Bits Of Whimsy Quilts: THE TINY HOUSE QUILT 🏡

I made this Tiny House Quilt for my sister-in-law, Millie. Millie is one of the most gracious women I have ever known. She always opens up her home for people to stay and feeds and loves them. She is also beautiful, with black hair and a porcelain complexion. She has always reminded me of the bride on top of a wedding cake. With her coloring she looks gorgeous in jewel tones. So, these little houses in the colors of the Caribbean were just perfect for her quilt. And all the little houses reminds me of her hospitality!

This quilt is also my 50'th quilt! And the 41'st one done on my longarm.

This quilt pattern comes from the Missouri Star Quilt Company. The owner, Jenny, named this pattern by using a combination of her own name and "Penny Lane" to get "Jenny Lane." It's 71" X 82.5" and is made with a stunning collection of batik fabrics called Hummingbird Lane. I also purchased some white batik fabric for the background.

The houses are divided up into little, medium and large house blocks and go together fairly fast. Then there are five sets of tree blocks to make. Then you stitch them all together into five rows. You add a small white sashing border and then a larger border in a batik print.

After assembling the quilt top I put it on my longarm. This is always my favorite part. I used Glide thread in Magic Mint for the backing and Glide in Sea Green for the sashing. I used Glide in White for the background and Aurifil Monofilament thread for stitching in the ditch and the quilting on the houses. I turned my tension down to 1.5 for the monofilament thread. And when I did the background in the orange peels I turned the tension down to 3.0 to help the thread from the backing to not show. In the sashing I kept the tension to a normal 4.0.

I used Quilter's Dream white poly batting. With the white background in the quilt top it's always a good idea to use white batting.

I did the backing of this quilt completely in orange peels using a 1.5 circle BERNINA ruler. This took forever and you have to tuck the orange peels behind the houses. But it has such a nice effect when it's done.