Green Mile a Minute quilt

 I'm happy to have completed my green Mile a Minute quilt for May, to participate in Sorties from the Sewing Room's One Monthly Goal.

I started this quilt at the beginning of the year while teaching the Mile a Minute technique to a local (Calgary) quilt guild.  

Close up of a couple of the blocks.

I dug into my stash and found I had a lot of green fabric, which made it an easy choice for the sashing, corner stones, borders and backing, and making this look like a green quilt.  

Pieced binding

Once the quilting was complete I decided to piece the trimmings from the backing fabric to make my binding,

Pieced back of the quilt - "Back Art"

Actually the blocks have so many colours in them that you can use any colour for sashing and borders.  In class we experimented with this and placed the blocks on any different colour background, giving an entirely different look and feel.

I love this block, as it used up all the little bits.  I will be teaching another Mile a Minute later this month at Out of Hand Quilting and Fabric, and I have a Mile a Minute tutorial on my blog, starting here.

QUILT DETAILS

 Green Mile a Minute Quilt 2026

The finished quilts measures 68 inches by 83 inches

Started January 2026

Finished May 2026

Perfect is the enemy of done ~ Catherine Carrigan