Winter Window Wall Hanging
Greetings!
I'm really loving working with panels — again! But baby, it's cold outside!
This time I used this gorgeous gradient fabric (1 yard). Then folded it in quarters and "sliced" it. Then added attic-window piecing. Then I added woodgrain print fabric for the window frame and a border.
Beverly Bemies, at The Cotton Cottage, machine quilted it for me. And I added the two little "cold" birds on the window sill. A friend suggested I needed to make one for each season. Good idea!
It's for sale on my Amazon Handmade page here.
In progress
The Sunflower Panel Frenzy is complete and is at the quilters as we speak! Can't believe I forgot to take a photo first!
What's on my design wall?
Well, it's more like what's on my worktable!!
A dear friend inspired me to get a little more organized with all this mountain of fabric I have around the workshop in huge tubs. I've been working on this off and on for 2 months and still have hardly made a dent in it. Here's the idea: I started with one tub full of black & white fabrics. Fold yardage onto acid-free cardboard (actually comic book or magazine boards).
After 54 boards full, fat quarters sorted out, 2 1/2" strips sorted out, crumb scraps sorted out, and the rest into a pile to be cut into 10" and 5" squares. Well, that's ONE tub done.
Also, it's a good idea to mark each board somehow so you know how much fabric is on each one. I came up with a method of tying strings (or yarn) — anything over 1 yard was tied with one string, over 2 yards with 2 strings, over 3 with 3 strings, and so on. Now at a glance you know how much is on each board. I did not fold up 1/2 yard lengths though. I folded them into double fat quarters.
After all is said and done, I now have a huge tub FULL of just fat quarters and half yards. Then I have another tub FULL of just 2 1/2" strips! Then I cleaned out my supply shelves in the pantry. So far I have used over 350 boards! And I'm not even half way done, egads! I'm gonna need a bigger pantry.
Tag line of the month
Remember: You don't stop laughing because you grow old — you grow old because you stop laughing.
May you always have a quilt in the hoop,
Claudia Plett