I was lucky enough to be able to attend “Adventures in Tiny Piecing” with Chawne Kimber (@cauchycomplete) in May of 2019 with the Baltimore Modern Quilt Guild. Being the rebel I am and never wanting to follow a pattern, I pulled fabric from the scraps I brought and started my first tiny piecing project based on a Courthouse Steps block.
After the workshop, I became a little obsessed with continuing to add on, especially after I saw how the colors were beginning to interact with each other! I kept going, and going, and going…until it grew to finish at 36″ x 36″. This quilt is named after a combination of the block and the song Kangaroo Court by Capital Cities. Also, the term Kangaroo Court was fitting for the time.
This quilt was traditionally pieced. My method for keeping it as accurate as possible was using 1″ strips of colors, sewing on, and then trimming down just before sewing on the next row. I pieced colored strips all in the same order about 6″ wide, cut a 1″ strip, and shifted the strip down or up next to the one before it to achieve the movement in the colors.
I was super excited to find out that Kangaroo Court has been selected to be a part of the MQG Showcase at the International Quilt Festival in Houston, TX in October of 2021. I bought a plane ticket for another day trip and will post pictures here then!
The Details
- Finished Size: 36″ x 36″
- Fabric Front: Kona – White, Iced Frappe, Pool, Cypress, Turquoise, Pacific, Riviera, Red, Bright Pink, Persimmon, Corn Yellow, & Bright Periwinkle
- Fabric Back: Ruby Star Society, Melody Miller, Good Morning Red
- Binding: Faced with Kona White
- Batting: Hobbs Tuscany Collection Wool
- Thread: Aurifil Dove (2600) for piecing, Aurifil White (2021) for quilting
- Shows:
- QuiltCon, Austin, TX, February 2020
- MQG Showcase, International Quilt Festival, Houston, TX, October 2021
- Publications: None
- Awards: None
