Thank you so much! I'm so glad I re-discovered that little log cabin. I've been working on micro blocks ever since! I just made a little "flying geese" circle that's is as tiny as one can be made. I'll show it to everybody on the next video. I finally figured out how to draft the circle and I just couldn't believe how it looked when I sewed (is that a word?} it together. Thank you so much for your compliment.
I have made large quilts for almost 50 years, and don’t want to stop making quilts because I have too many. My husband keeps saying, “Don’t we have enough quilts already?” This will give me another avenue to continue making quilts without taking up so much space. So, I can get my quilting “fix” doing tiny quilts. Yay!
YES! Exactly! The last "big" quilt that I made was a mosaic quilt with over 12,000 1/2" squares of fabric. I hand quilted it too. It too SEVEN years!!! By the time I finished it, I just hated it. I had plenty of utilitarian quilts that I'd made for all of our beds so I gave myself "permission" just to make tiny quilts in the colors I was dreaming about. I hope you'll share what you make!
Thank you so much for sharing your talent! It’s people like you that I want to see on RUclips that have the experience and the knowledge. I’m really tired of the ones who don’t have a clue how to sew a quilt block together but they’re they’re trying to teach me. I am more than excited to get your patterns.
Thank you so much! I am not an expert by any means, but I've seen so many people say that they just can't figure out how to paper piece...and it's so easy! I never dreamed I'd be making a video and putting it online, of all things, but it's wonderful to read all the comments from people who are finally "getting" it! Thank you again. 🙂
I just strolled upon your channel and I love the tiny quilts! The flying geese are perfect…The borders are awesome! Please make more tutorials for us💖🪡🧵
More are in the works! I'm making prototypes of each little quilt in different colorways. I am still fascinated to see how the secondary designs develop as the colors change. I hope you'll check back! We should have another video up in the next week.
Hahahahaha!! That gave me a shiver down to my toes! I know exactly what you mean. I'm addicted too! It's a harmless addiction though, so long as I limit my trips to quilt shops. I hope you'll share some photographs. Isn't it amazing how much easier it is to make the tiny blocks? I know it's counter-intuitive but it's so true! Thank you so much for getting in touch. I really look forward to seeing what you create.
Thank you so much. I just love color. I don't have any special talent. I think I'm just willing to try colors together that don't seem as if they'll work. I remember once, when I was 5 or 6, my mother saw what I'd picked out to wear and she said "Oh no Carol...pink and red don't go together!" I guess that sparked a lifelong rebellion. Hahaha
Well, this video just came up in my feed and I couldn’t be happier. I LOVE tiny things and sewing and I never even thought about combining the two before I saw your work. I am completely blown away by what you’ve done! I am also a fan of tedious projects and would love to see more of your process to make such tiny things. I can see where the paper would be helpful to keep everything aligned. The little log cabin blocks are adorable. Well done you for coming up with that. ❤❤❤
Hahahaha! Did I say outloud in one of the videos that I love tedium? Hahahaha... It's true! My mother told someone once (when I was 8 or so) that I would love nothing more than to stand on a cafeteria line serving corn and peas, over and over again. I love repetitive motion...it's true, but I love to make people laugh even more so when she said that I said "Yea..but just my luck, the first person in line would want succotash". LOL! I can't wait to see what you create. Please share! -Carol Who still isn't sure exactly what succotash is but it fit the moment. ;-)
@@cottonfrolic contagious, eh? 😉 I just finished piecing the quilt top for the quilt I promised to make my husband for a birthday gift. I promised this gift 18 years ago ... 🙃 ... I didn't say WHICH birthday! 😉🤣 Now to quilt and bind it. 💛
Fantastic work, the piecing, colour combinations are top notch. And I love your teapots how adorable are they. Now I have to check out to see what other videos you have and look forward to to seeing any new ones in the making. Thanks for showing us your miniature quilts. 👍❤️🙂
Oh! My teapots!! I haven't had the nerve to watch the videos yet. I didn't know they made it in. I am trying to learn mosaics and I have collected plates and salt and pepper shakers and teapots for 20 years preparing for the day when I can retire. When I moved into the new studio, I had the room to unpack all the boxes, I realized just how much of a hoarder I'd become! It's embarassing!! I have over 100 teapots alone, I've been thinking about doing beginner mosaic classes so I can share all of this. I just didn't realize how much I'd collected until I could unpack it all. Ugh. I change out the little teapots on my table all the time. I have so many cute ones!
Thank you so much! I am almost overwhelmed with color (and whimsy). Somehow I have never grown up in that aspect. Jay says he has to drag me through the children's section of IKEA. ;-)
I reckon I'm your age, and English. I know that technique as Foundation Piecing. It became popular in the 18th and 19th century in England. Paper Piecing or English Paper Piecing (EPP) is covering a paper template with fabric sewing the fabric together by hand. It originated in England in 1700. I love what you made!
Thank you so much. It's called Foundation Paper Piecing here too. I learned how to make simple log cabin blocks when I was young and then began to draw out little blocks that were sort of "crazy quilt" patterns for years before I saw the first FPP book. I always referred to it as "paper piecing" and I still seem to say that. I'll have to before to add in "foundation". I LOVE EPP and all those beautifully complex designs. I haven't ever tried it but it's on my list.
