Mothers Day Mini Quilt
Hello Dear Friends and Readers and a warm welcome to today’s post. With Mother’s Day a rapidy approaching (here), I thought it would be nice to make something for the day. I’m feeling in the pink! So pink is what I thought I would use. I’m using scraps in various different pinks with a nice crisp tone on tone white for the background. If you decide to join in, use whatever colour you like. I really like small quilts. This could be made as a wall hanging, however. I like to use a small quilt around the kitchen or laundry as a pretty table topper, or really anywhere where you would like to have a little bit of a softer surface. It is perfect for morning or afternoon tea, especially for Mother’s Day. And Mother’s Day can be every day! I hope you consider making one for yourself.
Let’s get to it, because times a wasting.. This is designed to be a quick project. This mini quilt is made using strip piecing for speedier construction, however one could use 2” squares if preferred.
Finished quilt size approximately 20” x 23”.
Requirements for the Mother’s Day Mini Quilt
Approximately 12” of width of fabric white tone on tone, sub cut into;
5 of 2” width of fabric strips. Cut four of 2” x 17” strips for the first border.
Cut 12 of 2“ x 20“ white tone on tone strips for the checkerboard centre (or 49 of 2” x 2” white squares
12 of 2“ x 20“ assorted pink strips ( or 50 of 2” x 2” assorted scrap pink squares)
For the second border, cut four of 2” x 20 strips of a small print pink fabric
A pice of thin batting, approximately 23” x 25”
A piece of backing fabric, approximately 23” x 25”
3 of 2 1/4” width of fabric strips in medium rose pink for the binding
Making the Mother’s Day Mini Quilt
Make the Checkerboard Centre
Take the 12 each of the assorted pink strips and the white strips to the machine. Sew the strips together, alternating between the white and pink strips until you have use them all up and now have a piece of striped fabric.
Press. Take to the cutting board and cut carefully across the strips into long 2” width strips.
You will now have a lot of little squares in strips.
The strips will now be reattached together to make a checker board pattern, by turning the strips alternately from top to bottom, so that white is against pink and pink is against white, as pictured.
Arrange the strips into a checkerboard pattern in a 9 x 11 configuration, ensuing that each of the four corners begins with a pink square.
If necessary, you may need to unpick one or two squares from the lengths if you need to change the position of a colour or if you have used scraps to make up your strips, as I did.
Sew all the rows together. Sewing from one side to the other, this will make sure that the seam allowances will all be facing the same direction for each row. This will make pressing a breeze. Press. Here is what the back looks like.
Adding Borders to the Mother’s Day Mini Quilt
First Border
Using the 4 of 2” x 17” white tone on tone strips. Sew a strip to the long side of the checkerboard centre. Repeat on the opposite side. Now sew the remaining two strips to the two shorter sides.
Second Border
Using the 4 of 2” x 20” pink small print fabric, sew one 20” x 2” strips for the to the long side of the quilt. Repeat for the opposite side. Sew the remaining two strips to the two shorter sides. Press.
Optional Appliquéd Heart
If desired, use a scrap 2” x 2” pink leftover square to make a heart. Fold in half and cut into a heart shape. Clip the curves and then use needle turn appliqué to attach to the centre of one white border.
Quilt and Bind
Lay out the backing fabric right side down, top with the piece of batting and the quilt top right side up. Smooth all layers. Pin baste. Quilt as desired. I used my newly acquired walking foot to quilt the top through all the white squares along the diagonals. Walking it Through Plaid Lozenges Quilt
Attach the binding to the front edges of the quilt. Turn to the back and hand stitch in place. Quick Bind Every Time Improved
Happy Mother’s Day. Happy Tea time!
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Happy Stitching,
Susie
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