toogie

Pattern is called Penny’s Garden, but I made it for Della. My husband said I could have made 3 Quilts of Valor as long as I have been on this one. (Sigh) First the 3 corners with chevrons were supposed to be whole pieces of fabric Chevrons, which I didn’t have, so I made these out of HST. A lot of 2.5 in HST. Now I am the first to admit I’m not good at hand sewing. I think I pulled my thread too tight when I sewed the flowers on bc now my quilt edge on that corner wants to wave. I’m thinking about re-sewing them. ( Boo-who & sigh) I didn’t do the raw edge Applique on the green stems and leaves. I self lined the leaves, cut a slit in lining and turn RSO so I could just straight stitch on. The stems I pressed the short ends under, then sewed wrong sides together. When I pressed I ran a small wooden dowel inside and ironed my seam open, then ironed flat from the front side. (See photo) The name Della, was made using deco-bond and pressing onto fabric for placement. I sewed around each letter 3 times. I used a straight stitch first, then a small more open zigzag and thirdly I stitched with a wider but closer zigzag. I think that should be enough to keep it from fraying or coming off. (Photo shows l l a with the finished zigzag and the D e still has to be finished .) All the Applique was done before I meander quilted it. I added the yo-yo flowers after it was quilted. I hope the mom likes it…Have a great day-Toogie