How small is small?

All quilts entered into the open competitions at The Festival of Quilts have to measure at least 1m in any one direction, with the exception of the miniature quilt category.  Miniature quilts need to, in a photograph with no indication of size, look like a full size quilt and be no larger than 30 cm in any one direction. 

As with all the other competition categories the rules are widely interpreted!  Many 'journal' sized quilts get entered into this category, but to be in with a chance of wining the maker really needs to keep in mind not only the scale of the fabric and threads but the theme, stitch length, embellishments  etc, preferably with a 1/12 th scale.

Here are a few that caught my eye this year:

Roberta Le Poidevin

Jacqueline Bahi

Julia Gahagan 

Heather Hasthorpe

Kamiko Frydl

Phillippa Naylor

Sorcha Torrens

Leah Higgins

Dorian Walton

Mine!  If you visited the show you may have noticed a trend for quilt artists to enter a miniature version of another of their quilts in the show. I was no exception this year!

If seeing these mini creations has inspired you to make your own minister piece then why not take a look at the two one day workshops we have coming up this autumn? http://www.institchestextilecourses.co.uk/miniature-quilt-making.html

We'd love to see you and welcome you to our new studio!