{"id":72400,"date":"2026-09-19T07:19:33","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T14:19:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/?p=72400"},"modified":"2026-09-18T16:55:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T23:55:15","slug":"pandora-charisma-2-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/pandora-charisma-2-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"Pandora Charisma #2 Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/even-more-pc-progress\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">hasn&#8217;t been very long<\/a> since I worked on the newest Pandora Charisma, but it feels like an eternity. It was before the <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/showgirl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Great Wisconsin Quilt Show<\/a>, which makes it feel like an eternity.<\/p>\n<p>I really wanted a nice tidy finish before I left, but I wasn&#8217;t able to finish. I want it to be a bag that I will use so I didn&#8217;t want to do a rush job.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-72400 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20260904_205306_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260904_205306_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Pandora Charisma #2: working on the binding\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-72264\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-72264'>\n\t\t\t\tPandora Charisma #2: working on the binding\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/20260907_150505_wm-sm\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260907_150505_wm-sm-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Pandora Charisma #2: working on the binding\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-72408\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-72408'>\n\t\t\t\tPandora Charisma #2: working on the binding\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I worked hard on the binding, which is probably the most difficult part of the bag, aside from the thickness of the layers. The thickness of the layers is not a problem for me now because of the Elna&#8217;s HP2 foot. I almost finished. I have to fix the binding and have finishing bits to add like making the adjustable strap, so I put it aside and went to Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_72411\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72411\" style=\"width: 216px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260907_180857_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-72411\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260907_180857_wm-sm-216x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pandora Charisma #2 Top\" width=\"216\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260907_180857_wm-sm-216x300.jpg 216w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260907_180857_wm-sm.jpg 700w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 216px) 85vw, 216px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pandora Charisma #2 Top<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The biggest problem was when I tested the zippers that the binding was getting caught in the zippers. I thought about it while I was gone. I was disappointed and didn&#8217;t really want to take the binding off. For this pattern, the binding has been an issue for me. I thinking my quiltmaking binding background is the issue. I think I am making my binding too wide. Next time I make a Sewfisticated pattern, I plan to use foldover elastic.&nbsp; Alternatively, I will check the size of the binding the pattern requires more carefully.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_72407\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72407\" style=\"width: 225px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260907_181032_wm-sm.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-72407\" src=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260907_181032_wm-sm-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pandora Charisma #2 - main compartment\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260907_181032_wm-sm-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/20260907_181032_wm-sm.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 85vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-72407\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pandora Charisma #2 &#8211; main compartment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>I got back to it on Thursday night after a few days of being home. You can see the excess binding fabric in the photo, right. I decided to handstitch the excess binding to itself. That will cover any suboptimal stitching and make the excess fabric more contained. Not an ideal solution, but the excess won&#8217;t get caught in the zipper.<\/p>\n<p>I hope to finish soon. I&#8217;d like to try using it and see how it works for me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It hasn&#8217;t been very long since I worked on the newest Pandora Charisma, but it feels like an eternity. It was before the Great Wisconsin Quilt Show, which makes it feel like an eternity. I really wanted a nice tidy finish before I left, but I wasn&#8217;t able to finish. I want it to be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/2026\/09\/pandora-charisma-2-continues\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Pandora Charisma #2 Continues&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[558],"tags":[255,560],"class_list":["post-72400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-558","tag-project-bag","tag-sewfisticated"],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=72400"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72414,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72400\/revisions\/72414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artquiltmaker.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}