Charming Chatter: Half Pint Quilt Along

Such Pretty Half-Pints!

My my my -- there are so many pretty little Half-Pint Quilts in various stages of completion out there. It is so fun to see one pattern made with so many different fabrics -- bright 30's prints, soft pastels, darker country fabrics, fun Christmas fabrics, batiks, and even some amish style with dark backgrounds, and lighter colored blocks!

I love them all! Here are the Half-Pint quilts and quilt tops that have been finished--and, if I could just say -- WAY TO SEW GIRLS! Those tiny 9-patches and HST's were a lot of work -- but, as the quilts show--well worth it!

Joan of OuvragesDune'Acadienne , our Charming Co-Leader's Half-Pint

Katherine of Quilter Going Bananas

Cora of A Crafty Moment

Dawn-Marie of Friendship Around The Fire

Anita of Margaret Mary's Place

Michelle of L7QuiltCo.

And my Half-Pints:

the original

the mini:

and lap-sized

Ladies, you all did a lovely job--they're all so pretty. I'm so glad our winners are determined by random drawing!

And, our winners are:

Dawn-Marie, who won the "Martinique" jelly roll by 3 Sisters!

and

Anita, who won the "Whimsy" jelly roll by Fig Tree Quilts!

Ladies, please e-mail me your mailing addresses so I can get your prizes in the mail to you!

Congrats to all of you on your lovely quilts and to our two winners!

This was such fun -- I'll have to design another quilt so we can do this again--and I promise no tiny HST's on the next one (giggle)!

TTFN,

Kelly

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Binding

Hey Girls. Since last Thursday was Thanksgiving, I thought I'd wait to post the binding instructions until this Thursday!

I'll just do one set of instructions for both quilts.

1. Gather your binding strips and stitch them together on the 2 1/4" ends.

2. Press your seams open to reduce bulk

3. Fold in half, wrong sides together, and press.

4. Starting approximately half way down one side of the quilt, stitch the binding using a 1/4' seam, and leave a tail 8" to 10" long hanging (so you have room to work when you connect the binding at the end).

5. When you get to each corner, lay the binding above the corner, making a 45 degree angle

then fold it straight back down

so you'll have an opening in your corner like this:

6. Pin corner, pin binding to side of quilt and stitch. Repeat as you work your way around the quilt. After you have finished the last corner, be sure to leave 6" to 8" unstitched, so you have room to work while attaching the two ends of your binding.

7. On my mini quilt, the binding matched up perfectly. On the lap size it needed to be trimmed. Lay the two ends of the binding over each other and clip at the 1/4" overlap as follows:

8. Stitch the two ends together using a 1/4" seam allowance. Press the seam open, press binding in half, and stitch to quilt.

9. Fold the binding over the quilt edge, and stitch the binding to the back of the quilt, using small stitches:

10. When you get to a corner, clip corner to reduce bulk, if necessary. Fold and pin one side of the binding down:

11. Fold the remaining edge over, to make a neat corner, and pin.

12. Stitch. Repeat as you work you way around the quilt!

Easy, peasy -- huh?

Alright, so next Thursday, we'll be doing the drawing for those who were able to finish their quilt tops (if you have it quilted, that's great, but not required to be in the drawing).

Up for grabs, we have two prizes from Quilt Market:

A "Martinique" Jelly Roll by 3 Sisters: