This small wall quilt will add charm to your home decor
during the winter season. Its finished size of is 34"x 34".
It features the embroidery designs of 2 skating snowmen: Skating
Snowman I and Skating
Snowman II.
The quilt is pieced of scraps of off-white fabrics with golden pattern,
and scraps of green fabrics. |
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| You will need a lot of scraps of white, off-white and cream fabrics
with golden patterns, green fabrics, and a little bit of brown fabric
for the tree trunks. All scraps should be not less than 2 3/4" x 2 3/4".
For the central part of the quilt you will need an off-white square
measuring 12 1/2" x 12 1/2".
For the inner border you will need 6"-wide strips (the length of the
fabric's width).
For the outer border, you will need about 1/4 yard of patterned fabric.
You will also need a piece of batting, fabric for the backing and binding. |
Cutting:
White or off-white with gold fabrics:
Cut out 102 squares measuring 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" and 23 squares measuring
2 3/4" x 2 3/4".
Out of green fabrics, cut 12 squares measuring 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" and
23 squares measuring 2 3/4".
Out of brown fabric cut strips measuring 2 1/2"x 1" for tree trunks.
For the first border, out of green fabric, cut 2 strips measuring 1
1/2" x 28 1/2"and 2 strips measuring 1 1/2" x 30 1/2".
For the second border, out of patterned fabric, cut 2 strips measuring
2 1/4" x 30 1/2" and 2 strips measuring 2 1/4" x 34 1/2". |
| Sewing |
| Step One: Place white and green 2 3/4" squares together face
to face. You'll get 23 pairs. With a lead mechanical pencil, draw a diagonal
on the lighter square. Stitch 1/4" from the pencil line on both sides. |
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| Step Two: Cut along the line. Open the new square. Press the
seam towards the green. Trim the ears. Repeat for all the pairs. You should
get 46 two-color squares, measuring 2 1/2" x 2 1/2". We'll use them to
make trees. |
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Step Three: To make trees, join the green-and-white squares
as shown on the diagram below.
To make the tree trunk, take 2 white 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" squares and a
brown strip. Attach the brown strip to both squares. Attach this strip
to the strip with tree branches, so that the "trunk" stays in the center.
Trim the edges of the white squares.
Assemble 7 thees with trunks and 2 trees without trunks. |
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| Step Four: Out of 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" white squares with gold patterns
and four of the trees, assemble the blocks as shown on the diagram below. |
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| Step Five: Join the blocks into pairs. Attach to the left
and to the right sides of the central square. |
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| Step Six: Assemble the upper row of the blocks according to
the diagram below. |
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| Step Seven: Assemble the lower row of the blocks according
to the diagram below. |
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| Step Eight: Join all rows. |
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| Step Nine: Add the first border: sew the green 28 1/2" long
strips to the left and to the right. Sew the green 30 1/2" long strips
to the top and the bottom. |
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| Step Ten: Add the outer borders. |
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| Step Eleven: Embroider the designs Skating
Snowman I and Skating
Snowman II. in the central part of the quilt top. |
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| After the embroidery is finished, press the top, add the batting and
backing, pin all three layers together and start quilting. Quilt with matching
or gold metallic threads starting from the center. We free-motioned the
quilt. |
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| Press the quilt with steam. Square. Finish the raw edges. For the binding,
we used the 2 1/2" wide strips of the same fabrics with which we
made the outer border. |
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| We hope that you liked our idea and will come up with many of
your own. |
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