As y'all know, it's pretty difficult not to have a project to work on. (In fact, that may be the most difficult part of going on pilgrimage for me: lack of crafting en route, for WEEKS AND WEEKS. Part of the homesickness is lack of creating.) True to form, I have begun a new project.
This is a patriotic wall hanging from a purchased pattern. I have attempted to reduce the size, as the original is 70 inches tall. That's quite a bit of something to find a hanging space for! The project card is oneof the photos. The other is an in-process photo of the field of stars for this bunting.
The stars are created very cleverly in my opinion. Instead of making a standard star block, the pattern calls for adding smaller squares to corners of a contrast square, then arranging the squares in a surrounding square around a central square that matches the little corners. There are also squares of background that have the white surrounded by contrasted pieces. All of the little squares get trimmed to become triangles after attachment.
The fabrics are quilting cottons, a lovely deep batik for the main blue, an assortment of whites. Soon an assortment of reds will join the party.
The plan here is to make the flag bunting, add a backing and binding and hanging sleeve, and call it done. I don't intend to quilt this one. It's just a seasonal wall decoration, not a throw or other kind of blanket.
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