quilting

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.

Small Finish - piecefulthoughts.com

I fussy cut four stars from this Jo Morton fabric. Then, taking red, white and blue fabrics, I began to sew.

Small Finish - Sewing the block - piecefulthoughts.com

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.

Small Finish - Quilting Detail - piecefulthoughts.com

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.

Small Finish - 4th of July Mug Mats - piecefulthoughts.com

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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