Any one who is active on Instragram will be aware of the flurry of miniature quilt swaps going on at the moment and last week I finally succumbed signed up for one …  now if I am honest I would say that I did not always get what was so cool about miniatures but I finally worked it out…

(a)  It is a quilt you can complete quickly and easy and have the satisfaction of a finish

(b) You can try new techniques quickly and easily (I keep thinking they are going to be a great way to practice my free motion quilting).

(c) They look really cool pinned up together on the wall of your sewing space.

So with this in mind I had some fun this weekend making 3 inch Economy blocks…

What I love about the Economy block is that it allows for really great fussy cutting and what I love about paper piecing is that it allows for accuracy when working on such a small scale.

I must admit I got a little carried away and finished a whole mini quilt this weekend…

You can find a pattern sheet for these blocks here….Miniature Economy Block and these mini blocks  will join my mini log cabin and my mini flying geese patterns in the “Free paper piecing pattern” tab.

I must tell you I am not done yet with miniature patterns…but it is back to green stars next week…promise.