You didn't even know I had started this one, did you? I made it in just a couple of hours. Amazing, isn't it? I could start my own Quilt In A Day show.
Want to know my secret?
The entire quilt center is about the size of a piece of printer paper. Did I fool you?
This was so much fun. I never thought much of miniature quilts, but that opinion has definitely changed. A friend sent me 120 precut teensy tumbler pieces, all cut out and ready to sew. So, first off, I didn't even need to cut anything. The little tumbler blocks are seriously tiny, but how cute they are.
On Wednesday afternoon while my student did some strip piecing for her next project, I started sewing these little cuties together. I paid no attention to what was next to what (which may be obvious, ahem). I just sewed. In no time flat I had the pieces all connected. I could have made the piece ten blocks by twelve rows, but preferred the symmetry of ten blocks by eleven rows better.
I added a three quarter inch containment border and a two inch finished outer border. I love it!
I have even machine quilted it, which took no time at all. My gosh, if you aren't that proud of your machine quilting, just try quilting on a black print. I am not kidding, the detail does not show at all. In the photo above, the black fabric is all quilted with loops just like the tumblers. Can you see it? Nope! It will be all puckery when I wash it and no one will be able to see my wobbly stitches.
By the time you read this, I will have the binding sewn on, and will be using this little quilt under a candle or something. Fastest quilt I ever made.
I was sure surprised to see your quilt ..... thought maybe Kathie had sent it to you! Love it!
Posted by: Nancy E | January 31, 2013 at 04:37 AM
Very VERY cute!! Nice to have some instant gratification huh?! :) I don't see a thing wrong with the placement of any of your tumblers, so scrappy and so cute! Great job Nicole!! Remember there are NO QUILT POLICE!! :) lol
Posted by: Chris | January 31, 2013 at 04:40 AM
So fun! Even with the Diet Coke can on it, it's hard to believe its all that small.
Posted by: Diane | January 31, 2013 at 05:53 AM
It's adorable! I understand how gratifying it is to make something that doesn't take forever. I'm impressed you got it quilted just as quickly too!
Posted by: Dee | January 31, 2013 at 06:04 AM
Very cute! I have a bigger,template which I bought intending to use on scraps. I'll have to find that little thing now for sure. I like yours a lot.
MRy
Posted by: Mary Kastner | January 31, 2013 at 06:23 AM
Now how cute is your sweetly small Tumbler quilt?
I've made a couple of little quilt and a quilt shop near me has many small quilts in various patterns on display. I never tire of looking at them and planning to make more.
Your student must have been so amazed to have this little quilt grow to completion before her very eyes!
Applause, applause!!
Hugs
Posted by: Barbara Anne | January 31, 2013 at 06:28 AM
Super cute! I love your border fabric too!!
Posted by: LoriD | January 31, 2013 at 06:41 AM
Gosh darn adorable!
Posted by: sillysally | January 31, 2013 at 07:32 AM
You're getting some practice making doll quilts for Baby E when she starts playing with them! Nice to hear your student is wanting to make more!! Kudos to you!
Posted by: Jan | January 31, 2013 at 07:43 AM
Love minis... love this one!
Posted by: Kathy | January 31, 2013 at 07:44 AM
It's pretty darn cute Nicole! I want to learn how to machine quilt little quilts on my machine soon.
Posted by: Nancy Watkins | January 31, 2013 at 07:46 AM
I'm in love! What a sweet little tumbler... and a sweet friend to send you the fabrics ready to go!
Posted by: Sinta | January 31, 2013 at 09:06 AM
Why do we all love tiny things? I love your tumbler quilt and want to make one someday. I even have a template that is waiting to be used...
Posted by: Karen | January 31, 2013 at 09:12 AM
WOW! that is one pretty little quilt. Love tumblers, scrappy and mini's. You hit them all on this one. GOod work. YOu are right about the backing. Any busy print is good for beginning. Great work!
Posted by: taria | January 31, 2013 at 09:23 AM
Totally tiny tumbler triumph! Great job :)
Posted by: AnnieO | January 31, 2013 at 10:01 AM
Very nice! And what a great sense of accomplishment to get to "finish" so quickly.
Posted by: Debbie R. | January 31, 2013 at 11:09 AM
I think that would make an awesome iPAD cover. I need to find me a good pattern for one of those...
Posted by: Jennifer G | January 31, 2013 at 12:29 PM
Be careful... mini quilts are dangerously, distractingly, wonderfully addictive. Even more so when they come out as beautifully as yours did.
P.S. I love the picture - using that Coke can as a frame-of-reference is brilliant. :)
Posted by: Carrie | January 31, 2013 at 12:53 PM
I have my own little tumbler quilt. I keep it pinned to the bulletin board attached to my desk at work. Thanks for reminding me to pet it today. I love little quilts. They are the only think I have time to even hope to finish and they satisfy my instant urges to...piece a nine patch or use some indigo or do a little applique. You get the picture. I think it of diet quilting without the negative connotations of food dieting.
Posted by: Taryn | January 31, 2013 at 01:37 PM
I have been wanting to make one of these smal tumbler quilts and have not been able to find a pattern or ruler or size to cut the pieces. And when you sew them together do you leave a 1/4 in at either end or sew the seams exactly as cut. confused! Lizzie
Posted by: Lizzie | January 31, 2013 at 02:10 PM
Where do you find a friend to precut teeny tiny tumblers? Seriously cute and what a wonderful friend!
Posted by: Jackie | January 31, 2013 at 03:51 PM
Adorable!
love it!
Posted by: Quilter Kathy | January 31, 2013 at 04:53 PM
I love it, Nicole!
Posted by: Joan S. | January 31, 2013 at 06:02 PM
Soooo cute! Any sources were we can find a teeny kit like this? Or pattern? Love it!
Posted by: Bari Jo | January 31, 2013 at 07:47 PM
What a sweet quilt! I love just being able to sew. It looks great! Thanks for sharing! K-
Posted by: Kristy Wlikinson | January 31, 2013 at 09:30 PM