Earlier this month I announced that I was a Island Batik Ambassador for 2019!  Along with that honor comes responsibilities which happens to include a month challenge. I know, I know – I have to finish a challenge quilt?  I hate challenges!  If there was someway to right in sarcasm I would be doing that – I LOVE challenges!  If this is your first time on my blog – you can see what I mean by heading over to my Project QUILTING page. 

The Challenge – Magnificent Minis

The February challenge was pretty broad, in fact it is “Magnificent Minis”.  The only rule was that the finished quilt had to be less than 24” square.  I can definitely handle that!  I started to play around with the challenge when the “Bigger than a Breadbox” Project QUILTING Challenge was posted.  In the end, I finished a different quilt for the challenge but I had my start!

My Process:

I have been drooling over the Painted Forest Quilt Patter by Scott Hansen of Blue Nickel Studios for a really long time.  I thought this would be a great opportunity to give it a try!

I decided to mainly use the Snowberry Stack I had received.  These are all precuts in 10” squares.  It turned out to be the perfect sized precuts to use for this pattern since it was easy to make the trees scrappy looking.  I picked out three contrasting colors from the five inch strip packs I received for the trunks, branches and house. 

I used purples and blues for the leaves of the trees and found the lightest fabrics for the backgrounds.  Those ended up being white and really light purple. After the first painted tree was done I knew this was the project I needed to do.

This mini quilt includes three Painted Trees in different sizes. The background was pieced in an improv method to keep with the scrappy look.  I felt like there was too much white space under the trees so I thought I’d add in a fun tiny house.

A running deer applique was also considered but in the end I decided for once that less is more.

Once I was happy with the design on the quilt, I basted it with Hobbs Heirloom Premium Cotton batting and backed it with a neutral Island Batik fabric.  I chose to quilt the piece with 50 wt Aurifil thread in colors 4648 for the house and tree and 4600 for the background.

Quilting small quilts on my Bernina is one of my favorite things to do.  I love to play around with free motion quilting. I’m not the best at it but I find if you don’t stress about it turning out perfectly it ends up not looking too bad.  (oh – and A LOT of practice too!)  Sometimes the small little details make the biggest differences.

I created a scrappy binding from the 10-inch squares of the Snowberry stack for the final scrappy touch. 

Quilt Stats:

Name:  Tiny House in a Painted Forest

Finished Quilt Size: 24″ x 24″

Pattern Used: Painted Forest Quilt Patter by Scott Hansen of Blue Nickel Studios

Fabric: Island Batik

Batting: Hobbs Heirloom Premium Cotton

Thread:  Aurifil

Be sure to take a moment to visit the other 2019 Island Batik Ambassadors and see what they came up with for their Magnificent Mini!  I guarantee you’ll be blown away!

Carolina Asmussen ~Carolina Asmussen

Gene Black ~ Gene Black

Pamela Boatright ~ Pamela Quilts

Connie K Campbell ~ Freemotion by the River

Anja Clyke ~ Anja Quilts

Tina Dillard ~ Quilting Affection Designs

Becca Fenstermaker ~Pretty Piney

Jennifer Fulton ~ Inquiring Quilter

Barbara Gaddy ~ Bejeweled Quilts by Barb

Dione Gardner-Stephen ~ Clever Chameleon

Sarah Goer ~ Sarah Goer Quilts

Vasudha Govindan ~ Storied Quilts

Lori Haase ~ Dakota City Quilter II

Joanne Hart ~

Mania (Magdalini) Hatziioannidi ~ Mania for Quilts

Carla Henton ~ Create in the Sticks

Stephanie Jacobson ~ Steph Jacobson Designs

Connie Kauffman ~ Kauffman Designs

Joan Kawano ~ Moosestash Quilting

Kim Lapacek ~ Persimon Dreams

Emily Leachman ~ The Darling Dogwood

Leanne Parsons ~ Devoted Quilter

Bea Lee ~ BeaQuilter

Toby Lischko ~ Gateway Quilts & Stuff

Bill Locke ~ Studio Bill Locke

Denise Looney ~ For the Love of Geese

Leah Malasky ~ Quilted Delights

Sally Manke ~ Sally Manke

Maryellen McAuliffe ~ Mary Mack’s Blog

Kathleen McCormick ~ KathleenMcCormick

Carol Moellers ~ Carol Moellers Designs

Karen Neary ~ Sew Karen-ly Created

Lisa Nielsen ~ Lisa Lisa and the Quilt Jam

Jackie O’Brien ~ If These Threads Could Talk

Laura Piland ~ Slice of Pi Quilts

Michelle Roberts ~ Creative Blonde

Vicki Schlimmer ~ Vicki’s Crafts and Quilting

Gail Sheppard ~ Quilting Gail

Sherry Shish ~ Powered by Quilting

Anita Skjellanger , Quilt in a not-Shell

Laticia “Tish” Stemple ~ Tish’s Adventures in Wonderland

Jennifer Strauser ~ Dizzy Quilter

Jennifer Thomas ~ Curlicue Creations

Terri Vanden Bosch ~ Lizard Creek Quilts

Alison Vermilya ~ Little Bunny Quilts

Sandra Walker ~ mmm! quilts

Suzy Webster ~ Adventerous Applique and Quilting

(Debora) Anne Weins ~ Sweetgrass Creative Designs

Geraldine Wilkins ~ Living Water Quilter

Janet Yamamoto ~

Disclaimer: The materials used to create this quilt were generously given to me by Island Batik, Aurifil, and Hobbs.

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