Last year around this time, I finished a little wall hanging. I wrote up the story of its inspiration and sent it to a publication which required that the images and words not be published anywhere else. My story was rejected (don’t feel sorry for me—it’s a fact of life for writers). Now it’s time to show it off!
It’s all knitted on the Ultimate Sweater Machine. I stabilized the pieces with fusible interfacing, trimmed and cut pieces to fit, and machine embroidered the daisies. For the ladybug, I cut a ladybug shape from red, then cut a ladybug-shaped hole from the green background, and set the red piece in. All pieces are sewn to a lightweight cotton background. I added rick rack.
Joy of Joy’s Fabrics in Stephenville, Texas, helped me choose a black and white gingham for backing and binding the piece. Then I quilted the whole thing, bound it, and sewed on buttons.
I teach a workshop called “Small Quilt from Your Old Sweaters,” which covers the techniques I used on the ladybug wall hanging. You don’t even have to know how to knit.