Inchies were the theme for my Out of the Box creativity group September challenge. Quilting Arts has a great article about them in the August/September 2007 issue.
Update 10/20/07: I just discovered this link on Whip Up where Quilting Arts has provided the magazine article online. Have fun!
Inspiration:
Front pieced and fused to a 6 x 6 inch cut of double-sided, fusible Peltex:
Back:
Kimono scrap backed with Wonder Under, real leaf traced to paper backing, cut and fused to top:
Cut into sixteen 1 1/2 inch ‘inchies’ ready for trade:
Have an awesome autumn weekend!
Wow! This is so neat!
That is really a cool! I love the color choices!!
Love this! This is a quilting version of a stamping technique from a few years ago – make a nice collage, cut it into small squares and rearrange to a new and usually more interesting composition. Not trying to take away from how darned cool yours is, more loving how all the different crafts inform and influence each other.
Have a great weekend.
Wow, this is so cool. Love the color choices as well. This would make a cool children’s puzzle.
i never heard about “inchies” before (see… i’m dumb…), but i really love the idea, and when i look outside my window your color choices seem to be PERFECT.
they make me think of an article in a magazine (was it cloth paper scissors? don’t remember it right…) about making jewelry from smallish “scraps”. have to look for it. suddenly feel so inspired. must be your blog…
I’ve never seen these before.
great idea and a lovely result! another technique to try one day myself. thank you for sharing, I didn’t know about ‘inchies’!
neato! it’s like a cloth puzzle. hey did you get your copy of the book yet? I saw wee wonderfuls got one–how exciting! I need to go preorder one…
This is so cool, I’ve never seen Inchies before either. I really like the leaf.
Oooh, that’s nifty! I love the fabric used for the leaf.
Wow, I haven’t heard of inchies before – it’s really cute… do you use it as a puzzle? Or mount it onto something? What is it’s purpose (other than being really neat!) I really love your fabrics! Emily
I love it! Tell me more about the ‘out of the box’ creativity group… I’d like to learn
Love it! This would be so fun to have in a quiet activity bag for little kids. Will have to think about that one.
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Emily: They’re similar to artists trading cards (ATCs), something to trade with crafty friends.
Jessica: There’s an Out of The Box category on my sidebar. You can see past challenges and one of the posts has info about how the group works.
These colors together are so wild, I really like them. Very nice, working in a small scale as well. Beautiful blog.
Awesome – and what a fun idea for a puzzle for a kid. How did you do that edge, if you don’t mind me asking?
How pretty!
I got my book today, your project looks so nice. what wonderful photos. and she gives you nice credit a couple of times in the book! you must be so excited. i’m proud of you!! what an achievement!
Wow, beautiful colors. I have never heard of these before. Is there any thing in particular that you do with them or are they only for display?
I’m new to this idea – but I love it! How did you finish the edges (multicolor thread- hard to see)?
These are great. I love how you cut up one square creating really strong compositions! I have been seeming a lot of inchies in the altered book world lately as well…thought that was interesting!
Kathy, a question – are people really doing the satin stitching around these once they’be been cut out? Or…? I’ve even looked at the pdf that QultingArts put out on these and I can’t tell for sure. I just can’t imagine successfully stitching something that small on my machine without it getting swallowed into the bobbin well or chewed up by the feed dogs….
Lynn: I did do the satin stitching after I cut them apart. I found the Peltex gave it enough heft to keep it from falling apart under the needle. A sharp needle is important too. My only complaint was the amount of time it took to do the stitching!
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