Tuesday, July 3, 2007

Working on Quilts

Recently I was asked to bring 10 doll quilts to hang in a quilt show. When I started rounding up the quilts, I realized that I hadn't made any new ones in a long time. That's when I decided to hit it hard and have maybe 12 new ones for next year's show. Well, new as in "newly made" but not new fabrics. Also think it is time to come up for some new quilting terminology. Doll quilt doesn't really describe what I am trying to accomplish and neither does miniature. A true miniature is 12"= 1". That means you take a 12" block and scale it down to 1" block. Sometimes that doesn't work. So my criteria is that if you take a photo of the quilt, you won't be able to determine what size the block is. The block above features indigo blue, a nice green, a bold yellow and the famous Lancaster blue - all antiques and all dear to my heart. Guess what size the half square triangle units are?