Our quilt group wanted to do a project together this year, so we were offered the opportunity to make patriotic lap quilts for a local veterans' hospital. I never could find any fabric that seemed to inspire. I have so many projects underway, I needed something fairly straightforward and quick, but nothing caught my imagination. Finally, though, I saw this beautiful photo online and decided to reduce it to the largest pixels possible to still produce a recognizable image from a reasonable distance.
Printout in hand, I began cutting 3.5 inch squares primarily from varied red, white, and blue fabrics. Next, I identified areas in the now pixelized photo that would need to have two-toned squares, and made half-square-triangles as needed.
To test the effectiveness of my fabric choices, I laid them out in columns and rows before committing them to stitching. Once satisfied with the layout, I picked up each column in order and clamped with a clothespin on which the appropriate column number had been written with a Sharpie pen.
Next I will sew the squares together a column at a time, then join the columns. My plan is to somehow attach this to a piece of federal blue fleece for a really toasty warm lap quilt.
Oh! And best of all, with this quilt, my local 14 month-old grand-boy joined me in playing with the fabric. (Fuzzily portrayed below...)
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Fun! Fun! Fun!Meanwhile, Happy Veteran's Day! |
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