Hymn Mini Quilt

Thursday, August 3, 2023

Remember my musical friend that I made this baby quilt for a few months ago? Well, she and her family just moved out of state, so I wanted to make her a housewarming gift for her new home. I have a bundle of one of the Songbook collections by Fancy That Designs for Moda, and I knew one of the hymn panels would make a great mini quilt!

Songbook fabric hymn mini quilt

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I chose the "Tune my Heart" panel and a few coordinating fat quarters from the Songbook collection.

Songbook fabric and hymn panel

I cut four 1" strips of the navy fabric to sew around the panel for an inner border, then cut four 2" strips for the outside border. And that was the whole quilt top! I used one of the fat quarters for the backing and layered a scrap piece of 80/20 batting to make the quilt sandwich.

Songbook hymn mini quilt

I used my walking foot to stitch diagonal lines about an inch apart (though I didn't measure, so it's likely a bit less than that). 

Walking foot quilting with the guide

Then I turned the quilt around and stitched diagonal lines in the opposite direction to make a cross-hatch quilting design.

Cross-hatch quilting with my walking foot

Once the quilting was done, I added the binding by machine (tutorial here). 

Sewing quilt binding on by machine

The finished quilt is about 14" x 18", and it only took about an hour to make! (I get my quilt labels from here!)

Satin quilt label sewn in to the quilt binding

I hope my friends loves it for her new home!

Mini quilt made with Songbook hymn panel and coordinating fabrics

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