Last week Cat from Cat & Vee posted a fabulous tutorial for her Bust-A-Kiss block on their blog. Did you see it? Trust me, you are definitely going to want to check it out! It took me about 1 second to know that I had to make one, it was going to be a mini and, that I was making it with Fresh Cut, the gorgeous new Moda fabric line by Basic Grey!
Cat’s tutorial is for a 12 1⁄2″ unfinished block with step by step directions that are super easy to follow. To make the mini I resized the block by starting with a 7″ square. The centre strings were made by joining five mini charm squares together and then trimming each set to 2″ x 10 1⁄2″.
After making and joining four blocks together I added a simple border…
… did some simple straight line quilting, binding and voila! one completed mini top all in a couple of hours.
And then I started thinking that this mini would make an awesome cushion cover! I haven’t sewn another one just yet but you can bet I will do in the near future. In the meantime, my mini and I will be hanging out with the gorgeous flowers I picked up this morning, having a cup of tea and a read. Looks blissful doesn’t it! Hope you enjoy your day too 🙂
Well, that’s refreshingly springlike. I love how you’ve highlighted the peach in your first photo — my tea times never look that pretty (doesn’t help that I’m usually drinking coffee). It’s great to see Cat’s block all Peta-rized! 😉
Thanks Kirsty, you are a treasure. Those flowers were pure luck since I have a serious flower budget to stick to, they are pretty though aren’t they. Since I’m yet to hang a mini on a wall I figure they using them as table toppers is a pretty good idea. Thanks again 🙂
Oh it looks gorgeous!! Look at you with the beautiful styling too — the flowers, Kate Morton and Vivienne W cup and saucer — looks awesome. Thanks for doing a resize and saying the measurements too, you know quilt maths is my enemy. Thanks so much for sharing it. xx
Thanks Cat, love love love you’re block. Think it might just be my new favourite. X
This is such a cute mini!! I love the spring colors and the quilting is perfect for it!! Great job!!
Thanks Samantha, you are so lovely XO
This is beautiful Peta — I really love the fresh colours in the fabrics you have used for this mini!
Thanks so much Kirsten XO
What a lovely little quilt. 🙂 Such happy colors. And I’m always thrilled to find another Kate Morton fan.
Thank you Amanda, a lovely friend of mine recently introduced me to Kate Morton I’m definitely converted -:)