Oops. I said that badly. The tiny little blocks amaze me and the way it makes me feel as they develop during the process. As for me, I'm simply sewing straight lines. ;-)
Thank you so much! It's easy when all you have to do is follow the lines. I always say that the smaller they are, the easier they are! It's true! All the little points are perfect,,,what we all live for!!
I like your beautiful mini quilts. Lovely colours and patterns 🥰. Greetings from Denmark 🙂. I know your feeling about a new and bigger sewingmashine - I keep returning to the old and smaller mashine, because I know it better 😆.
Hello from Texas! Thank you so much. Yes. The M17 is so impressive! I know I just need to get started. It seems a bit like learning to fly a jet! It's just so pretty in my studio. Hahahaha
I went to your Etsy shop and only found 4 patterns. I thought there were “ hundreds” . I love your work, style and color esthetic. I love the border ideas too. All of it is eye candy and spectacular. Keep on bringing this wonderful content. I am sharing your channel with friends, so watch it bloom. Hugs and blessings.
Hahahaha!! I have about 150 miniature quilts finished but only four patterns finished. The learning curve (when you're over 70!) is brutal! As Jay works on getting the videos online, I am working on second and third prototypes of each little quilt so that there are other colorways to see. Right now we're finishing a pattern a week. Thank you so much for sharing...both with me and your friends. The border pattern is in the works too. It is gonna take a little while to finish so I can include as many designs as possible. Thanks so much!
Spectacular work for both of you. The quilting of these tiny pieces is phenomenal. I love doing mini so I'll have to go check out your patterns. I've never seen this technique and wow does it click in my brain. Thank you for this video. Keep em coming cuz you're teaching skills are top knot. I'd love to see videos of you sewing these boarders and any and all quilts you do. The tricks and tips are appreciated more than words can say. I to use the smallest of scraps. Most people throw them away not realizing what you can do with them. Thanks again to both of you, Babs near Tombstone AZ
Wow!! Thank you so much! I'm nervous about my teaching skills, without a doubt...but I'm trying! I think you'll love Foundation Paper Piecing. It's almost like paint by number with perfect seams and points. Let us see what you create!
Oh! I hadn't even thought of a pattern for the little heart quilt! It took a while to make! It's so happy-making. I made it by making a few blocks at a time as I worked on other mini quilts. One day I realized that I had over 100 little hearts and I put that little top together. I'll put together a pattern for the little heart. I have had requests for individual blocks and we have begun to put some patterns together for some of the more interesting little blocks that could make a whole quilt all by themselves. I'll put the heart block at the top of that list.
Thank you so much! I'll keep sharing and learning from all of you. I've already learned new things just from the comments I've gotten this morning. ;-)
I don't know what on earth I'll do with this M17 but it's an incredible machine. In the meantime, my brother-in-law is embroidering away!! I'm going to ask him to make a t-shirt for me that just says "Quiiltmaker" across the front. I have wild imaginings about other quiltmakers self-identifying and then we would know a kindred spirit when we see one!
Hahahaha I know what you mean about rotary cutters! I was putting together some miniature quilt kits last week. I would never have made it without a sharp rotary cutter. ;-) Thank you so much.
LOVE your quilts. I would love to see how you do your borders. Thanks for your videos 🫶🏻 I’ve done some videos on mini quilts but mine are a lot more simple, that’s all I can come with at the moment 😁
I never DREAMED I'd be making a video of any kind!! I was just sewing one icy day in Austin and Jay came in with his new GoPro camera and we just giggled our way through it. I'm putting together the elements for a border video. It's a little more complicated to explain (but not to do...) and I want to make sure I get it right. I'm sure I'll have it all together soon. Thank you so much for your encouragement.
Great job at explaining the process. Another hint is you can use Elmer’s washable school glue that is purple to line up your pieces. If you press it with an iron it will stick so you can sew your pieces together. You have beautiful mini quilts and great patterns.
I love miniature quilts. All the challenges and enjoyment of a regular sized quilt without taking out a second mortgage on the house to pay for the fabric.😉 Paper foundation is perfect for them. The difficulty I have is attempting to shrink the size of binding to be in proportion with the tiny block size.
Hahahaha!! That's so true! After over 40 years of quilting, I have an embarrassing huge collection of fabric and I'm not putting much of a dent in it with miniatures. On top of that, I seem to be incredibly frugal about what I throw away. If a scrap is at least one inch square, I don't throw it away. Maybe I should make a little video of my storage system....hmmmm? I found a tall, clear acrylic cube at an auction a few years ago and I even keep the little bits of scrap from the blocks after I trim them to size at the end. All the scraps go into that tall cube and crazy as it sounds, I find SO much inspiration from that cube. The colors just fall together and somehow illustrate new colorways for me. I'll put the cube into my next video so you can see it. As for the binding, I simply cut strips for each side of the quilt and sew them on. The sides first and then the top and bottom. In the early days, I tried to make binding the way I'd made it for big quilts (double layer) and had a terrible time trying to miter the corners on the tiny quilts. I pretty quickly realized that a double layer isn't necessary. These little quilts aren't going to be washed and used and pulled like a bed quilt. A single layer works just fine and not having to turn the corner makes it so easy. I just cut a strip, sew it on the front, turn it to the back...turn the seam allowance in and hand sew the back. I'll have to show it on video. I don't think I'm making any sense.. Hahahaha
You are truly amazing. I am going to buy your patterns and get stitching. I would love a pattern for the hearts and your borders… in fact I am eager for anything you make!! ❤❤❤
Thank you so much Rachel! I can get the little heart pattern together pretty quickly. I've been making them for more than 20 years! I'm working on the border pattern. It's a lot more complex. The more I go through all of my little quilts, the more patterns I find! We'll have to draft all of them into real patterns (not just my little hand-drawn originals) and write out the directions for sizing them and sewing them on...so that one will take a while longer. Thank you so much for your support!
