Dear Prudence, First Finish of 2022

Dear Prudence was a sew-along, based on an antique, offered by Pam Buda of Heartspun Quilts in September, 2021.  I fell in love with the original, mostly for the copper-bronze-brown fabrics, and decided to sew along.  The original had pink background and pink border fabrics.  When I finished my quilt the pink border was just too much pink for me.  I changed it out for a brown and am satisfied with it. 

After washing and drying, the quilt finishes at about 18" x 22".  I know everyone calls quilts this size and smaller miniature quilts, or maybe even doll quilts, but the word that comes to my mind is quiltlet.  The suffix -let indicates a diminutive.  (Think piglet, booklet, owlet, droplet, etc.)  The word quiltlet works for me (and I like it better than the word miniature or it's abbreviation, mini).

I used the same fabric for the border on the front and 4/5 of the backing.  In real life it's a medium, tawny-bronze color.  The two photos below are closer to the real-life colors.  Photos taken in different lighting can sure make us wonder what the "real" colors of quilts are! 

I used a single layer of soft flannel for batting.  Because it had been laundered I doubted there would be much shrinkage.  I was pleasantly surprised to see all the crinkly goodness when I pulled it out of the dryer. 

I thought how wonderful that flannel would be for a large quilt, cuddly for sure, but I'm not sure how warm it would be.  But the quiltlet is cuddly and pliable, always one of my goals for the quilts I make.

Finishing this quilt was my One Monthly Goal for February.  I'm linking this post to One Monthly Goal February Finish Link-up at Elm Street Quilts.  Thanks so much for organizing and hosting this link-up, Patty.  Click through to see others' amazing finishes for this month!

I thought about linking to Wendy's end-of-the-month mini link-up at The Constant Quilter but since I know I won't be consistent in making quiltlets regularly, I should probably just enjoy the small quilts her other participants make.  You can visit her blog on the last day of each month to find links to their quilts.

Edited to add:  I let Wendy know I finished this quilt this month and she added me to her list of others.  You can read her post and see the names of others who made miniature quilts this month here.  Thanks, Wendy!

I hope your days and year are going great.  We have weather that's typical of early spring but I'm hoping for one or two good, heavy snows--snowstorms, really!--before spring pushes its way past winter, but I think spring is going to be pushier than usual this year and deprive us of a little winter.  What did that groundhog say?

--Nancy.