Quilts from the New York Sewer

Quilts from the New York Sewer!
November 2001 Squirrel Winter Wallhanging This is another break-from-Christmas-present-quilts project. It is just for US!! It is the cutest little wallhanging - the pattern came from McCalls Quilting Magazine. I used the fusible web & invisible nylon method of machine applique. I really liked the snowy blue fabric for the border - when I saw it I knew immediately it was for this quilt. It is also used for the backing. The pattern instructions discussed selecting a tone-on-tone fabric that mimiced light playing on the squirrel, and that is what I attempted to do with this funny, bark-textured fabric. It is all the same fabric, but i placed the lighter areas in such a way that the top of the Squirrel's arm and haunches look like the sun is shining down on him! And also, it is lighter underneath his tail, just like a real squirrel. I am glad that the designer added this touch, it was a lot of fun for me. By the way, what do you think of his googly eye? The pattern called for a button, but I had these lying around from a stuffed animal project. In this picture, you can see the invisible nylon applique stitcheson the brown, as well as the white blind stiching (also done by machine) on the "snow drift" in the background. For his reins, I used the triple stretch stitch on my machine, and brown thread. This is not a fancy stitch, most 17-function machines have it, and it is great for mimicing a running or stem stitch done by hand in embroidery thread. What I have been doing lately for my wallhangings is to create the front, and then layer the front and back right sides together, then lay it over the batting. I sew around three sides, leaving the top open. I turn it all right sides out, batting sandwiched in between. I then make a kind of binding strip, 5 inches wide, just for the top. I fold the outer edges in first so they are cleanly finished. I sew the binding on, entirely by machine, so that a rod pocket is created. I purchase very inexpensive dowels from the hardware store, and insert that in the rod pocket, to support the quilt when hung - this prevents sagging in the middle. I hand stitch some D-rings or picture hanging doo-dads on the back, and hang it like any picture.	QUICK LINKS! My Quilts Quilts Home .....Go To Next Quilt---> Squirrel Winter Wallhanging Strawberry Quilt Jacobean Wallhanging Halloween Quilt Autumn Table Runner Flags in Stars Flying Geese a L'Orange avec Cranberries Whirlygig Wallhanging Quilt Shoo Fly Mini Quilt Berry Patch Stars Lap Quilt Buckeye Beauty Lap Quilt Heart Wall Hanging Double Nine Patch and Hearts Pinwheel Baby Quilt American Flag Quilt Double Irish Chain Queen Quilt Pieced Tulip Baby Quilt Sawtooth Star Baby Quilt Weathervane Wall Hanging Pink and Green Lemoyne Star Red and Green Lemoyne Star Christmas Stockings

November 2001

Squirrel Winter Wallhanging

Quilt This is another break-from-Christmas-present-quilts project. It is just for US!! It is the cutest little wallhanging - the pattern came from McCalls Quilting Magazine. I used the fusible web & invisible nylon method of machine applique. I really liked the snowy blue fabric for the border - when I saw it I knew immediately it was for this quilt. It is also used for the backing.

Quilt The pattern instructions discussed selecting a tone-on-tone fabric that mimiced light playing on the squirrel, and that is what I attempted to do with this funny, bark-textured fabric. It is all the same fabric, but i placed the lighter areas in such a way that the top of the Squirrel's arm and haunches look like the sun is shining down on him! And also, it is lighter underneath his tail, just like a real squirrel. I am glad that the designer added this touch, it was a lot of fun for me. By the way, what do you think of his googly eye? The pattern called for a button, but I had these lying around from a stuffed animal project.

Quilt In this picture, you can see the invisible nylon applique stitcheson the brown, as well as the white blind stiching (also done by machine) on the "snow drift" in the background. For his reins, I used the triple stretch stitch on my machine, and brown thread. This is not a fancy stitch, most 17-function machines have it, and it is great for mimicing a running or stem stitch done by hand in embroidery thread.

What I have been doing lately for my wallhangings is to create the front, and then layer the front and back right sides together, then lay it over the batting. I sew around three sides, leaving the top open. I turn it all right sides out, batting sandwiched in between. I then make a kind of binding strip, 5 inches wide, just for the top. I fold the outer edges in first so they are cleanly finished. I sew the binding on, entirely by machine, so that a rod pocket is created. I purchase very inexpensive dowels from the hardware store, and insert that in the rod pocket, to support the quilt when hung - this prevents sagging in the middle. I hand stitch some D-rings or picture hanging doo-dads on the back, and hang it like any picture.

Quilts from the New York Sewer!

Squirrel Winter Wallhanging

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