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Today I’ll show the finishing of the miniature fans quilt. When I left off, the little top was fully assembled, pieced with 50 wt Aurifil thread.

Now, how to quilt it was the question. This is the time when many of us just stop and stare, or put it away for later, creating stacks of UFOs. I tend to leave things out and just make myself get to them so I have few UFOs. Answering all the questions of how to quilt it, what to quilt it with, what batting to use, what thread to use is the basis ...

I finished the tiny cornerstones on my last post on this quilt, and now was ready to assemble the blocks into the little top.

This is an exercise in patience, as these little blocks have to be precisely pinned. It is tedious work and took an entire day to get the assembly completed. First, I took two blocks and pinned through the corners on the top side. I used clips as well to keep the edges straight.

Looking underneath at the block on the bottom confirms the pins are holding the corners together and in alignment. Note that the pins ...

Progress was made on the miniature quilt this past week. The paper piecing is going well. I had a few comments about working with tiny bits, and I do hear you! I usually use larger pieces than are needed, then cut off the excess as I go. It does result in a bit more waste, but it is worth that to save my sanity, LOL!! So, at the last post, I had seven tiny blocks done, the last four were chain pieced.

I had nine to go, and decided to do them in the same manner as it really did ...