Cross-Stitch Mini Quilt Tutorial
Today I am sharing a tutorial for the fusion of my two favorite crafty hobbies: quilting and cross-stitch! The popular way to display cross-stitch pieces is to put them up in hoops, but as a quilter I like to have all my loose ends tied up and hidden away forever. I also have a system for displaying mini quilts in my house already and it's easier to switch out the cross-stitch pieces when they are actually tiny quilts. This tutorial is generalized so that it can be used with any size cross-stitch piece. It also gives plenty of options for customizing your mini quilt for the perfect finish. Please read through the entire tutorial once before beginning. Supply List A finished cross-stitch piece. This method of finishing works best with smaller pieces (less than 7x7), unless you are planning on putting quilting lines through the cross-stitch part. I've done this with larger pieces and they end up sagging in the middle until I add extra reinforcement. A piece ...