An Art Swap

Randomly a few weeks ago, I was tagged on IG and saw that one of my mini mini quilts that I'd donated to a local Free Little Art Gallery, had traveled all the way to Arlington VA and was in a FLAG there! The curator, Stacey @freelittleartgallery_arlington and I got to talking, and before I knew it, we'd agreed to a little swap. I'd send her a few more mini mini quilts for her art gallery, and she'd send me a piece of art from hers. So I set to work making more mini minis.

For this set, I cut up a small finished quilt, Golden Honey, into 4" squares, binding each one with single-fold binding using a tutorial by Yvonne @quiltingjetgirl.

I sent four off to the Arlington VA art gallery, and kept two to donate elsewhere. And just this week, I got happy mail from FLAG | Dominion Hills - Arlington VA @freelittleartgallery_arlington - two pieces of art + a sticker!

The landscape is by Jen of @littlefreeartgallery_oldtown; and the pretzel is by Anastasia Inciardi @inciardi, who happens to be the creator of Mini Print Vending Machines @inciardimachines. I'm pleased to have them both.

Meanwhile, through the FLAG community, I also arranged to send the last two mini minis from this batch to Jennifer @freelittleartgalleryga. Looks like I need to make more soon!

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!