Origami Crane Wall Hanging

If you know me you know i love origami and especially origami cranes :) [pictured below]


if you know me you also know i enjoy math and patterns sooooo I wanted to make a wall hanging of the pattern of an unfolded crane [pictured below]. I chose colors that would complement my living room.

I cut out 6 inch squares and black trim 2 inches thick to make a border

I then sewed all of the pieces in place. sewing the vertical pieces between each block and connecting these rectangles with the horizontal pieces.

I then cut out a piece of black fabric [not pictured] the size of the front of the mini quilt. place the backing and the front good side to good side and cut a piece of batting the size of the hanging and sewed that in place leaving enough room to turn it inside out.
The quilt turned out with the hole ready to be closed and the design to be added.

The finished hanging on my sofa looking onto my rug...pretty good color match huh?
close up of the finished design.

Dress Clothes Quilt

I made this Dress Clothes Quilt for a friend from some of his old clothes that made there way to the rag pile. Each square is 12 inches and i was able to get 3 squares from each side of the shirt and 1 from each sleeve. I though the buttons and zippers gave a nice effect to the quilt. so i incorporated them but I only put them on the front of the quilt and not in the first row so they would be less likely to catch on something unexpectedly or bother the user if they pull the quilt up to their eyes.

The squares cut out and arranged for the front.


The squares cut out and arranged for the back.

The back squares sewed together in a row.
The front all stitched together.

Quilt sandwich the front and back faced good side to good side with batting on top. I trimed the batting after i had sewn all around the edges.


The most fun thing about this quilt is that i did not have to leave an opening on the side to turn the quilt inside out.

I just unbuttoned one of the front squares and pulled the quilt though this opening, :)

The opening right side out.

The front of the finished quilt.
The front of the finished quilt with some of the back showing.

60th Birthday Quilt

For my Mom's 60th birthday i made a "community of love" quilt with squares submitted from friends and family from all stages of life.

here is a basic step by step process of what i did.


this picture has all of the 12 inch squares stacked by row ready to add the boarder in between. you can see the boarder in the background on the back of the chair.

next the squares are sewn together with a navy blue boarder. I cut 3 inch long strips and sewed in the long strip and cut it to length after it was sewn in place.

Then i sewed a long 3 inch strip across each row to finish the basic front of the quilt, then i sewed a 5 inch wide strip around each edge with mitred corners

now it is time to assemble the quilt and cut the fabric to size. i had to move all my furniture to the side so fit the backing fabric on the floor. [note the fabric should be right side up, i had to flip it after i took the picture]

on top of the backing fabric add the batting

then add the front of the quilt good side down, so the good sides face each other. trim and pin around all the edges

then sew around all the edges

and turn inside out.

tada! the quilt just after it has been flipped out. note at this point you need to sew up the hole you left to be able to turn the quilt out. also you need to "quilt" each intersection so that the batting doesn't slip around inside the fabric. i just sewed along the initial sewing lines so that the look would not change.

the finished product

the finished product at the party.