Hey quilters...hope y'all have been having a great summer. It's pretty HOT here in Florida...even the gators are laying low. As promised, the last but not least summer project for kids is a fun & easy wall hanging. The one pictured is a baby gift for a girl's room but you can totally change this design into a boy or girls' design. Change your fabric per your design. The chevron quilting is pretty basic for any age. You'll be learning "straight line quilting using your pressor foot as your guide"...You know me...#less-stress-quilting!" This would aslo make a great "4-H project" design in your school colors. What a fun gift for someone going off to college as well. Anyway, the instructions are easy to follow along and today I'll be posting "phase 1." I quilted with Aurifil 50 weight thread #1320, 2710, 2588 & used 2 fat quarters for the front and scrap fabrics from Michael Miller Fairy Frost. I love how the thread & fabric complement each other nicely. Her room has blue tones, so I accented a few stitch lines to bring out her colors. At the end I embellished with a wreath design traced from scraps & then added a "little bling" with some rhinestone beads. Embellish the design as you wish. Remember this is your design...get creative but most of all have fun! Sew let's get started! :-)
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Wall Hanging (16.5 x 16.5)
Here's all you need...
*2 Fat quarters
*Batting/Backing (roughly half yard each...borders will be cut from same fabric)
*Ruler w/ a 1/4" seam mark
*Aurifil thread to compliment your fabric :-)
Here's all you do...
*Rotary cut one fat quarter to 12.5 x 12.5 (includes 1/4" seam allowance)
*Lightly mark with your preferred method (I use a #2 Pencil, then erase later) a 1/4" seam all around your square to make sure you don't sew into your "seam allowance"
*Now divide your square into sections...using your pencil mark 4 diagonal lines & four horizontal lines creating 4 (3"sections) per row....16 sections all together. (see pic)
*Using your ruler as your guide...mark diagonal lines in each 3" square...alternating angels creating the "chevron design" Repeat with each square. Then come back to each square and draw a 1/4" line from original marking to create your sewing lines. Repeat this process until your grid is complete or your desired design. (see pics)
Step 2...adding Border/Binding
*In this step you will be adding on your "border strips and your binding strip". What..binding now too...Yes, this is my "Border/Binding technique" that I lazily love to do :-)
*Rotary cut 2 strips to 1 1/2 by 12 1/2 (includes 1/4 seam allowance) ...Sew to top and bottom of your block...press...square up corners as needed.
*Rotary cut 2 strips 1 1/2 x 14 1/2 and using same method as above sew to left and right side of block.
*For second row of borders...repeat same method but your border strips should be rougly 1 1/2 x 14 1/2 for top and bottom (you can square up extra) and 2 strips 1 1/2 x 16 1/4 for left and right side of block.
Press and square up as needed.
Now for your "border strip"...rotary cut 2 1/2 wide x the top/bottom/right and left side of square and using the same method as above for sewing and squaring up.
TIP...while you are pressing only press your border strips...not your pencil marks with the squares :-)
*Now turn block over and measure the inside of block w/borders...but only add One inch. You will now rotary cut your batting and backing to this size. The extra length is not added onto at this time because you will later turn the "binding strip over to the back for your finished edge)
*Place your backing piece (right side down)
Your batting piece on top
Block (right side facing you) :-)
Pin or clip to secure in place.
Quilt on your grid lines creating the chevron design or quilt as desired. Have fun...remember this is your design so let your creativity flow! :-)
Tip...
Carefully use your hands to hold fabric in place when quilting. If you have "small hands" a child's garden gloves with a gripper back work wonderfully ;-)
Next phase you'll be finishing the border and embellishing :-)
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