Marvelous Minis featuring Little Pink Houses

Here I am, posting on the very last day of August, my Island Batik Ambassador monthly challenge project.  This quilt is titled "Little Pink Houses".  

Disclaimer:  The products used to make this quilt were given to me by Island Batik and industry partners.

This month's challenge was to make a miniature quilt.  

I chose to use the Midnight Glow precuts along with the coordinating fabrics, Boysenberry and Orchid to make my quilt.

I used all the the fabrics in Midnight Glow.  I used 5 fabrics per row of houses, following the gradation of the precuts from light to dark, just as they were packaged.  I used the Orchid fabric for the background and Boysenberry for the sashing, inner border, and backing of my quilt.

I chose to paper piece the blocks as they are minis.  My blocks are 4" finished.  I used clips to hold the paper pieced sections in place while stitching them together with Schmetz needles.  The clips keep the paper sections lined up so much better than pins.

I used a piece of Hobbs Fusible batting that I had leftover from another project and quilted with Aurifil thread, color #2562 in straight lines across the quilt.

I love how pretty the blocks came out in the Midnight Glow fabrics.  It looks like a sunrise/sunset to me with the pink reflecting off the windows of the houses.

My quilt came out 16-1/2" x 21".  It's adorable!  So a-door-able that I took a pic on this door.

Boysenberry on the back.

Binding in Orchid.

Pretty folds.

I had fun taking photos of this mini quilt.  This key is actually huge, but it makes my mini quilt look tiny!

Little Pink Houses

Quilt Stats:

Finished Quilt Size:  16-1/2" x 21"

Block Size:  4" x 4"

Fabric:  Midnight Glow by Island Batik

Batting:  Fusible by Hobbs

Thread:  Aurifil #2562

Needles:  Schmetz

Designed in EQ8

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If you've enjoyed reading about my Little Pink Houses mini quilt, visit my fellow Island Batik Ambassadors blogs to see what they made for the month of August.  Here's a list:

Brenda Alburl ~ Songbird Designs
Megan Best ~ Bestquilter
Pamela Boatright ~ Pamelaquilts
Elizabeth DeCroos ~ Epida Studio
Jennifer Fulton ~ Inquiring Quilter

Preeti Harris ~ Sew Preeti Quilts
Mania Hatziioannidi ~ Mania for quilts
Jane Hauprich ~ Stitch By Stitch Custom Quilting
Reed Johnson ~ Blue Bear Quilts
Connie Kauffman ~ Kauffman Designs

Emily Leachman ~ The Darling Dogwood
Denise Looney ~ For The Love Of Geese
Leah Malasky ~ Quilted Delights
Maryellen McAuliffe ~ Mary Mack Made Mine
Anorina Morris – sameliasmum.com

Lisa Pickering ~ Lisa’s Quilting Passion
Claudia Porter ~ Create with Claudia
Gail Renna ~ Quilt Haven Threads
Brianna Roberts ~ Sew Cute And Quirky
Michelle Roberts ~ Creative Blonde

Gail Sheppard ~ Quilting Gail
Andi Stanfield ~ True Blue Quilts
Sandra Starley ~ Textile Time Travels
Jennifer Thomas ~ Curlicue Creations
Suzy Webster ~ Websterquilt

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Be Creative ~ Sew Something Beautiful Today.

Jennifer Thomas

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