Serendipity Quilting

This Year we are doing American Heritage Girls.  It’s time to put someone short’s vest together…. and guess what…. I quilt…. I do NOT sew…. it is not the same…. trust me….. so after some poking around I could not find any guidance for badges…. so here’s our non-guaranteed tutorial…. in other words time will tell how long these stay on… but I have used Mistyfuse for years and I have yet to have anything come apart so I have great faith.

Step 1.

You will need Mistyfuse.  It comes in black or white.  We went with black.  Scissors, applique press sheet, iron and ironing board also needed… and badges… .don’t forget the badges……

Step 2.

Cut Mistyfuse to cover the entire back of each badge.

Step 3.

Place them on the applique press sheet, fold it over so the applique press sheet is on BOTH sides of badge with the mistyfuse on the BACK side of the badge. Press by just leaving that iron in place. Moving it back and forth is only going to shift stuff you don’t want shifted. Say that three times fast…. dare ya….

Step 4.

You are going to let them cool for just a minute and they should nicely peel off.  Check for complete coverage….. if you don’t have it…. repeat until you do…. those corners will lift off…..

Step 5.

Trim the excess Mistyfuse off.

Step 6.

Look at your handbook for guidance on badge placement.  A ruler helps to get it straight.

Step 7.

Place applique sheet under the top layer of the vest and over the badges. You don’t want to accidentally fuse the vest to the back now do you?!  Then just set the iron there…. not so long that you burn a hole…. but again…. moving it is going to shift stuff you don’t want shifted and your numbers may end up looking quite uhm….. special……

Step 8.

Repeat with all badges and ta-da!!!!  All done!!! No sewing!!  And what is the other reason for the tutorial…. here’s a hint…. someone is getting a badge next week…. and someone will have to put that on….

Here’s a hint…. it will NOT be the old lady on the left….. Good luck Princess!!!!

Edit:  For some reason the latest update of wordpress set my comments to turn off automatically after a set number of days past the post being published…. I found and fixed that issue…. so very sorry!!!

I recently had a customer contact me to make a t-shirt quilt.  They wanted mixed sizes instead of traditional rows.  It required either making or buying templates or rulers.  Since I just needed the middle and the seam allowances marked, I decided it was more economical to make them.  I thought I would share in case it helps anyone else living in a small town without a quality quilting store with oodles of rulers etc.

Go the home improvement store and buy Lexan.  You can try acrylic…. but everything I read says Lexan is much easier to work with.  You need permanent markers, straight edges for marking cutting lines as well as lines when you are done for centers, seam allowances etc and a box knife.

You mark where you want to cut…. remember measure twice, cut once.  In this case you are going to score that line mulitple times.  At least 6…. sometimes more depending on how much spinach and wheaties you have consumed…..

Put that on an edge and snap it.

Peel the paper off.  Mark it where you want your seam allowances and center.  I use the little felt pads from the hardware store on the back side to keep it from sliding when I cut and for a fraction of the price….

Cutting templates… tons of them…. these do not have the paper peeled off the backside yet… because you know…. then they would be clear and even harder to photograph…. ignore that light glare……

If you need to clean the marker off your existing rulers after marking…. or you make a mistake and need to correct…. rubbing alcohol and a paper towel will take it off the rulers and the Lexan….. not your clothes…..

Enjoy!

Jan