Fall Quilted Door Hanging

Kim Christopherson of Kimberbelldesigns.com designed a door hanging for each quarter of 2014 Quilts and More magazine.  I just completed the Fall version and really like the way it turned out.   In fact, I liked it so much  I made two versions, one is a little darker than the other.  I think I will give one away on my blog …  stay tuned for details. 

Version 1	Version 2

I decided to use burlap ribbon instead of the yellow ribbon for two of the flowers:

Close-up of Bee and Burlap flower	Close-up of burlap flower with Hive button

I used some felted wool for the other two flowers.  I bought an old jacket and skirt at Goodwill in Oak Ridge and de-boned them and saved the buttons.  I boiled the the cut pieces for a few minutes and then dried in the washing machine on high and it felted up well.   It’s much less expensive to felt the wool yourself using old clothing then buying it already felted.

Flower made from purple skirt	Flower made from red jacket

Most of the fabric is from the Moda Hello Fall line.

See my post on pumpkin pincushion if you want more information on Moda Hello Fall fabric. http://www.sewingwithrascal.com/2014/09/pumpkinpincushion.html

I used the serpentine stitch to quilt the layers of the door hanging and made leaf outlines in the top and bottom borders.



It looks good hanging on the front door but I think I’ll hang it on an inside door to keep it clean. 




Here are the Spring, Summer and Fall versions all together:   



I can't wait for the winter pattern,