Design Wall Monday - 9/24/12

DESIGN WALL MONDAY - 9/24/12
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We have some awesome stuff on our walls!
Well, THEY do - ME - not so much sometimes - ;))
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Linda and I are working on our Christmas stuff -
We call it our -
Leisurely Turtle Race to Christmas with Squirrels Allowed - ;))

First on my Christmas Wish List is the four placemats -

I cut them apart and laid them out -

This one has a little flaw in the fabric -
See it? -

It probably won’t show too much -
So I decided to just stitch it up -
See what happens -
I can always color it in with some pens - ;))

I figured out a stitching sequence -
Just “in-the-ditch” around the tree -
And down the stripes on each side -
I might add some free-motion quilting later -
Maybe - ;))

Layered it with some fusible batting -
Which DIDN’T fuse -
It was probably in my stash too long -
And lost its “fuse” ability -

So I had to pin it instead -
Just so you know -
I HATE pinning -

After it was quilted -
I compared it to my “go-to” placemats -
For size -

Width-wise seems okay -
Without the green border -

And length-wise seems okay, too -
Without the green border -

Just realized that I didn’t show you -
The backing fabric -
I’ll take a photo of that later - ;))

So - I think that I will quilt them up -

Trim them to 3/8” past the center rectangle -

Then bind them with something “yet to be decided” -

After I find my can of spray basting stuff - ;))



Talk to you later - gotta go - gotta sew -