Mini Charm Chocolate Quiltalong

Here is my Mini Charm Chocolates Baby Quilt.

My quilt is featured today on

The Jolly Jabber

I love this quilt!

I started Here with these wonderful

Fragile  fabrics

and added Bella Bright Turquoise Here

from

Fat Quarter Shop

Free Pattern Here

You may purchase this lovely quilt kit Here

or choose your own fabrics and follow the free video tutorial Here

The center of my quilt was made following the fun and easy pattern.
When it came time to finish my quilt top ...

I picked a few extra mini charms and sprinkled them into my border.
I used four rounds of 2.5" strips and mini charms to sew my border.

My finished quilt measures 46" by 39"

For the quilting I chose
Aurifil 5006 - a pretty light aqua.

For the quilting I used my heavy duty walking foot
and stitched easy waves for a windblown effect.
I used two layers a=of Dream Puff batting to give it extra pouf.

When it came time to bind my quilt I added ribbon tags
for baby fingers to play.

My thoughts on baby quilts are that they should be oversized,
placed on floors, on the ground at the park
and shared with furry friends.

I finished it with a two-color machine finished binding
and added an extra line of stitches in the flange
so the ribbon tabs would hold up to lots of tugging.

A tutorial is coming soon of how I make this binding.

I love this windswept backing fabric!

I love this bold and graphic fabric line!

I do not know for whom I made this quilt.

It is going into a plastic storage for the baby to come along.

A big Thank You to the wonderful people at the

Fat Quarter Shop

for another wonderful Quilt Along project!

Giveaway Time!

So one of my readers may enjoy making 
a "mini-mini" chocolates quilt,
I am giving away one Fragile Mini Charm Pack. 
There are forty two 2.5" mini charms in this pack.

To be eligible to win his giveaway:

please leave one lovely comment!

I will mail anywhere in the world.

You do not need to be a follower to win.

You do need to leave an email address where I can contact you to let you know if you are the lucky winner and to get your mailing address.

My blog does not allow anonymous comments to keep away the robots.

If you do not have an ID to leave a comment, you may email me

at the address under "Contact Me" at the the top of my blog 

and I will enter your comment for you.

As a extra thank you to my followers, you may leave a second comment 

telling me how you follow and why you like to visit my scrapatch 

or tell me a favorite of my projects or tutorials.

This giveaway closes on Thursday,

November 16th, at Midnight EST

I will use a random number generator to choose the winner

and I will announce a winner on Friday, Nov 17th.

This Giveaway has now closed.

Winner announced Here.

Thanks to all who stopped by and left me lovely comments!

Thank you for visiting me today

I am with my family at Disneyland today!

I will respond to comments after I return on November 15th.

Click Here
and follow the links
to my fellow bloggers who have joined in this
lovely quiltalong.
Many beautiful quilts ... sew inspiring!

Hope to your version of this fun quilt soon!

:)

Quilted and ready!

Quilting!

The quilting had to be scheduled around the cat naps.

But is is now done ...
and ... 

... ready to bind!

This pretty Binding Baby is from 

Doohikey Designs

It fits over my extra spool holder and peeks at me as I bind.

Cuteness ... :)

I have a surprise in the binding for this one

and can't wait to show you!

Reveal is November 3rd. 

Please stay tuned ... :) 

Have Scraps?

Have Scraps ... Have to Play!

I have leftover mini charms ...

... and strips ...

Time to Play!

Now what could these be for?

Time will show and tell.

:-)

Sneak Peek ~ New Project!

I love my Bella Solids Color Chart.

When I needed to decide on a solid to coordinate with

my Fragile by Zen Chic Mini Charm Project,

started here,

I reached for my color chart.

I find this an essential tool when designing and deciding

on colors and fabrics.

There are touches of a lovely blue turquoise in the

Fragile by Zen Chic for Moda Fabrics

fabric line.

I was looking for a solid to bring out this color,

so I opened to the blues and turquoise page
on my handy Bella Solids Color Chart
and looked for the perfect match.

There were several possibilites,

Surf, Capri, Bright Turquoise, 

and even Pastel Blue if I wanted to tone it down.

My son the engineer was walking by so I asked him which color he liked best.

He looked them over and pointed out the Bright Turquoise has the same color intensity

of the golden yellow in the Fragile line.

My Matty has a great eye for design and color.

I agreed.

So Bright Turquoise it is!

I am loving sewing with these fabrics!

I am looking forward to showing off this project,

but it shall have to wait.

This is for another great 

Fat Quarter Shop Quiltalong

Maestro, the ever present quilty kitty helper,

says she is on guard to make sure there is no more peeking.

:) Soon! :)

How do you decide what solids to use in a new project?

Do you use a color chart?

I am always interested in sharing quilting tips.

:-)

Fragile Beauty

Fragile by Zen Chic for Moda Fabrics

Now what can this be for?

Time will tell.

Looking forward to sewing with these beautiful fabrics!

:-)

Charming Halloween

Hocus Pocus Spooky Delight!

Soon it will be Halloween Night.

Time to weave a web wicked.

And share the candy box of dread!

heeeheheehee !

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#fqsquiltalong

# minicharmchocolatequilt

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