Bear Camp Wall Hanging
Jan 17th, 2009 by admin
Christmas Crafted Out!
Having spent several weeks sewing for Christmas, I was really looking forward to moving on to something completely different!
So as soon as Boxing day was over - I was extremely happy to rescue my sewing machine from its’ Christmas hiding place and start a new project.
A Pleasant Surprise
This bear wall hanging was so quick and easy to make- it surprised me!
First steps were to cut out the appliqué shapes; trees, bears, lake etc and using stabilizer and a dense machine zig-zag stitch, and then I applied the shapes to the background fabric.
Don’t Be Scared
It really was a lot easier than it probably looks - the only tricky part was making sure the shapes were applied in the correct order and trying to make sure that where one shape partially covers another the fabric remained flat.
Appliqué done, I added side and top and bottom borders.
Dark Backing Fabric
As this is a wall hanging, and the backing would be against the wall. I chose a dark backing fabric that I was unlikely to use for anything else. I cut backing and batting slightly larger than the finished top and sandwiched the batting between the other two pieces.
Machine Settings
I set my machine stitch to 26 and machine quilted around the appliqué shapes. I then lowered my machine stitch to 24 and quilted diagonally across the borders.
Almost done!!
Next Steps
I then made some bias strips from some mottled black fabric, sewed them together and attached them as the binding around the quilted wall hanging, neatly slip stitching the binding down on the wrong side.
Decide How You Will Hang Your Project
Finally, I made a sleeve and attached it to the back - so my wall hanging can be hung, where we can all enjoy it!
These projects often look quite daunting - although I really wanted to sew this - I’d been putting it off for ages - because I thought it would take a long time.
Have Fun and Create
However, I was really surprised at how quickly it all went together and of course- once it started to take shape it was such fun!!!
Sometimes the hardest part of starting a new project is - starting it!
Happy New year!!
Sue
Ah Sue, that’s just gorgeous! Not at all how I had imagined it, but even better.
Many thanks Tracey.
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After all, you can’t have too much inspiration!!
Sue.