Miniature Quilts / Quilturi in Miniatura

A miniature quilt is a replica of a large quilt. A miniature is not a simplified quilt (instead of 50 blocks you do not put 10 blocks, but 50 blocks of reduced size).
I forgot about miniatures until some days ago when I found them on Internet again. And I started making one.

Miniatura e definita ca o copie la scara redusa a unui quilt mare.
Adica sa obtii o miniatura nu simplifici modelul ( in loc de 50 de blocuri sa pui 10), ci folosesti tot 50 de blocuri, dar se micsoreaza dimensiunea blocului.

Am uitat de miniaturi, pana cand acum cateva zile intamplator am dat din nou de ele pe Internet. Si m-am apucat sa fac una.

To make an attractive miniature there is no need to have a large quilt, but a complex pattern to look interesting. I very much enjoyed to make my latest quilt “Snowflakes” so I told myself: “I want a miniature of Snowflakes”. Nu e nevoie sa existe si un quilt mare dupa care sa faci miniatura, ci doar sa ai un model suficient de complex. Cum ultimul meu quilt, cel cu fulgii de zapada mi-a placut mult, am zis : “Hai sa-i fac lui o miniatura”.

Mini-Snowflakes – 38 x 38 cm / 15 x 15 inch

I was so anxious to finish my first miniature quilt, but due to many unexpected things, it took me much until I finished it. But now it is done. It’s another trapunto on organza. It is easier to see its real size when shown alongside the large quilt.

Am fost asa nerabdatoare sa-l fac, dar cu multe probleme neprevazute, mi-a luat cam mult pana l-am terminat.
E tot trapunto pe organza. Dimensiunea ei e scoasa bine in evidenta daca sta langa quiltul mare.
(cine mi-a vazut quiltul la Bucuresti, isi poate da seama de raport).

Snowflakes – 40 x 40 inch (100 x 100 cm)
Mini-Snowflakes -15 x 15 inch (38 x 38 cm )
For trapunto technique it is needed to cut up the batting around the pattern. For a large quilt it’s not so hard. But for miniature it is a very difficult task.

Cand am facut quilturile mari am zis ca se decupeaza greu vatelina de pe organza, acum imi retrag cuvintele. Se decupeaza super-usor ! De pe miniatura n-am decupat-o, mai mult am ciopartit-o ! In unele locuri, abia incapea varful forfecutei intre modele. Cred ca am taiat cate 2 mm odata.

The Museum of the American Quilter’s Society (http://www.quiltmuseum.org/) has a miniature collection named very suggestive : “Oh WOW! Miniature Quilt Collection”
http://www.quiltmuseum.org/detail.html?id_number=448

Muzeul Societatii Americane de Quilting (Museum of the American Quilter’s Society http://www.quiltmuseum.org/ ) are o colectie de miniaturi, intitulata foarte sugestiv:
Oh WOW! Miniature Quilt Collection
http://www.quiltmuseum.org/detail.html?id_number=448My husband looks at the little quilt and says: “You should make only miniature quilts. In this way we would find them a place in our little home much easier.”

Mircea, sotul meu, se uita la micul quilt si zice: “Ar trebui sa faci numai miniaturi, asa le-am gasi mai usor loc prin casa !”

When I retire I think I will make a pieced miniature. But till then, I will make another trapunto miniature.

Cand voi iesi la pensie, cred ca am sa fac si o miniatura pisuita (patchwork). Dar pana atunci, zilele astea mai fac una trapunto pe organza.