Oh my gosh... I'm married to a true artist and I always find myself shying away from that term but I just love color and this feels like a form of play for me. Thank you so much for the compliment. :::::blushes:::::
I've seen some people will pre perforate their papers before they start sewing the blocks. You can do it was a dressmaker's tool used for making darts. Or fold the seam edge over, sew the seam and the tear it off. There's lots of ways to do one thing - aren't you glad we all have so many choices? Your work is beautiful!
Oh my gosh!! Now that you say it, I'm remember that our Home Economics teacher got us to perforate the darts on a shirt that we made!!! I have never thought about that a single time...that little rotary perforator tool. I'll bet I have one of those things somewhere. I'm gonna look for it!
Wellllll hello, this was on my feed and I immediately subscribed. Your work is beautiful, colorful and ohhhh so tiny🥰. Being newish to the quilting world(sewn and crafted my whole life) I’m interested in what y’all have to offer👏👏👏. I’m looking forward to what you have to offer and will look into your products!!! ✝️🙏🏻❤️😀
Thank you so much! I had a hundred quilts in my head that I wanted to make and just knew I'd never get them all done. That's when I started working in miniature. I think I have just over 140 little quilts done now and probably another hundred in my head..hahaha. So much fun!
Elmer’s school glue is the BEST to use to hold small pieces like you have there. A small amount across the length of your seam and then press to dry. They will pop open without popping stitches so you can press seams open if you need to. Just thought I would share. I do this and it’s AWESOME! Washes out as well if you need it to.
This is just the best tip. I'm gonna try it. I would never have thought of using glue. I've used stick glue a few times but never school glue! Thank you so much.
That's great to hear! I struggled for years trying to get the little blocks sewn together without them slipping. Hopefully you'll avoid all of that angst. ;-)
It's SO easy! That's why I decided to share how I do it (which may not be the right way, but it works!). Finishing a little quilt in just a day or two is so satisfying and I get to try all the color combinations I've dreamed of. Let me know how it goes for you. I can help if you hit a snag.
Hello from Alaska . I went back and watched the other two videos on the Foundation Paper Piecing. Beautiful blocks. I would love to see more PDF Patterns in your etsy shop!! Nice Job. Hope you are continue to have good health. Best of luck!
Thank you so much. We're figuring out the pattern thing day by day. Hahahaha. My 6-year-old grandson understands computer tech FAR more than Jay and I do. I may have to call on him to help us go faster. So glad you like the little quilts.
Thank you so much! The perforation tip took me YEARS to figure out! So many quiltmakers have had the same difficulty sewing the blocks together at the end... I hope this helps.
I'm going to try that today! Someone suggested using the wheel a couple of days ago and I just couldn't believe I'd never thought of it! I had to search for my wheel. I KNEW I had one somewhere and I finally found it. I think it's probably what I used to mark the darts on my high school home ec class...over 50 years ago! Great idea!
I love micro-mini thread work ))) These are amazing!!!! Quilter and lacemaker 64 years, so I appreciate your devotion to teeeeeensy gorgeous thread things. Your color choices are fabulous! BIG BIG smiles from here. Just subscribed and eager to see your other videos. ONe little hint: please slow the camera zooms.
Thank you so much!! Believe it or not, I have been a lifelong lacemaker too! Mine is just filet crochet lace but I still love to do it. I actually made my living making lace for a couple of years in my life. It's a crazy story! I'll have to tell it on camera. Do you make bobbin lace? I'd love to hear more. I love the color too. The older I get, the more the color drives me.
Just found your tutorial. Awesome idea. Instead of stitch Witcher I would use Elmer’s school glue to tack down using a dry iron. I use it for my binding and putting blocks together.
Glue works?? I would never have thought of that! I'll have to try it. The Stitch Witchery works, but such a thin sliver can be pretty fiddly to handle. I'm sure glue would be much easier! What a great idea. ;-)
@@cottonfrolic The idea came from Lisa Capen Quilts during the pandemic. The glue washes out. It is a game changer for all kinds of crafting as well as quilting
Your video dropped into my feed. I enjoyed it and learned some great tips, so I subscribed. You're very kind as well, and I appreciate that. I have an idea that may work or not. What if you perforated the outside of the paper before you stitched your fabric down and thus making your block? You could also staple 4 paper patterns together and perforate them all at once.
Judy Mathieson teaches this fold and sew PP method on episode 707 of The Quilt Show and also in the book "Experts Guide to Foundation Piecing". It is a really great method!
Is this the Alex Anderson show? I'll have to watch. I'm on two or three Facebook quilt forums and whenever the subject of paper piecing comes up, so many people swear they just can't do it. I have a couple of Foundation Paper Piecing books and their instructions seem so complicated that I decided to make the first little video (which I thought would be my last) for the visually oriented people like me. I have trouble following written instructions. Thank you so much. I'll watch!
