Thoughtful Thur~ 250 Celebration Yard Flag

 

 

The only thing I had in mind for this flag was

the fabric I would use to cut the numbers.

The font is just the same old free hand cut

I've made since way back doing 

bulletin boards for the classroom.

 

Once I pulled out my fabrics (my color pallet),

and started laying out bits and pieces 

the ideas came to my head.

 

The height of letters about 6 inches

and width 5 inches.

 

The "ribbons" are 2.5 inches wide.

They were cut off where the bottom piece was added.

The ribbons were only appliqued down about 3 inches.

The rest was left to hang free.

Here you see one is still wet from 

Fray Check being applied.

The one on the left is already dry.

 

I still have my bottle of Fray Check from 

about 20 years ago

when we thought we had to have it to

finish serger end seams.

 

 

I didn't notice till I pulled up the pictures on the computer

I forgot to applique the center of the zero.

In the quilting world around here

we have a saying for accepting mistakes,

"If you can't see it while riding by on a fast horse,

then it's acceptable."

So will the cars driving by see that?

The walkers, maybe?

Since it has iron on interfacing on the back

I'm not worried. 

 

 What a great year to celebrate!

 

Other flags and tutorials with directions and measurements:

Tues Tutorial~ Veterans' Day Flag~Faux 3D Letters- No Stencil Cutting Machine Needed

DIY Spring Yard Banner

Elementary School Star Yard Flag

Fun Friday ~ Easter Bunny Yard Banner

 

Shared at these following Linky sites:

Sum of Their Stories

Creatively Crafty

Studio 27

Melva Loves Scraps

Small Quilts & Doll Quilts

Quilt Schmilt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tues Tutorial~ Great Grand's Bday Card 2026

 

  Last summer Great Grand's Mom took him to "Dinosaur World" in Cave City, KY.  Since then he has talked, played, had toys, colored, drawn and told his creative stories about dinosaurs. He even gave me a dinosaur magnet for Christmas which I display on my fridge and have him in my mind every time I open the fridge (which can be often.) 

So naturally, his card this year was a dinosaur.

 

 

 

 

Not sure how I'll use this.

   

But who isn't attracted to a little bling sparkles?

 

His gift to me for Christmas will become the pattern.

It's just the perfect size for a card.

Love it when things come together and work.

Kept the outline intact

to help audition the fabric.

Decided on the one with a white circle

in the right place for the eye.

Then I auditioned the background.

One great thing about having

one piece of batik is like 

having multiple pieces of fabric to choose from

for a project. 

White pieces were too much competition.

 

The finale:

Chose darkest background.

The bling became a cloud.

Thank goodness I still have

old time tiny pins.

Can you believe I used them to sew garments

once upon a time with them?

When sewing around tiny pieces like this,

I'm so appreciative of the automatic foot lift

that raises on its own every time I stop which

allows me to adjust the turn of the fabric.

That allows me to keep both hands on the fabric, 

or maybe my right hand on a stiletto. 

 

Even every stitch or two

the foot may need to raise and it does. 

This is still my choice verses a 

free motion foot.

I have more control.

 

For tiny pieces like this,

the stitch length is set at 1.5 to allow those small turns.

Some stitching during outline added some details.

Went with red thread instead of black.

 

But for the smile......some black hand stitching

using regular thread and embroidery outline back stitching

with a couple of couching stitches. 

 

 

Since the background was a solid heavy batik,

the usual drier sheet for backing wasn't needed. 

This piece was directly stitched to the edge of the card

with the red thread also.

 

For a while now,

I've chosen to stitch the various pieces of fabric to

a background and not the card. 

It provides a much neater look on the inside of the card,

because all you see on the inside is the

stitching around the edge of the card. 

Since I found out everyone saves their cards,

I sign and date them.

 

A final trim which is easy for me to do with these scissors

rather than a rotary cutter. 

 

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Sun Best~Provoked Thought: Proverbs 14:34 CSB