Memorial Day is a day of remembrance for the
men and women who have died in service. It is
a day to pause, and remember freedom is not
free. My heart goes out to all who are
remembering family and friends today.
This wall hanging was made from the same
pattern I've been using from Jen Kingwell's
modified this way before, but not where.
The piecing is fairly tedious when the strips
are cut only 1" wide. Not all my strips
were spot on so I made sure to square up
all the blocks before joining them.
I made sure to match the lowest horizontal
strip on the upper quadrants. At least it
gives the 'illusion' that it matches even if
the rest of the strips are a little off.
I had a batting scrap to use, and made my
backing twice as large so I had something to
hold on to. There's nothing harder than trying
to FMQ an itty bitty piece. I started to FMQ in
the white area, and it didn't look right. I
ripped out about 12" of stitching. Then I
started over, and just outlined the hearts
with Aurifil 50#. It was enough as the
blocks were already busy enough.
I attached my binding to the back, and
then realized I hadn't trimmed the edges
quite enough. Would you believe that when
I trimmed the edge I cut the corner off
my binding?
It doesn't pay to hurry, and, Yes, you
can section binding, but it's not fun!
This binding warranted hand sewing, and
I looked forward to a little t.v. time with
my daughter. One episode of "The Gilmore
Girls," and I was done.
I thought you would like to see the fabrics
close up. I think it's so interesting how blocks
look close up while we're picking out fabrics
and sewing vs. the whole finished effect.
Woohoo, Doxie Girls!
It's Saturday, and time for the weekly
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to upload a picture of something you've created
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Whatever it is that inspired you to create this
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