Saturday, July 4, 2026
Thursday, July 2, 2026
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.
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 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
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Tuesday, June 30, 2026
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?
It's just the perfect size for a card.
Love it when things come together and work.
to help audition the fabric.
Decided on the one with a white circle
in the right place for the eye.
One great thing about having
one piece of batik is like
having multiple pieces of fabric to choose from
for a project.
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?
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.
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.
I sign and date them.
rather than a rotary cutter.
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