Indian Puzzle Mini Quilt
I recently participated in round 3 of the Schnitzel & Boo Mini Quilt Swap, an online swap exchange of handmade mini quilts organized by Kristi McDonough. I was to make one mini quilt measuring no larger than 24 inches square, based on my secret partner’s preferences. This is what I made for my partner Angela, who likes novelty prints of cute animals.
I cut out a bunch of cute little owls, hedgehogs, and foxes from some fabric scraps I had. Angela said she prefers grunge to a solid fabric, so I paired some grunge with white to make a block that I thought was cool-looking: Indian Puzzle.
I’m always amazed at how many designs you can make with half-square triangles.
I crosshatch quilted it with white thread. Simple and cute. For the binding, I pieced together all the grunge fabric pieces I had leftover for a scrappy look.
Postcard quilt blocks make cute quilt labels! This little blue fella was begging to be a label on the back.
Want to see what I got from my secret swap partner?
Isn’t it cool? It was made by Andrea Champ. Knowing that I love black and white with bright color, she made this for me. I’m so spoiled!
To see what the other folks in the swap made, take a peek at the Mini Quilt Swap Flickr group or peruse through the hashtags on Instagram #makeaquiltmakeafriend and #schnitzelandboominiquiltswap.
Hi Angela, I ran across your blog through pintrest and was super impressed and then low and behold I saw you were from Meridian Idaho. So cool, so am I!! I’m new to quilting but I find its always exciting to run into people in my community who have the same interests. Anyway, neat blog and great photos.
Thank you so much for the very organized sewing journal you posted at Sew Mama Sew! I linked you to my sewing organization round-up at http://woolstockblog.com/2015/06/05/knitting-and-sewing-printables-round-up/
Both the mini-quilts are great, although if I had to express a preference I think I would go with yours. I really like the geometric design and the little owls and hedgehogs are cute too!
Well done.