Remember how I started sewing a Christmas wall hanging back in October? Uhm, well, I finished it. Yesterday. I put off sewing the binding on by hand forever because it's not much fun. Especially not if you don't have a thimble that fits and you keep hurting your finger with the needle. And then the white/green quilt gets some red spots...
Anyway, I finished it! YAY! And it looks lovely. I hung it up in the hallway. The lighting there is terrible so excuse the awful photos.
If you wanna make a little forest quilt I highly recommend the tutorial. It's well written and the result is awesome.
I quilting is very minimalistic - just stitching in the ditch. It didn't turn out perfectly because the quilting foot I used that was supposed to guide the quilting right into the seam didn't really work properly. I don't complain about my sewing machine because it's awesome and I love it's pretty much impossible to see where you're quilting with the foot. I changed to the regular sewing foot after two lines and quilted the rest myself, as in without any guide on where to quilt.
For the back I used some old sheets I found in my parent's basement. Having a mom who collects vintage sheets is awesome :)
That is such a pretty project! Props to you for continuing to work on it even though it was a little tedious. I also love that you use recycled materials.
ReplyDeleteGuess what I'm sewing these days... :-D But I won't make a wall hanging, but placemats for x-mas.
ReplyDeleteWow, I really like this! So simple and pretty - exactly what I like!
ReplyDeleteAnd Merry Christmas!