Did I not do that in the video? As soon as I read your comment, I thought my way through how I do it and I definitely fold the paper back. You're right! Thanks so much
I am new to quilting and happened upon this video somehow. I love these mini quilts and I think I’d like to try this. But I have a question, do those paper patterns stay on the quilt? If you use this technique for a larger quilt, what happens to the paper when you need to wash it?
There are two answers to that. I leave the paper in because my little quilts are only 6 to 8 inches square and they're hung on the wall. All they need is occasional dusting or a lint roller. The paper just stays in because they're not going to be used like normal quilts. For any quilt that's going to be used normally, you'll want to take off the paper. The needle perforates the paper as the sewing goes on and it's usually fairly easy to pull out, although it can be tedious. I leave that job for road trips. When I'm not driving, I pull out the paper pieces and put them in a little trash can that I keep handy. If you have a stubborn piece of paper that doesn't want to come out, just pull on the little block (gently) from opposite corners and it will usually dislodge. If all else fails, a blunt-tipped pair of tweezers will help greatly. I don't worry about tiny little pieces that don't want to come out easily. They seem to dissolve in the wash and have never been a problem with bigger (normal) quilts that I've made. Hope that helps! -Carol
Question It is useful to use washable fleece instead of paper. You can print the pattern on it with a copy machine. In the Netherlands we call that Solufix.
I'm not sure what washable fleece is. Maybe it's like the interfacing/lining that dissolves in water? I'm sure that would work, but I'm not sure how you'd transfer the block on there. With paper piecing, you can print as many copies of a pattern as you want on your printer, but I don't know if you could get that material through a printer. You can also print out a "master" of a page of the blocks and print them in reverse on some kind of cotton material (maybe wash it first to avoid shrinkage) and then print the blocks on that material and sew on that rather than on paper. You have to use a copier with toner rather than regular ink cartridges. Here you have that done at any copy center. I hope that answers your question!
Giucy Giuce designs miniature paper piecing patterns and he cuts off the seam allowance on the pattern before he starts sewing. You just need to remember to cut your fabric big enough to include the seam allowance.
I've tried that, but I do much better leaving it on and then I can cut the block out at the end without any problems. When I cut it off, I realized at the end that I had to measure out the quarter inch with a ruler to finish cutting out the quilt. Hahahaha. Does that make sense?
Superb work, and that miniature log cabin is simply exquisite.
Thank you so much! I'm so glad I re-discovered that little log cabin. I've been working on micro blocks ever since! I just made a little "flying geese" circle that's is as tiny as one can be made. I'll show it to everybody on the next video. I finally figured out how to draft the circle and I just couldn't believe how it looked when I sewed (is that a word?} it together. Thank you so much for your compliment.
I have made large quilts for almost 50 years, and don’t want to stop making quilts because I have too many. My husband keeps saying, “Don’t we have enough quilts already?” This will give me another avenue to continue making quilts without taking up so much space. So, I can get my quilting “fix” doing tiny quilts. Yay!
YES! Exactly! The last "big" quilt that I made was a mosaic quilt with over 12,000 1/2" squares of fabric. I hand quilted it too. It too SEVEN years!!! By the time I finished it, I just hated it. I had plenty of utilitarian quilts that I'd made for all of our beds so I gave myself "permission" just to make tiny quilts in the colors I was dreaming about. I hope you'll share what you make!
Thank you so much for sharing your talent! It’s people like you that I want to see on RUclips that have the experience and the knowledge. I’m really tired of the ones who don’t have a clue how to sew a quilt block together but they’re they’re trying to teach me. I am more than excited to get your patterns.
Thank you so much! I am not an expert by any means, but I've seen so many people say that they just can't figure out how to paper piece...and it's so easy! I never dreamed I'd be making a video and putting it online, of all things, but it's wonderful to read all the comments from people who are finally "getting" it! Thank you again. 🙂
I just strolled upon your channel and I love the tiny quilts! The flying geese are perfect…The borders are awesome! Please make more tutorials for us💖🪡🧵
More are in the works! I'm making prototypes of each little quilt in different colorways. I am still fascinated to see how the secondary designs develop as the colors change. I hope you'll check back! We should have another video up in the next week.
Carol, I am now addicted to sewing your tiny quilt blocks! You are a sewist after my own heart! Looking forward to your next video and more patterns.
Hahahahaha!! That gave me a shiver down to my toes! I know exactly what you mean. I'm addicted too! It's a harmless addiction though, so long as I limit my trips to quilt shops. I hope you'll share some photographs. Isn't it amazing how much easier it is to make the tiny blocks? I know it's counter-intuitive but it's so true! Thank you so much for getting in touch. I really look forward to seeing what you create.
Your little quilt blocks are amazing and beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you so much. It has been so much fun sharing this joyful little craft with all of you.
They are so beautiful! Your use of color is fabulous!
Thank you so much. I just love color. I don't have any special talent. I think I'm just willing to try colors together that don't seem as if they'll work. I remember once, when I was 5 or 6, my mother saw what I'd picked out to wear and she said "Oh no Carol...pink and red don't go together!" I guess that sparked a lifelong rebellion. Hahaha
Rebellion can be a good thing. Trust your eye because it obviously works well!
