Joy's Jots, Shots & Whatnots: Thoughtful Thur~ 250 Celebration Yard Flag

Thursday, July 2, 2026

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!

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