Little Penguin Quilts Through the Year

Little Penguin Quilts Through the Year

Saturday, July 30, 2022

A little hand-piecing project

As I was finishing up with purple this week, I decided to cut a couple 2.5 inch squares out of each of my favorite prints of the month. 


It was easy to hand-piece them into this little patchwork mini, and I finished it off with some hand quilting.  The binding is just the backing folded around to the front and stitched down.



I've made a series of these, starting last fall, with seasonal prints or colors of the month.  They all measure about 6 x 8, except for the Christmas one, which started with some bowtie blocks from the orphan drawer.  It was made with 3 inch blocks, so about 9 x 12.


So, now the angels have their own purple quilt!


Meanwhile, I'm back to the teacup embroidery design.  Now working on little pink flowers and a sweet bee.


Stitching along on this Slow Sunday with Kathy's Quilts 
and the rest of the Slow Sunday Stitchers!















16 comments:

The Cozy Quilter said...

Wow…you’ve added lots of stitches to your embroidery and it’s looking very pretty! Fun RSC projects too. I guess we are pulling out our orange scraps in August.

Libby in TN said...

Your embroidery is coming right along and looking great.

Linda said...

You have a nice pile of minis. The angels seem to love the purples! I love the addition of yellow to your embroidery, it's looking so pretty.

Karen - Quilts...etc. said...

the blocks make nice fast and colorful mats!! love them

CathieJ said...

I like your little quilt. Your embroidery is so pretty. Enjoy your stitching.

Ivani said...

Your embroidery is so cute. It is looking more beautiful each new week as you are adding new stitches to it. Those mini quilts are lovely. Are you hand piecing them?

Carole @ From My Carolina Home said...

Both wonderful projects! Love the stitchery. I do admire you for being able to hand quilt, I cannot do that.

Linda said...

I love your teacup embroidery.

Deb A said...

That embroidery is adorable!

Sarah said...

Those little table toppers are so pretty. Beautiful embroidery, enjoy!

Quilter Kathy said...

I adore the little hand pieced, hand quilted mats! I just bought some yardage of the Tula fabric you used for the purple mat backing - I love it! And your embroidery is just beautiful!

Karrin Hurd said...

The little hand quilted mats are lovely, along with the beautiful embroidery! Hope you have a great week!

Birthe Marie said...

Very cute table toppers mini quilts! It was a smart idea to fold the back piece to the closing edge! I will remember that idea. Thank you for sharing! Your embroidery is very cute! Happy stitching!

Debra said...

LOVE your little toppers! Your stitching is just Beautiful!

Jenny said...

You seem to whip these little mats together in no time at all! I love the pretty tea cup embroidery.

piecefulwendy said...

I'm not sure how I missed this post, but that little mat is sure cute! Your embroidery is lovely, as usual!