Mini Quilt 

For July 4th, I decided to visit my friend Nana in Austin, Texas.  I brought my most recent mini quilt as a gift for Nana's daughter Maggie who is 3 years old.  It has some of the same Japanese fabric that I used in the drunken path quilt I made for Maggie when she was first born.  Now she can use the mini quilt for her little stuffed animals.

This is a Bear Paw pattern and I used a paper piecing technique.  This technique helps to align the tiny seams for each paw.  The only catch is, it is painstakingly slow to remove the paper once the quilt top is sewn together.  I used some of my favorite prints for the paws - such as old Heather Ross print of the poolside, Lecien Minny Muu, Yuwa prints by Megumi Sakakibara, Aneela Hoey and some Suzuko Koseki text prints.  For the sashing, I used  a Roman numeral print by Suzuko Koseki in yellow and Yuwa little grid print in purple.  I used Kei honeycomb in pink for the binding.

 

I used a Megumi Sakakibara print in pink for the back.

Here is a close up of some of the paw prints.