Hi Girls. I'm late getting these instructions to you - very sorry!
I can't believe we're about to finish our quilt tops already.
For the Lap Sized Half-Pint:
1. Stitch the 27 1/2" x 3 1/2" strips to the sides of your quilt center.
2. Stitch the 33 1/2" x 3 1/2" strips to the top and bottom of your quilt center:
3. Gather your 1" HST's.
4. Lay them out with a total of 34 squares (17 facing to the right and 17 facing to the left) across the top and bottom, and 32 squares down (16 facing down and 16 facing up) each side.
5. Stitch each row of blocks together
6. Press
Note that there is one Flying Geese in the center of each row of HST's.
7. Stitch one 35 1/2" x 3 1/2" strip to each side of the quilt.
8. Stitch one 41 1/2" x 3 1/2" strip to the top and the bottom of the quilt.
And, VOILA
For the Lap Sized Quilt:
1. Gather your 11 strips that are 3 1/2" x WOF.
2. You can use a straight seam to stitch all of the strips together.
3. Or, you can do a diagonal seam (which makes the piecing in the border less visible).
4. To make diagonal seams (the Kelly way), lay one strip of fabric so that the edge has the 45 degree angle line on your mat running through the middle of the end
5. Lay the next border strip on top of it, with your fabric facing right sides together (RST)
6. Position your ruler so that the 1/4" line is running along the 45 degree angle line
7. Cut
8. Pin
9. Lift the strip that was laying fabric side down and turn so that it faces fabric side up
10. Align it on the 45 degree line as you did the first strip
11. Add your next strip
12. Continue following the same steps above, until you have all 11 of your strips pinned together.
13. Stitch and press
all of the pinned sections.
14. From this very long 3 1/2" strip, cut
2 -- 3 1/2" x 51 1/2" strips
2 -- 3 1/2" x 57 1/2" strips
2 -- 3 1/2" x 59 1/2" strips
2 -- 3 1/2" x 65 1/2" strips
15. Stitch one 3 1/2" x 57 1/2" strip to each side of your quilt center.
(Sorry, I don't have this one finished yet -- so no photos).
16. Stitch one 3 1/2" x 51 1/2" strip to the top and bottom of your quilt center.
17. Gather your 1" HST's.
18. Lay them out with a total of 52 squares (26 facing to the right and 26 facing to the left) across the top and bottom, and 62 squares down (31 facing down and 31 facing up) each side. See photo above for layout.
19. Stitch the rows together, and stitch them to your quilt center.
20. Stitch one 3 1/2" x 65 1/2" strip to each side of the quilt.
21. Stitch one 3 1/2" x 59 1/2" strip to the top and to the bottom of your quilt.
And, VOILA -- your quilt top is finished.
I'm hoping to finish my top this weekend, and share a photo with some other projects soon.
Happy Sewing and a Happy Weekend to you girls!
TTFN,
Kelly
