Appleton Dance

My friend Kathy S. made this cute appliqued banner for her daughter's wedding this summer. She said: The pinks and green fabrics were just cotton duck fabric. The navy and yellow were outdoor fabrics. I got the design from my computer clip art -- just enlarged it to make it work for the flag and made a pattern from newsprint. . . . The finished dimensions are 29" x 42" but I would add a few inches to both the width and length if I were making this again.

I fell in love months ago with this baby blanket at Aesthetic Nest .  When I found out my sister-in-law was expecting I couldn't wait to make one as a gift.  Because I didn't know the sex of the baby I thought that a navy, white and pale yellow combo would be perfect. I ordered up my supplies from Fabric.com .  One and one-half yards each of  Premier Prints ZigZag Twill Blue , Solid Flannel Navy , Solid Flannel White  and Solid Flannel Yellow . (See also "Cotton chenille" post.) Anneliese's tutorial is great, I followed it exactly...except for the part where I had it quilted by a friend with a long-arm machine after I realized that sewing zigzags across 45" square of thick twill layered with flannel wasn't going to work on my machine. (Thanks Gail!). I layered the white, yellow and blue flannel over the wrong side of the chevron twill fabric and trimmed the whole thing to about 48" square.  Once the quilting was done, it was a snap to sn...