I do love playing with tiny pieces of fabric. These little four patches are trimmed to one inch square.
You can see a few of them sprinkled in these little blocks.
I'm not sure where this is headed yet but I'm having fun making them.
Tiny Pieces - Tiny Quilt
I've been experimenting with the little one inch cut squares I can cut so quickly with my custom Sizzix die.
When piecing the tiny squares together, the seams can end up making the squares look a little lopsided and lumpy so I'm taking the time to twirl the seams for a flatter finish.
Even with careful piecing and pressing these squares seem to have a life of their own.
I learned a lot in making this 16 inch mini and now have some new ideas and techniques to try in future small scale piecing projects.
This is the first in a series of tiny pieced mini quilts that I have planned.Now, I'm trying to decide how to quilt it. With such small pieces I don't want the quilting to muddy the overall effect. I'm thinking of a variegated for the print squares and white, red, and black in the solid areas to keep the colors there clear and crisp.
Sizzix - a time saver
You guys, look what came in the mail!!!! My new sizzix custom die!This die has the blades to cut twenty one inch squares at a time. I can place small scraps over the die cutting surface and then run them through the Sizzix.
Here's what it looks like after cutting.
I can quickly separate the squares from the cut away trash. I had these quares cut and stacked in no time this afternoon. Since I'll be sewing these across from point to point and trimming one side to make half square triangles, I am able to use squares that are missing one corner.
I put five layers of white backgound fabric through the sizzix and cut one hundred squares at once!!! This new Sizzix die will save me days of cutting time.To make sewing point to point easier, I put a piece of washi tape in line with the sewing machine needle. I can now line up the point of the square on that line and follow it as I sew across the square.
Zippity zip and I have lots of sewn half square triangles. This is only the beginning.
Now, I'm ready to sew miles and miles of tiny sawteeth strips!
I'm crushing hard on that strip of alternating teeth on the right.
