The Joy of Tiny Piecing

Things are not always as they seem. Would you believe that this is a 12″ x 12″ miniature framed quilt?

At the Tokyo Quilt Festival they do not have a Miniature Quilt category. Instead they have a Framed Quilt category which is miniature quilts in frames.

This little beauty is so finely pieced, it just boggles the mind. For those of us who love piecing quilts, this kind of precise work is a special kind of challenge…or a special kind of crazy? But we love oohing and aahing over all kinds of amazing mind-blowing quilts, don’t we?

The artist’s name was not spelled out so I pasted the tiny name card onto the tiny quilt image so she has credit where it is due!

This morning I am flying to QuiltCon so I can present an award at the ceremony tonight in Austin Texas. I will be walking the show Thursday and Friday so if you see me there please do stop and say hello! I am also going to the SAQA event Friday evening, so I hope to see many of you there.

I am going to be photographing the show so next week, for those of you who can’t go in person, I’ll have images to share with you. I also have a cousin in Austin and we are going to get together and work on the family tree one night. We have many ancestors who lived in Texas 100 years ago, so it seems appropriate to explore those branches of the tree while on this trip!

We are preparing to cut the kits for MJ Kinman‘s Elizabeth Diamond Workshop coming up March 6-8. (You can do the Rainbow Unicorn multicolor – or the Classic Blue Diamond from our kits.) Those new products are going online in the next couple days, and if you purchase a kit and attend the class, you can save on shipping and just pick it up in the classroom when you arrive.

MJ is always a blast and we are so excited to have her returning to our eQuilter classroom. Her Gemstone piecing is not quite as intricate as the tiny quilt featured above, but it is for Intermediate quilters or higher. Hope you can join us!

sharing your Passion for Fabric…
Luana and Paul


eQuilter Classroom:
Feb 23 – Rachel Wallis – CQC 1-Day Workshop
March 6-8 – MJ Kinman – “Unicorn Rainbow” & “Elizabeth DiamondGemstone Workshop
April 13-15 2020 – Susan Carlson – SOLD OUT
June 1-5 2020 – Paula Nadelstern – Kaleidoscopes & Quilts

Luana’s Travel Calendar:
Feb 19-22 – QuiltCon in Austin TX
Mar 18-27 – Wilderness Congress – Jaipur India
June 19 – Quilt Canada – “Intl Quilt Trends” presentation
June 26 – Intl Quilt Museum – Lincoln NE –
Opening Reception & Lecture “For the Love of Gaia”
July 29 – Aug 2 – “Love Your Mother” Gallery in Birmingham UK

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