Carol, your mini quilts are gorgeous!!! Thank you for sharing your artwork and tips.❤❤❤❤
Thank you so much! So glad you like them. :-)
This is brilliant, thank you sew much for explaining it. These are beautiful!
Thank you so much! So glad you like them 🙂
OMG!! You are the Queen of miniatures! Absolutely incredible! Thanks!
Hahahah!! Thank you so much. You made my day. ;-)
Great video, loved seeing how you do foundation paper piecing.
Thank you!
I thoroughly enjoyed this. I’m checking out your other videos! Thank you for sharing this 😊❤
Thank you! More to come soon.
Your work is very interesting, thank you.
Thank you so much.
Well, this video just came up in my feed and I couldn’t be happier. I LOVE tiny things and sewing and I never even thought about combining the two before I saw your work. I am completely blown away by what you’ve done! I am also a fan of tedious projects and would love to see more of your process to make such tiny things. I can see where the paper would be helpful to keep everything aligned. The little log cabin blocks are adorable. Well done you for coming up with that. ❤❤❤
Hahahaha! Did I say outloud in one of the videos that I love tedium? Hahahaha... It's true! My mother told someone once (when I was 8 or so) that I would love nothing more than to stand on a cafeteria line serving corn and peas, over and over again. I love repetitive motion...it's true, but I love to make people laugh even more so when she said that I said "Yea..but just my luck, the first person in line would want succotash". LOL! I can't wait to see what you create. Please share! -Carol Who still isn't sure exactly what succotash is but it fit the moment. ;-)
I love your mini-quilts! I think I need to make some for my walls! 😊❤
Hahaha!! That's how it starts! I've lost count, but I know I have over 150 little quilts done and SO many more in my head!
@@cottonfrolic contagious, eh? 😉
I just finished piecing the quilt top for the quilt I promised to make my husband for a birthday gift. I promised this gift 18 years ago ... 🙃 ... I didn't say WHICH birthday! 😉🤣
Now to quilt and bind it. 💛
AMAZING work!! What a great idea to perforate the paper and remove it before sewing pieces together!
Thank you so much! Isn't the perforation idea SO simple!!?
I just purchased two of your patterns and looking forward to more. Now, on to a fun sewing day!
Thank you so much! I hope you'll share what you create!
Fantastic work, the piecing, colour combinations are top notch. And I love your teapots how adorable are they. Now I have to check out to see what other videos you have and look forward to to seeing any new ones in the making. Thanks for showing us your miniature quilts. 👍❤️🙂
Oh! My teapots!! I haven't had the nerve to watch the videos yet. I didn't know they made it in. I am trying to learn mosaics and I have collected plates and salt and pepper shakers and teapots for 20 years preparing for the day when I can retire. When I moved into the new studio, I had the room to unpack all the boxes, I realized just how much of a hoarder I'd become! It's embarassing!! I have over 100 teapots alone, I've been thinking about doing beginner mosaic classes so I can share all of this. I just didn't realize how much I'd collected until I could unpack it all. Ugh. I change out the little teapots on my table all the time. I have so many cute ones!
I love your beautiful miniature quilts!
Thank you so much. I am color obsessed. ;-)
Oh my, what tiny work! Love the bright colors you use. :)
Thank you so much! I am almost overwhelmed with color (and whimsy). Somehow I have never grown up in that aspect. Jay says he has to drag me through the children's section of IKEA. ;-)
I reckon I'm your age, and English. I know that technique as Foundation Piecing. It became popular in the 18th and 19th century in England. Paper Piecing or English Paper Piecing (EPP) is covering a paper template with fabric sewing the fabric together by hand. It originated in England in 1700. I love what you made!
Thank you so much. It's called Foundation Paper Piecing here too. I learned how to make simple log cabin blocks when I was young and then began to draw out little blocks that were sort of "crazy quilt" patterns for years before I saw the first FPP book. I always referred to it as "paper piecing" and I still seem to say that. I'll have to before to add in "foundation". I LOVE EPP and all those beautifully complex designs. I haven't ever tried it but it's on my list.
Totally intriguing, amazes ❤
Hahahaha! Thank you! It still amazes me too!
Oops. I said that badly. The tiny little blocks amaze me and the way it makes me feel as they develop during the process. As for me, I'm simply sewing straight lines. ;-)
YES! I'd love a tutorial!
Ok! It's on my list!
WOW! Those are beautiful, tiny blocks and they look perfect!
Thank you so much! It's easy when all you have to do is follow the lines. I always say that the smaller they are, the easier they are! It's true! All the little points are perfect,,,what we all live for!!
@@cottonfrolic love your enthusiasm!
@@quiltanon ;-)
I like your beautiful mini quilts. Lovely colours and patterns 🥰. Greetings from Denmark 🙂. I know your feeling about a new and bigger sewingmashine - I keep returning to the old and smaller mashine, because I know it better 😆.
Hello from Texas! Thank you so much. Yes. The M17 is so impressive! I know I just need to get started. It seems a bit like learning to fly a jet! It's just so pretty in my studio. Hahahaha
I went to your Etsy shop and only found 4 patterns. I thought there were “ hundreds” . I love your work, style and color esthetic. I love the border ideas too. All of it is eye candy and spectacular. Keep on bringing this wonderful content. I am sharing your channel with friends, so watch it bloom. Hugs and blessings.
