Small Finish
I have small finish to show you today. With the 4th of July holiday just around the corner for those of us in the U.S.A., I thought it would be nice to make something patriotic. Nothing like waiting until the last minute!
I knew exactly what fabrics I wanted to use. I have had these fabrics for quite awhile. In my mind I was thinking on a design for a flag mini with them, but the idea I ended up with is totally different.
I started with the fabric, my small cutting mat and rotary cutter, and ruler. In addition to that I used this mini Made Fabric template from Victoria Findlay Wolfe. While this project is easily done without the template, the template is clear and makes it so easy to fussy cut for this project.
I fussy cut four stars from this Jo Morton fabric. Then, taking red, white and blue fabrics, I began to sew.
I just alternated the strip colors as I attached them to the star piece, going around twice.
Once that was done, I pulled out my little scrap pieces of batting and got them ready for quilting. Just enough of the cream colored fabric was left for the back.
Using simple straight line quilting,I just followed the flow of the strips around the center star. One 22″ black strip cut 1-1/4″ was used for a single-fold binding with an envelope finish.
Our daughter is coming home this weekend, so these will be fun to use when we’re all together. I am hoping the weather holds enough for us to spend some time around the table on our deck, sipping on something refreshing and catching up with each other.
I’m linking up with Amanda at Crazy Mom Quilts, Sarah at Confessions of a Fabric Addict, Anja of Anja Quilts and Myra at Busy Hands Quilts today.
To my Canadian friends, Happy Canada Day on July 1st, to my American friends, Happy Independence Day on July 4th, and to my other international friends, may you have a wonderful and relaxing weekend!
Wendy
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21 Comments
Beth @ Cooking Up Quilts
Those coasters are adorable – I love the shape of them. Congrats on a fun finish, and I hope you have a great holiday weekend!!
piecefulwendy
Thanks! You too, Beth!
Melanie McNeil
Very cute. Are they coaster sized? It would be easy to square blocks like these and make them part of a larger quilt, too.
piecefulwendy
Yes, they are coaster sized. Normally you would keep adding fabric until you could square a block from it. I just stayed with wonky for something fun and different.
Vicki in MN
Cute and creative finishes! Enjoy your time with your daughter!
Loris mills
I love these! Happy 4th! Enjoy your family time 🙂
piecefulwendy
Thank you!
catpatches
Very cute! I love anything red, white, and blue.
Deb
I love these!!
Helen
beautiful coasters … I need to make some. thank you
piecefulwendy
Do make some! They are so quick and easy! Thanks for commenting!
Geri Howie
Love it! Wonderful that she is able to come home for a visit. Please tell her “hi” from all of us
Diann Bottrell
I love those! What a great idea! It’s always fun to play with little bits of fabric and make something useful.
piecefulwendy
It was really fun and so simple! Thanks!
Louise Hornor
So cute! That’s a great way to use a five sided shape without worrying about sewing multiple blocks together. I like it!
somethingrosemade14
Yep, you and I are on the same wavelength, I’ll show you mine later. Freaky.
piecefulwendy
Can’t wait to see. I’m definitely curious!
Kyle
Super cute. I thought those stars were a great Jo Morton piece
Anja @ Anja Quilts
What a great idea. I didn’t realize such a ruler existed. Very creative idea. Thanks for linking up with TGIFF.
szosborne57
Liked your idea so much, that I made some similar ones–thanks for the inspiration!
piecefulwendy
I saw them on IG and I love them! You’re welcome!