Woven Mini

We spent the weekend in Brisbane (about 10 hours away, 300 if you have small children - thankfully, we flew up) for my brother in law's birthday (my Spinning Stars quilt was for him) and to catch up with some dear friends and family. A mini quilt is a great thing to take away for hand quilting, especially when you little toddlers are being doted upon so that you can stitch and drink tea. I came home exhausted but all full up of rich memories and conversation.



Welcome if you've stopped by from Ellison Lane's Modern Mini Challenge! I wrote in an earlier post about my inspiration to make a quilt after I saw this art by Lucy Barker. It evoked such strong memories of banana lounges by the pool as a kid, lazing around, looking at the way the colours sat with each other, following their pattern. It was perhaps a sign of a passion to come, for colour and line and shape.



I came home and made this template out of woven, coloured card.

And stitched the colours together to make a mini quilt, 24 "x 30".

It was a risk for me to finish it. And I'm still so drawn to the flat, patchworked top. I chose hand-quilting so that it was easy to stop and start, to follow the weave. And I experimented with my stitching. I'm still not sure how I feel about the introduction of texture to the quilt. What do you think?

And I found one tiny mistake, in the layout, just this afternoon, as I was deciding when to stop stitching. Can you see it? I actually like it. I don't usually plan a quilt so meticulously. It's like a little joke between my mini and me.