Easy way to create wall hangings from panels!

Ever wonder how to easily finish off those cute panels you see in the fabric stores?  Here are two methods that worked for us!

First, I made this easy Valentine Wall Quilt out of a Moda panel. I did a running stitch around the pictures and then took some scrape fabric I had and pieced it together for the back.  Then, I made my own bias tape for the binding.  Super easy.

Here is also another Valentine Moda panel.  I call this method the pillow method.  Place your panel and back fabric right sides together.  Then, place your batting on top of the back side of the panel.  Now, sew your panel and backing together all round except leave an 5” opening at the bottom of the quilt. (Watch the batting so it doesn’t catch on your presser foot.)  Then, flip your quilt inside out.  Iron.  Next tuck in your opening and sew a ¼” seam around the whole quilt.  Last, mark a diagonal line every 6” on the back of fabric.  Sew the along the diagonal to machine stitch your quilt. (On this small of a quilt you really don’t need to change your presser foot to a darning foot.)

This quilt takes less than an hour to make.

Happy Valentine’s Day!