyDeleteLots of cute projects! I think I'd make the To-do list quilt. Thanks for the chance!
ReplyDeleteHedgehog Heyday is so cute! This looks like a fun book.
ReplyDeleteThey are all so cute, but the mini white stars is the one I would start with
ReplyDeleteThe Little Hedgehog heyday is one I would love to make!! thanks for a chance to win
ReplyDeleteI'd like to make Sunshine and Four-patch Shift.
ReplyDeleteIt's a tie between white stars & fox in a box. Many more that I would make in addition, makes buying book worth it if I don't win ;)
ReplyDeleteIt's so hard to decide, love them all. Skyline looks like a good starting point.
ReplyDeleteI'd love to do the pinwheel kit. Actually all of these projects would be perfect for me as I'm learning to machine quilt.
ReplyDeleteI love so many of these little quilts! I think I'd make Fox in Box first, then Four Patch Shift, or one of the flower appliqué quilts!
ReplyDeletethe 4 patch shift...because I have already made the full sized one and I totally need a mini!!
ReplyDeleteMy family loves hedgehogs so probably that one! Thanks! sarah@forrussia.org
ReplyDeleteYour "Four Patch Shift" intrigues me and the "Skyline" one does too. I can't wait to see them in the book! Thank you!
ReplyDeleteI think I might like to try white stars or stalagstripes.
ReplyDeleteI love the 'White Stars' quilt as I am always drawn to quilts with stars. I particularly like the combination of the white stars with the different colours of the backgrounds as they sparkle like jewels in contrast to the white.
ReplyDeleteLove these patterns! I'm most inspired by the stars-- white stars and starlight.
ReplyDeleteI am totally inspired by the 4 patch shift - I just love it! May try it out on my own actually - it is just so cute!!
ReplyDeleteWell here us my post for the mini white stars". I have gone quilt by quilt and made my responses, although the posting areas have not been clear, I hope I have them in the right places! The white stars is my #3 choice of "Mini- Quilts" to do , so stay and lets party! Thanks so much!
ReplyDeleteWhy do I have to choose? I'd love to make all of them. And because they're small, maybe I could.
ReplyDeletePicking 1 is a toughy.....I like both skyline and four patch shift......both are amazing and fun
ReplyDeleteJbjpjones@yahoo.com
I'd start with Sunshine and To Do list, but I love the stars too
ReplyDeleteI'd start with yours! I love it!
ReplyDeleteI'll do White Stars first, because though I don't care for a full quilt of stars, as a mini it looks perfect! Then there are at least 3 more, because I could always find a place to hang a mini to enjoy, and then do more for friends.
ReplyDeleteI love Elongated Triangles.
ReplyDeleteLove the fox quilt! We have foxes in our backyard!
ReplyDeleteTo Do List!
ReplyDeleteKim's Sunshine quilt looks like a fun one to make
ReplyDeleteI love them all! But, I think I like White Stars the most.
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ReplyDeleteGorgeous and fun quilts! Love the idea of mini binding too! I am inspired by the Elongated Triangle Mini! Looks like so much fun!
ReplyDeleteI really love your white stars mini quilt, I think that's the first one I'd make.
ReplyDeleteSkyline
ReplyDeleteSilverize at hotmail
My favorite is either Fox in a box or sunshine. I really love the quilting on your star one though. They are all so inspiring!
ReplyDeleteThe to do List, the Fox one and White Stars.
ReplyDeletetushay3(at)yahoo(dot)com