Welcome to the last stop on the Modern Mini tour. Are you working on a mini for Jennifer @ Ellison Lane Quilt’s Modern Mini Challenge? If not, you have plenty of time before March 5—all of the information on the contest & prizes is at the end of this post.
I have two minis to share this morning, and the story behind them reads a bit like the children’s book If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. When I was in college, I lived an hour and a half from my dad’s parents—I loved spending time at their house and was always grateful my grandma would make the long drive to pick me up. On one visit, she and her sisters invited me to help them hand quilt a quilt for a granddaughter who was getting married. It was a whole-cloth quilt, and I’m pretty sure I did more harm than good with my hand quilting. Fast forward 15 years to last October, when I was excited to learn how to hand quilt from Karen at a DC Modern Quilt Guild meeting (@ the Lincoln Memorial, no less). I have been meaning to finish my mini Courthouse Steps for some time, which because of the hand-quilting reminds me of my grandmother, and in turn, the whole-cloth wedding quilt.
A few other mini quilts I made in 2011, just because 
Jennifer’s Modern Mini challenge–make a mini and enter it on March 5 on her blog. Be inspired to try something new or something challenging! There are 5 different winners–my favorite is that her husband, James, is choosing one of the winners. Wild card!
Contest Rules:
James’ Choice
Viewer’s Choice: Mug rugs (mini mini’s)
Viewer’s Choice: Mini Quilts
Luck of the draw (Random Number Generator chooses 2 winners)
In case you missed any of the mini’s–here is the blog hop list.
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Great job Kate! That was a lot of hand quilting…..it makes such a nice added touch.
The hand stitching is lovely and makes all the difference on that whole cloth quilt! Love the fussy cut pillow and I Spy ticker tape too. Thanks so much for being a part of the blog hop Katie!
Awesome, loving the cushions too!
Such sweet, fun quilts. Thanks for sharing!
Oh my gosh – all gorgeous! I love that little seahorse
These are so beautiful – love that aqua quilting!
What cute minis! My favorite is the i-spy mini with that little cowboy in the middle:) Thanks for the inspiration.
Love your mini’s: especially the courthouse steps and the triangles!!
Hi Kate! Love your mini- the hand quilting totally makes it!
Love your minis. I’d love to make a mini i-spy. Great idea! Love the color on your whole cloth quilt and the quilting. I should just jump in and get off the sidelines. hehe. Thanks for the inspiration and sharing with us.
They are all such great minis!
Thanks for sharing those wonderful quilts. I love them all.