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!

 

Easy to make Quilt Rack!

I wanted to display my seasonal wall hangings, without spending a lot of money on a quilt rack. This quilt rack cost less than $10.00. Here’s how to make one for your own home:

Supplies- 

Pine board (36” long)

Dowel rod (48” long)

Two open ended hooks

Package of café hooks

Black paint

A vinyl lettering saying

1.    Paint the board, dowel rod and two hooks black.  Let dry.

2.   Screw an open hook 6” from the end of the board.  Repeat with the other hook at the opposite end of the board.

3.   Apply your favorite vinyl lettering saying (note: if you do not have vinyl lettering, you can use a stencil and trace your saying onto white contact paper and get a similar effect.  Remember to trace the letters backwards on the wrong side of the contact paper so they will come out facing the right way when you flip and stick them to the board)

4.   Place about four café hooks onto the dowel rod and then slide the dowel rod onto the open ended hooks.

I love this quilt rack, because the café hooks allow me to hang different size quilts.  You simply use as many hooks as you need for your quilt to hang straight.