Hahahaha!! I have about 150 miniature quilts finished but only four patterns finished. The learning curve (when you're over 70!) is brutal! As Jay works on getting the videos online, I am working on second and third prototypes of each little quilt so that there are other colorways to see. Right now we're finishing a pattern a week. Thank you so much for sharing...both with me and your friends. The border pattern is in the works too. It is gonna take a little while to finish so I can include as many designs as possible. Thanks so much!
They are beautiful.
Thank you so much!
Love your intense colours
Spectacular work for both of you. The quilting of these tiny pieces is phenomenal.
I love doing mini so I'll have to go check out your patterns. I've never seen this technique and wow does it click in my brain. Thank you for this video. Keep em coming cuz you're teaching skills are top knot. I'd love to see videos of you sewing these boarders and any and all quilts you do. The tricks and tips are appreciated more than words can say. I to use the smallest of scraps. Most people throw them away not realizing what you can do with them.
Thanks again to both of you, Babs near Tombstone AZ
Wow!! Thank you so much! I'm nervous about my teaching skills, without a doubt...but I'm trying! I think you'll love Foundation Paper Piecing. It's almost like paint by number with perfect seams and points. Let us see what you create!
Wow! beautiful work with tiny blocks would like to see the video on the tiny heart quilt ❤️ your work!
Oh! I hadn't even thought of a pattern for the little heart quilt! It took a while to make! It's so happy-making. I made it by making a few blocks at a time as I worked on other mini quilts. One day I realized that I had over 100 little hearts and I put that little top together. I'll put together a pattern for the little heart. I have had requests for individual blocks and we have begun to put some patterns together for some of the more interesting little blocks that could make a whole quilt all by themselves. I'll put the heart block at the top of that list.
Fabulous! You are so talented. I love mini quilts.
Thank you so much. ;-)
WOW! Such gorgeous intricate work! I look forward to learning more from you.
Thank you so much! I'll keep sharing and learning from all of you. I've already learned new things just from the comments I've gotten this morning. ;-)
Your work is absolutely amazing, just love it.
Thank you so much! I'm so stunned by all of these responses!
Gorgeous work.
Thank you. So glad you like it!
Congratulations on your m17.
I have the 6700 and love it. It's just enough to meet my needs.
Thank you for the video
I don't know what on earth I'll do with this M17 but it's an incredible machine. In the meantime, my brother-in-law is embroidering away!! I'm going to ask him to make a t-shirt for me that just says "Quiiltmaker" across the front. I have wild imaginings about other quiltmakers self-identifying and then we would know a kindred spirit when we see one!
I am so glad to find your vide6.I fell in love with quilting because of miniatures..taught myself.. before rotary cutters. Love this..
Hahahaha I know what you mean about rotary cutters! I was putting together some miniature quilt kits last week. I would never have made it without a sharp rotary cutter. ;-) Thank you so much.
Glad you are enjoying everything.
We are. ;-) Thank you so much.
LOVE your quilts. I would love to see how you do your borders. Thanks for your videos 🫶🏻
I’ve done some videos on mini quilts but mine are a lot more simple, that’s all I can come with at the moment 😁
I never DREAMED I'd be making a video of any kind!! I was just sewing one icy day in Austin and Jay came in with his new GoPro camera and we just giggled our way through it. I'm putting together the elements for a border video. It's a little more complicated to explain (but not to do...) and I want to make sure I get it right. I'm sure I'll have it all together soon. Thank you so much for your encouragement.
@@cottonfrolic that’s cool, looking forward to it.
Great job at explaining the process. Another hint is you can use Elmer’s washable school glue that is purple to line up your pieces. If you press it with an iron it will stick so you can sew your pieces together. You have beautiful mini quilts and great patterns.
I never even thought about actual glue! I'm gonna give it a try. ;-)
Wow. You are very talented! Amazing work. I don’t know about paper piecing. . God Bless
Thank you so much!
I love miniature quilts. All the challenges and enjoyment of a regular sized quilt without taking out a second mortgage on the house to pay for the fabric.😉 Paper foundation is perfect for them. The difficulty I have is attempting to shrink the size of binding to be in proportion with the tiny block size.
Hahahaha!! That's so true! After over 40 years of quilting, I have an embarrassing huge collection of fabric and I'm not putting much of a dent in it with miniatures. On top of that, I seem to be incredibly frugal about what I throw away. If a scrap is at least one inch square, I don't throw it away. Maybe I should make a little video of my storage system....hmmmm? I found a tall, clear acrylic cube at an auction a few years ago and I even keep the little bits of scrap from the blocks after I trim them to size at the end. All the scraps go into that tall cube and crazy as it sounds, I find SO much inspiration from that cube. The colors just fall together and somehow illustrate new colorways for me. I'll put the cube into my next video so you can see it. As for the binding, I simply cut strips for each side of the quilt and sew them on. The sides first and then the top and bottom. In the early days, I tried to make binding the way I'd made it for big quilts (double layer) and had a terrible time trying to miter the corners on the tiny quilts. I pretty quickly realized that a double layer isn't necessary. These little quilts aren't going to be washed and used and pulled like a bed quilt. A single layer works just fine and not having to turn the corner makes it so easy. I just cut a strip, sew it on the front, turn it to the back...turn the seam allowance in and hand sew the back. I'll have to show it on video. I don't think I'm making any sense.. Hahahaha
@@cottonfrolicThat makes perfect sense 😊
Yes!
