Mish Mash Quilt

I tend to make small 9 patch blocks as my 'leaders and enders' - thread savers when I'm making a set of blocks or whatever.

They use 1.5" square, so their finished size is 3" square.

I've used them in various ways in the past, but after seeing something in an online quilting retreat earlier in the year, I realised that I could cut them up and play with them more.

So, I cut them in half in each direction, twirled two diagonal corners, and then sewed them back together.  Then arranged them in a colour flow (ish!).

Simple quilting, and added two corners ready for my hanging 'system'.

I used to buy wooden strips and saw them to length.  Then I realised that with small quilts (like this one!) I didn't really need to.  So, instead, I cut two strips of cardboard, glue them together with a glue stick, and leave to dry.

Then I find the middle of the double strip and punch a hole in it.

Now I'm ready to slide it into the hanging triangles, and that is is ready!

The punched hole slips on to small nail (or, usually for me, an old sewing machine needle!) and you are done!

Here is my Mish Mash Quilt in all it's 13" square glory!

I might think about dulling down the bright white pair of blocks near the middle - perhaps the Inktense pencils might come out to play - but otherwise I think that the experiment worked pretty well!