In July, Kelly, of My Quilt Infatuation, emailed me and asked if I would be willing to participate in a blog hop promoting her new book. I felt honoured and of course, I said, “YES.”

She asked me to make an improve ornament mini quilt! This is the quilt she asked me to make! Isn’t it cute?

Sew … I gathered a bunch of blue and purple Island Batik scraps.

Then I sewed them together sort-of following the directions in the book. A lot of my scraps had weird angles in them … so mine aren’t totally square … more improv!

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I followed the directions for making the ornaments. They were very clear and easy to follow. As directed, I did use my Tri-Recs rulers for making the purple ornament.

I used Island Batik solid “Turquoise” on the purple ornament and “Amethyst” on the blue ornaments. The strings were made with “Dark Grey.” And the background is “Rice.” I absolutely LOVE Rice!!!

This mini quilt is quilted the same as in the book … stippling in the background and organic straight(ish) lines on the ornaments. I used Aurifil 2600 – Dove to quilt it. And yes, I did stitch in the ditch around the strings and the ornaments.

This was such a fun quilt to make! I’m sure I will be making more mini quilts from this blog!

I have already made “Up, Up and Away,” using Kelly’s instructions on enlarging the quilt. I made it baby sized. I posted about it, and your can read about it HERE.

To me, Kelly’s “Scrappy Improv Quilting” book is one that EVERYONE should have in their book collection! There is a HUGE variety of mini quilts and you can make them bigger as well! I know I already said this, but the book is very well written. The directions are clear and easy to follow!

I actually have 2 more quilts from this book in progress … and I will show you them when they are completed!

If you want to buy the book, I know that Essem Textiles has a few in stock. As well, I will be teaching several quilts from this book at Essem later this month. Contact them to sign up for the class.

Blog Hop

Here is the Schedule for the Blog Hop: (All links up to Oct 11 are direct links to the original post, so you won’t have to hunt through the blogs! … you’re welcome!)

• Scrappy Improv Quilting Blog Tour Schedule-8/31- Intro, Single Block Beauties, and Simple Shapes 
• 9/7- Seasonal Sensations, Standards With a Twist My Quilt Infatuation
• 9/13- Summer Blossom– Lori @ Crossquilt
  • Up, Up, and Away– Sandra @ mmm…quilts!
• 9/15- Flutter– Rose @ Something Rosemade
  • Botanics– Diann @ Little Penguin Quilts
• 9/20- Face the Sun– Laura @ Slice of Pi Quilts
  • Full Spectrum– Jayne @ Twiggy and Opal
• 9/22- Prismatic– Anja @ Anja Quilts
  • Downpour– Nancy @ Grace and Peace Quilting
• 9/27- Funkytown– Vasudha @ Storied Quilts
  • Cherub Wings– Michelle @ From Bolt to Beauty
• 9/29- Chapel Window– Kris @ Sew Sunshine
  • Winter Frost– Leanne @ Devoted Quilter
• 10/4- Heartstruck– Rebecca Grace @ Rebecca Grace Quilting
  • Star Spangled– Christine @ Triangles & Squares
• 10/6- Birds of a Feather– Preeti @ Sew Preeti Quilts
  • Fall Foliage– Susan @ Quilt Fabrication
• 10/11- Ornamental– Gail @ Quilting Gail
  • Churn, Churn, Churn– Cynthia @ Quilting Is More Fun Than Housework
• 10/13- Sunset Crossing– Kate @ Katie Mae Quilts
  • Positivity– Sarah @ Sarah Goer Quilts
• 10/18- All Dressed Up– Linda @ Flourishing Palms
  • Shockwave– Anne-Marie @ Stories From the Sewing Room

One who sleeps under a quilt is covered by LOVE!

Happy Quilting!    
Gail