From One to Nine

Do you remember Recast? 

Well, when I was looking for a finished small quilt to repurpose as mini mini quilts, she seemed like a good candidate.

I cut her up into nine pieces, both 4" and 5" squares.

I got two bound fairly quickly, including a label on the back to identify myself.

When we were in the neighborhood of the Free Little Art Gallery, I was able to drop them off.

In a fun twist, my guild-mate Tracey @traceyquiltspnw saw my post, was nearby, and swung by with a friend to claim the pair of mini minis!

Slowly, I worked on binding the rest, and it dawned on me to try Yvonne's @quiltingjetgirl tutorial for Binding Mini Mini Quilts with single-fold binding. It worked really well! I rummaged through my solids scrap basket for binding options, thus the variety of colors.

Yesterday, I made a trip back down to the Free Little Art Gallery to drop the mini minis off.... all but one, as happily, a friend claimed one of them before I could get there. 

Here's hoping the tiny quilts find a new home soon!

More Little Art

It had been a while since we had visited the Free Little Art Gallery in nearby Edmonds, so when I had just a handful of scraps left from making One More Time, I decided to make a pair of mini mini quilts to contribute.

I actually had a 'top' made and realized it was too large, so ended up using it as the backing for two smaller pieces. The two measure 3.5" x 5" and 5" x 5" and were pretty densely quilted. Of course, on mini mini quilts, that takes hardly any time at all!

So yesterday, hubby and I headed down to Edmonds to deliver the little quilts. The gallery was already well-populated, but we found room to sneak mine in too.

So the little art gallery visitors have a lot to choose from this weekend. And I feel good to have had the opportunity to share some art!