Here's a tutorial just in time for America's Independence Day!
You can create two waving flags with one fat quarter of each print.
Lay your blue piece in the upper left hand corner of your red stripe piece.
Pin in place. Do NOT use a fusible webbing, it will make the next steps harder.
With a zig-zag stitch go around the right and bottom edge of the blue print.
Flip your project over and cut out the red stripe fabric from the corner you added your blue. I cut leaving about 1/4".
Press your 'flag'.
Lay your flag on your cutting board, and cut strips vertically anywhere from 2" to 1" strips.
I cut 2", 1 3/4", 1", 1 1/2" etc. Don't cut less than 1 1/2" from the left or right side.
With 1/4" seam allowance, sew your cut strips back together.
Press seam toward larger strip.
Trim along the wavy top and bottom to clean up the edges.
Applique onto a background of your choice. You can make this into a pillow cover, wall hanging, table runner etc, etc!
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This past holiday weekend I had the opportunity to sew and sew and sew!! My sister's in law and I set up 'shop' up at my mother in law's basement and had three full days of bliss!!
I also worked on some Happy Houses for a swap started by Lurline in Australia. Kathy is the hostess for the American gals. I still have to 'wonky' them by adding skewed borders all around each block, but it's a good start!
When we finally left the house at 7:30pm, I found a package from Nanette in the mail box!!! I had ordered a kit for her darling Mixed Bag because I love bags, and more importantly, I love the fabrics she puts into the kits!!!
Yeah!! I FINALLY got to work on my Calendar Quilt Challenge! I have a box (and a basket) of just strips of all sizes. As I was going through them, I decided to use anything that would fit into an "Americana" theme.
This picture is what I have so far, 34 strips which puts me right up to the date!
At this point it measures 50"X37 1/2" I have a feeling this is going to be one heckuva' quilt!
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Tracey is about to hit 100 posts on her blog, hence a giveaway! She's got two prizes to choose from, a set of fat quarters or a cross-stitch kit.
Congratulations Tracey!
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For you lucky Aussie gals, Lurline is hostessing a Happy House Swap. For us quilters in the US, and elsewhere, we can use Lurline's tutorial to create some happy houses of our own! Lurline did let me know that there are a couple of U.S. ladies that might take on a Happy House Swap here in the states, I'll let you know if that happens, because I'll be one of
the firsts to sign up!!
