my first mini

My first mini quilt, that is.  

And the first project I've ever bought 1/8 yard cuts of fabric for. I felt like the girl at the cut table would call me out for not being a true seamstress and I'd have to prove my worth by listing the many many yards I have at home. But that's neither here nor there...

A girlfriend of mine is getting married tomorrow - yeah! A girlfriend I've known for almost 20 years...I'm positive that we're not actually old enough to have known each other that long, but some kind of new fangled math adds it up to 20.

Besides being mysteriously young, she also has great taste.

Case in point: this is the wedding invitation I got in the mail.

Just wonderful. Spendid, really.

Well, I loved the invite so much that I decided to create a gift based on the graphic. First, I scanned the image and enlarged it. Then, I cut out the individual parts and adapted them for sewing (smoothing out the scribbles, etc.). I cut out the different parts and appliqued them to a piece of Kona muslin (I chose the size based on the frame I could find).

Then, I put it all together in my first ever mini quilt!

Minis are easy gratification and fun to do. Who knew?

This was my first time doing straight binding and I'm not a big fan.

In case you were wondering, bias binding is a lot more forgiving and easier to work with.

And, realizing that it looks (erroneously!) much like a place mat, I mounted it in a shadow box.

Hopefully, it will be a nice reminder of a beautiful wedding day.

To many many years of health and happiness!

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