Making the Sewing Happens Here wallhanging by Tania Denyer May 19, 2020 written by Tania Denyer May 19, 2020 746 Every sewing space needs to be recognized, whether you’re a quilter, garment maker, or textile artist. Each of us work where we can find the space, sometimes at our dining room table or in our basement next to the laundry or if we’re lucky a spare room or even a studio. No matter where you sew, this is a creative space and should be honored as such. You need a sign to remind yourself and others that Sewing Happens Here! Every sewing space needs a sign to mark it! Sewing Happens Here! This project will give you a 24” square quilted wallhanging. It’s composed of an oversized shoofly block made from two shades of your favorite color, in my case turquoise, and has a cute tomato pin cushion applique and the words “sewing happens here” to complete the project. You can follow the colorway in my sample or choose the colors that make your heart sing. I would love to see how you interpret this design and make it your own. I’m on Instagram @iamgingerq so please share and use the hashtags #sewinghappenshere and #thesewgoeson. The colors I chose to create my wallhanging materials fabric 20″ of 2 background fabrics (turquoise) 20″ of lettering fabric (white) Fat quarters for tomato applique, red, green, yellow, black, white and pink 39″ of fabric for backing 20″ of fabric for binding and hanging sleeve 30″ square of cotton batting threads Gütermann Threads to match your fabrics other Heatnbond fusible web UNIQUE Double Sided Cutting Mat – 23″ x 35″ In addition, make sure you have a good cutting mat such as the UNIQUE Cutting Mat. It’s essential that you have the best quality tools to create your fabric art. My UNIQUE cutting mat has been well used but is still going strong. One tip I learned was that you can clean the cotton fibers from the cuts with a simple white eraser, it works great! SEW EASY Quilting Ruler – 12″ x 8 1⁄2″ Remember to have fun picking your fabrics, sometimes this is my favorite part. Below you’ll find a printable pdf of a coloring book page of this project. It can help you audition your color selection before cutting into any of your precious fabrics. Join me tomorrow, I’m cutting and assembling the background shoofly block. KAI 1000 Series Dressmakers’ Shears – 8 1⁄2″ and KAI 1000 Series Needlecraft Scissors – 4 1⁄2″ KAI 1000 Series Needlecraft Scissors – 4 1⁄2″ Sewing Happens Here! template. Click to download PDF This is part 1 of 5 in this series Go to part 2: Creating an oversized shoofly quilt block! Print this page or save as a PDF 0qs312battingfree patternsGÜTERMANN threadsheatnbondKAI Sewing Scissorsnotionsscissorsthreadswallhangings FacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinRedditWhatsappTelegramEmail Tania Denyer Tania has been a quilty creator for over 20 years. She loves to make quirky quilts ranging from a bowl of ramen to a Christmas turkey or a fruitcake. She has not yet found a subject that she wouldn't like to see rendered as a quilt. Her current focus is on food quilts and her work has been featured in magazines such as Cottage Life, Make Modern, Gastro Obscura and SBS (a food network in Australia). Her creative interests also include illustration, painting, and crocheting. There is nothing she likes better than to try something new. Tania believes curiosity in all things is key to a creative life. previous post Social Distancing – the perfect time for a hexies quilt pattern next post Creating an oversized shoofly quilt block! YOU MAY ALSO LIKE... No-sew embellishments – Easy with ribbons, buttons, and... 2 essential products for making 3D flowers out... 2 ways to showcase thread in your quilting... 12 easy steps to stencil tea towels using... 2 ways to make stencils with freezer paper... T-shirt quilts – 4 ideas for layouts that... Stay warm with a quilt made with Fairfield... Pinning a quilt – It’s the little things... T-shirt quilts – Quilting rulers that make the... 1 comment Claudia W May 19, 2020 - 1:31 pm This is sew cute!!! I can’t wait to get started on this! Thank you so much! Reply Leave a Comment Cancel Reply Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Δ This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.
