I finally polished off Brown Bear, Brown Bear today - it's finished and bound and ready to be delivered. Speaking of delivery, the baby it is intended for is due on the 17th. Not bad timing! Here is the final with a detail of the cute backing with bear paws:
And I also finished putting on some borders to complete a flimsy that is intended to go to Wrap a Smile. I put it together like this:
- started with lots of my leftover binding pieces (all 2 1/2 inches wide),
- just kept sewing them end to end,
- then re-cut them into 6 inch pieces,
- sewed three of the pieces together,
- cut a single piece of *top* to fit across the pieces to make a *block*,
- arranged the blocks to suit me,
- sewed them together and added an inner border,
- used the leftover smaller pieces to make squares and added the final border.
These were some of the steps:
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| Leftover Binding Strip Ends |
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| Binding Strips Sewn End-to-End Randomly |
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| Long Strips Sub-Cut Then *Tops* Added to Make Blocks |
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| Finished Flimsy with Borders |
Easy-Peasy and used lots of scraps to make a colorful top.
2 comments:
It turned out great. Love the dark blue sashing between the blocks and the borders! I know I'll have to keep saving my leftover bindings and do that. I really like how it turned out!
Thanks, Pat. It ended up better than expected, that's for sure!
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