How to Make a Quilt Wall Hanging from Material Scraps
A constant dilemma for quilters and fabric crafters is what to do with the scraps of fabric leftover after a craft project. It always seems a waste to throw away perfectly good fabric, and many crafters find themselves hoarding drawers full of scraps, vowing to use them someday. If you are one of those fabric scrap packrats, clean out your stash by making an attractive quilted applique wall hanging.
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Things You'll Need
- Cardstock
- Fabric marking pencil
- Scissors
- Iron
- Facing fabric
- Fusible interfacing
- Straight pins
- Quilting hoop
- Embroidery needle
- Embroidery thread
- Buttons or beads
- Green satin cord
- Quilt batting
- Backing fabric
- Wooden dowel
Instructions
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Create cardstock patterns by drawing and cutting out various flower and leaf shapes.
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Sort fabric scraps and iron them onto fusible interfacing. Then, using the cardstock patterns and fabric marking pencil, trace and cut out the flower and leaf applique shapes.
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Measure, cut and iron an 18 x 36-inch block of facing fabric. Lay out the fabric and arrange the flower and leaf shapes in a vertical pattern, using green satin cord for stems. Once satisfied with the layout, pin the shapes into place.
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Mount the fabric onto a quilting hoop and stitch down the stems and shapes using embroidery thread.
Use buttons or beads for the center of the flowers.
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Measure and cut the batting and backing fabric to the same dimensions as the facing fabric and pin the three pieces together. Quilt the fabric on a sewing machine, stitching randomly around the flowers.
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Sew a ½-inch border on both sides and the bottom, and then fold the top of the quilt backward and sew a seam to form a loop. Rag the edges by placing cuts in the fabric at ¼-inch intervals, being careful not to accidentally snip through the seam. Run the quilt through the washing machine and dryer, and brush out the ragged edges.
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Hang the quilt by running a wooden dowel through the top loop and tying the ends with green satin cord.
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Tips & Warnings
Use a bit of fusible stitching web to better hold the flowers in place prior to sewing.
Always use two sets of scissors, with one set for paper and the other for fabric. Once fabric scissors cut paper, they will never cut fabric properly again.
References
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