Turn Your Favorite Bag Front Panel into a Quilted Wall Hanging

Here's how I made it!

Trim edges.

Need to back it with fabric.

I used Lite Heat and Bond to attach the fabric to the back of the burlap panel.

I pressed/ironned it on the fabric.

Peeled the paper off.

Then press/iron it onto the burlap.

Trim again and add the border fabric.

I did the sewing of the texture background at our camper.

Yes I have a sewing room in our camper. We eat outside!

I assembled the the background fabric using my Texture Quilt Pattern. It is available on Craftsy.com as a PDF Downloadable Pattern.

Finished the quilt top!

It's ready to quilt.

I thread painted on the dragon flies to outline their wings and body. I Pebble quilted on the burlap with wavy lines in the border.

I quilted loopy loops all over the background.

A little hand stitching for the hanging sleeve.

My customer posted a photo on facebook for me to see it in her Hair Salon. 

She said:
"Here's the beauty!!! #Dragonflyburlapbag Gone Wild!!!!
By Marcia Wachuta"

"This is hung by a "unfinished" walking stick that Jer is making out of a cedar tree that we cut.., it's a temporary piece... just wanted to get it hung!!!♡♡"

I love to create for my customers! 

Other quilts that I created using my Texture Quilt Pattern to create the patterned background. Links are under each photo.

Born to Quilt

Contemplation

Daisies for Grandmama

Texture Quilt Pattern available on Craftsy.com as a PDF Downloadable Pattern.

Enjoy your day!

Marcia

Daisies for Grandmama!

I created this 20" X 20" quilt for The van Gogh Cherrywood Challenge 2017.

Statement: This raw edge appliqued wall hanging uses an original Texture Quilt Pattern to create a pieced background inspired by van Gogh’s still lifes. Daisies for Grandmama features 32 blue daisies in a solid blue vase against a textured blue and black machine pieced background. It integrates raw edge applique pieces to create a painted impression, which mimics van Gogh’s painting style and adds texture through the use of thread painting. Uneven borders are a signature style of the quilter, Marcia Wachuta, which adds to the asymmetrical qualities of both van Gogh’s works and Marcia’s art quilts. The daisies were used to symbolize motherhood. A detailed process of the construction of this quilt can be found at http://tinyurl.com/daisies-for-grandmama. That is right here... just scroll down.

Techniques and Materials: I created with raw edge applique using the thread painting to create the paint texture similar to Vincent van Gogh's paint strokes with my longarm quilting machine.

I was inspired by the daisies in my yard. We have fields of daisies in bloom in June and July every year.

And I was inspired by a number of vases of flowers that Vincent van Gogh painted. I liked this one the best!

Here's how I created my quilt!

I used my Textures Quilt Pattern to create the background fabric for my quilt, but I cut the pieces smaller in scale, as I only needed a piece about 17" X 17".

Textures Quilt Pattern available on Craftsy.com in my store.

  

I entered my quilt in the The van Gogh Cherrywood Challenge 2017. 

Enjoy your day!

Marcia

More information:

I used the Textures Quilt Pattern to create this quilt also.

Contemplation

And this quilt.

Born to Quilt