I love tiny too.Patterns of your lovely borders would be fantastic!!!! I'd love to have the log cabin pattern, too! Thank you.
It's going to take me a little while to finish the prototypes, but a video about the borders in on my list!
You are truly amazing. I am going to buy your patterns and get stitching. I would love a pattern for the hearts and your borders… in fact I am eager for anything you make!! ❤❤❤
Thank you so much Rachel! I can get the little heart pattern together pretty quickly. I've been making them for more than 20 years! I'm working on the border pattern. It's a lot more complex. The more I go through all of my little quilts, the more patterns I find! We'll have to draft all of them into real patterns (not just my little hand-drawn originals) and write out the directions for sizing them and sewing them on...so that one will take a while longer. Thank you so much for your support!
Beautiful, stunning work 💙💜
Thank you very much. 🙂
Wozzers! What a true artist!
Oh my gosh... I'm married to a true artist and I always find myself shying away from that term but I just love color and this feels like a form of play for me. Thank you so much for the compliment. :::::blushes:::::
@@wendyjsmith5224 Hi 👋 nice to meet you 😊, how are you
I've seen some people will pre perforate their papers before they start sewing the blocks. You can do it was a dressmaker's tool used for making darts. Or fold the seam edge over, sew the seam and the tear it off. There's lots of ways to do one thing - aren't you glad we all have so many choices? Your work is beautiful!
Oh my gosh!! Now that you say it, I'm remember that our Home Economics teacher got us to perforate the darts on a shirt that we made!!! I have never thought about that a single time...that little rotary perforator tool. I'll bet I have one of those things somewhere. I'm gonna look for it!
Oh my ♥️! I love everything about these they are just gorgeous!
Hahahaha.... Thank you so much!
Wellllll hello, this was on my feed and I immediately subscribed.
Your work is beautiful, colorful and ohhhh so tiny🥰. Being newish to the quilting world(sewn and crafted my whole life) I’m interested in what y’all have to offer👏👏👏.
I’m looking forward to what you have to offer and will look into your products!!!
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Thank you so much! I had a hundred quilts in my head that I wanted to make and just knew I'd never get them all done. That's when I started working in miniature. I think I have just over 140 little quilts done now and probably another hundred in my head..hahaha. So much fun!
Elmer’s school glue is the BEST to use to hold small pieces like you have there. A small amount across the length of your seam and then press to dry. They will pop open without popping stitches so you can press seams open if you need to. Just thought I would share. I do this and it’s AWESOME! Washes out as well if you need it to.
This is just the best tip. I'm gonna try it. I would never have thought of using glue. I've used stick glue a few times but never school glue! Thank you so much.
Glue draws roaches
A very nice and beautiful quilt. I don’t have the patience to do all those lines.
I'll bet you do. I sew while listening to an audible book and I just love it.
This is such a timely video, I have been dealing with this exact issue! Thank you so much.
That's great to hear! I struggled for years trying to get the little blocks sewn together without them slipping. Hopefully you'll avoid all of that angst. ;-)
You are so informative
Have thought paper piecing to complecated and hard
Will have to give this a try now
Have a great day
It's SO easy! That's why I decided to share how I do it (which may not be the right way, but it works!). Finishing a little quilt in just a day or two is so satisfying and I get to try all the color combinations I've dreamed of. Let me know how it goes for you. I can help if you hit a snag.
Hello from Alaska . I went back and watched the other two videos on the Foundation Paper Piecing. Beautiful blocks. I would love to see more PDF Patterns in your etsy shop!! Nice Job. Hope you are continue to have good health. Best of luck!
Thank you so much. We're figuring out the pattern thing day by day. Hahahaha. My 6-year-old grandson understands computer tech FAR more than Jay and I do. I may have to call on him to help us go faster. So glad you like the little quilts.
Thank you so much! The perforation tip took me YEARS to figure out! So many quiltmakers have had the same difficulty sewing the blocks together at the end... I hope this helps.
It's very clever and the best tip I've seen in a while 😊
@@1sharewithu771 That's great!
Must give this a try! Thank you.
I'd love to see what you create!
You are amazing! Beautiful work!!
They're such simple little blocks, but they're so much fun to play with. So glad you like them.
What a great idea to Perforate paper. I wonder if a small pattern marking wheel would be enough to make perforations. Thanks for sharing
I'm going to try that today! Someone suggested using the wheel a couple of days ago and I just couldn't believe I'd never thought of it! I had to search for my wheel. I KNEW I had one somewhere and I finally found it. I think it's probably what I used to mark the darts on my high school home ec class...over 50 years ago! Great idea!
I love micro-mini thread work ))) These are amazing!!!! Quilter and lacemaker 64 years, so I appreciate your devotion to teeeeeensy gorgeous thread things. Your color choices are fabulous! BIG BIG smiles from here. Just subscribed and eager to see your other videos.
ONe little hint: please slow the camera zooms.
Thank you so much!! Believe it or not, I have been a lifelong lacemaker too! Mine is just filet crochet lace but I still love to do it. I actually made my living making lace for a couple of years in my life. It's a crazy story! I'll have to tell it on camera. Do you make bobbin lace? I'd love to hear more. I love the color too. The older I get, the more the color drives me.
