Posted by Carol on May 24th, 2006 — Posted in All Projects
Sent in by Judy Jackson:
I use 2 yards of at least 4 colors of flannel . Cut into 9 inch square blocks. Stack 3 -1 of each color together. Rotating colors so you end up with equal amounts of color. Embroider Red Work designs on some or all of the squares. I used just pink squares
Layout the squares until you get a pleasing design. Sew in rows using a 3/4 inch seam allowance. clip these seam allowances 1/4 apart before you sew these rows together. Once the rows are sewn and clipped, sew the rows together and clip again.
Sew 3/4 inch around the outside of the quilt. I sew around at least twice. Clip these edges.
Wash and dry quilt.
With this method I do not use batting and find that I like the extra ragged edges from the flannel.
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Posted by Carol on May 18th, 2006 — Posted in All Projects
[Note from Carol: Stephanie sent in this idea weeks before Mother’s Day, and I got busy and didn’t get it posted. I apologize for that, to her and to anyone who wishes now they could have done this project for Mom this year! It is still a great idea for birthdays or other special occasions, so I’m posting it now anyway.]
I stitched one of Sonia’s “39 cent “postal rate type stamp designs onto Eazy Felt, then added some wording using an Embird font in this case (scaled to fit), for “Happy Mother’s Day”. The “postcard” is oversize, thus it requires the “39 cent stamp” on it. Next, I mirrored Sonia’s Hydrangea floral pin leaves design, and made the pin up to be attached to the postcard either by using a pin back, or else by using a product such as Aleene’s Tack-It Over & Over to make the floral pin removable and still able to be adhered to clothing, then removed and placed back on either the postcard or placed on a similar size piece of 16 gauge vinyl for storage.
The hydrangea flowers are actually the two-tone flowers as shown in her Violet pin design with two different yellow colored centers, except that the petals were stitched out in different color threads. One version of the hydrangea pin has just the assorted color flowers, while the other version shows some crystals being used in the centers of some flowers (I didn’t have many pale yellow crystals, so I guess I had better get some more–lol!)
The postcard has a larger “stamp edge” frame design stitched out on it, but one can use any design for a frame, or skip the frame, or use rick-rack, or whatever happens to appeal for customizing the Postcard look.
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