A UFO Finally Finished for the 4th of July
This is a little wallhaning I started a few years back. I had it almost done except for the binding. There really is no reason I should not have completed it then but somehow it got thrown in a basket and then eventually a drawer and then a box when we moved.
I really would have liked this piece to be hung around for the patriotic holidays and I found myself thinking about it every time the 4th rolled around but soon the holiday was over and I found other things to do. But now I am finished and I can truly have a handcrafted wallhanging for the holiday. I’m proud of how it turned out.
The eagle is from Go Wild With Quilts by Margaret Rolfe which I paper pieced. I designed all of the borders. It was machine quilted using a walking foot and a spring darning foot. I made straight rows to shape a diamond around the eagle and then I free-motioned quilted stars in the outer border (see detail below).
HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!
quilting, 4th of July, patriotic quilt, quilts, holidays, paper piecing, Margaret Rolfe
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