@@katehenry2718 Hi 👋 nice to meet you 😊, how are you
Just found your tutorial. Awesome idea. Instead of stitch Witcher I would use Elmer’s school glue to tack down using a dry iron. I use it for my binding and putting blocks together.
Glue works?? I would never have thought of that! I'll have to try it. The Stitch Witchery works, but such a thin sliver can be pretty fiddly to handle. I'm sure glue would be much easier! What a great idea. ;-)
@@cottonfrolic The idea came from Lisa Capen Quilts during the pandemic. The glue washes out. It is a game changer for all kinds of crafting as well as quilting
I use glue all the time. Love it
@@cottonfrolicYou can also use glue stick 😊
@@KAPPYCAM I'm gonna give it a try!
Your video dropped into my feed. I enjoyed it and learned some great tips, so I subscribed. You're very kind as well, and I appreciate that. I have an idea that may work or not. What if you perforated the outside of the paper before you stitched your fabric down and thus making your block? You could also staple 4 paper patterns together and perforate them all at once.
Good idea! I'll try it.
Thank you
You're very welcome. ;-)
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Thank you! I'll have another video ready soon!
Judy Mathieson teaches this fold and sew PP method on episode 707 of The Quilt Show and also in the book "Experts Guide to Foundation Piecing". It is a really great method!
Is this the Alex Anderson show? I'll have to watch. I'm on two or three Facebook quilt forums and whenever the subject of paper piecing comes up, so many people swear they just can't do it. I have a couple of Foundation Paper Piecing books and their instructions seem so complicated that I decided to make the first little video (which I thought would be my last) for the visually oriented people like me. I have trouble following written instructions. Thank you so much. I'll watch!
Get some Micron Pigma pens to dab on those stitches. Just need a tiny bit, and they come on multiple colors. Fabric safe ❤️
What a brilliant idea! I would never have thought of this in a million years! I have Micron Pigma pens too! Duh! Thank you so much!
Aurifil fairy frost blends with everything. It is a pale pink tam.
I'll have to do some research on this. Thank you so much!
Beautiful
Thank you so much. ;-)
@@patriciahite8562 Hi 👋 nice to meet you 😊, how are you
Thank you 😊
You're very welcome.
@@brendaburt8399 Hi 👋 nice to meet you 😊, how are you
I do enjoy my Jacome machine.
ME too!!
@@susanarellano2364 Hi 👋 nice to meet you 😊, how are you
I use glue stick to “pin” my seams together before sewing. A quick press drys it and it stays nice for sewing.
Why didn't I think of that?? Great tip. ;-)
Yes, please
Is this a "yes" to borders or little hearts? Or both? ;-) I'm working on them both!
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Fold the paper back on itself and the perforations will tear away easier.
Did I not do that in the video? As soon as I read your comment, I thought my way through how I do it and I definitely fold the paper back. You're right! Thanks so much
I am new to quilting and happened upon this video somehow. I love these mini quilts and I think I’d like to try this. But I have a question, do those paper patterns stay on the quilt? If you use this technique for a larger quilt, what happens to the paper when you need to wash it?
There are two answers to that. I leave the paper in because my little quilts are only 6 to 8 inches square and they're hung on the wall. All they need is occasional dusting or a lint roller. The paper just stays in because they're not going to be used like normal quilts. For any quilt that's going to be used normally, you'll want to take off the paper. The needle perforates the paper as the sewing goes on and it's usually fairly easy to pull out, although it can be tedious. I leave that job for road trips. When I'm not driving, I pull out the paper pieces and put them in a little trash can that I keep handy. If you have a stubborn piece of paper that doesn't want to come out, just pull on the little block (gently) from opposite corners and it will usually dislodge. If all else fails, a blunt-tipped pair of tweezers will help greatly. I don't worry about tiny little pieces that don't want to come out easily. They seem to dissolve in the wash and have never been a problem with bigger (normal) quilts that I've made. Hope that helps! -Carol
Question It is useful to use washable fleece instead of paper. You can print the pattern on it with a copy machine. In the Netherlands we call that Solufix.
I'm not sure what washable fleece is. Maybe it's like the interfacing/lining that dissolves in water? I'm sure that would work, but I'm not sure how you'd transfer the block on there. With paper piecing, you can print as many copies of a pattern as you want on your printer, but I don't know if you could get that material through a printer. You can also print out a "master" of a page of the blocks and print them in reverse on some kind of cotton material (maybe wash it first to avoid shrinkage) and then print the blocks on that material and sew on that rather than on paper. You have to use a copier with toner rather than regular ink cartridges. Here you have that done at any copy center. I hope that answers your question!
@@cottonfrolic Thank you for the answer, I will try it this winter. What the normal inkt will do. Yes that is a good point.
A tracing wheel works for perforating paper. Less wear on your machine.
Yes!! This is such a great suggestion. I never would have thought of it. Gonna try it today. Thanks so much!
Giucy Giuce designs miniature paper piecing patterns and he cuts off the seam allowance on the pattern before he starts sewing. You just need to remember to cut your fabric big enough to include the seam allowance.
I've tried that, but I do much better leaving it on and then I can cut the block out at the end without any problems. When I cut it off, I realized at the end that I had to measure out the quarter inch with a ruler to finish cutting out the quilt. Hahahaha. Does that make sense?
Beautiful.
Thank you!!