It's Fall in the Details

This is a great way to get prepared for Fall, one of my favorite seasons! For this project I started out with a small wooden wreath, but you can use any wreath base you choose. Then I wrapped it in raffia which I used to make the bow.

Next I gathered the leaves and positioned them on the wreath where I wanted them.

I then hot glued them on one by one.

I chose a burlap-looking paper which I glued atop cardboard for added support. Then, I used my chosen stencil to trace my letter onto the paper.

After cutting out the letter, I positioned and glued it to the wreath.

And alas, the finished product is ready to hang!

Falling for Quilts



I cannot tell you how happy I was to work on this project. This is the first quilt that I have made, and I put this lap quilt together by my own ingenuity without tutorials or study. This is the most wild thing I have done my entire life! :)

 

I started by choosing my fabric and cutting out as many 3.5" x 3.5" squares I could make from each piece. I came out with a little more than 160 squares, and decided to make a 10 x 16 square lap quilt.

 

 

 

My next step was to sew the squares into strips and then sew the strips together. I was pleasantly surprised to find that many of the corners matched up very well.

 

 

After the entire top was pieced, I cut the muslin that I used for the back.

 

 

While I was cutting the fabric for the back, I also cut strips that I used for the edging.

 

 

Since the back and the edges are muslin, I wanted to make sure there would be a noticeable color difference. To darken the color of the edging pieces I coffee stained them overnight.

 

 

Next, I cut my batting and pinned the top, batting, and back together.

 

 

From here, I hand sewed the three layers together in a triangular pattern.

 

 

As a side bar, one of the times the thread got tangled it shifted into the shape of a beautiful treble clef and I could not resist sharing this. Now, back to the quilt!

 

 

I used the machine to sew the edging onto the front, and then hand sewed the edging on the back side.

 

 

My corners are a bit rough, but with diligent hand sewing I was able to make them kind of corner-y.

 

 

And here's the finished lap quilt, my lovely little creation!

 

 

Hopefully this project has been helpful, or even inspirational. Happy crafting!