Swimmies!


Are you ready for some color in your life? Grab your Hawaiian print scraps and let's have a hula hut party! Strip piecing and a tiny bit of applique brings this sleepy little hula town to life.

 

Supplies for Class:
1. Sewing machine with sharp needle, preferably a 90/14 or 80/12. If you haven't changed your needle in a while, now is the time. Don't forget your 1/4" foot or guide, foot pedal, bobbins and manual (if you need it).
2. Rotary cutter, ruler and mat. If you have any small rotary rulers, you may want to bring a handy small one in addition to your large one. A square-up type ruler would be good too, if you have one.
3. A small sheet of gridded template plastic
4. A marker capable of making visible marks on the fabric you will be using for your hut roofs. Suggestions: Fine Bic pen, silver pencil, regular #2 pencil, black or "milky" type gel pen.
5. General sewing supplies: straight pins, a seam ripper, fabric scissors and paper scissors, neutral cotton thread
6. Fabric Requirements:
Background (sky color or whatever you wish): 2 yards
Border (5 inch border, finished): 1 yard if pieced border is okay, 2 yards if you want continuous
Binding: 1/2 yard
Four large Sashings: (2 inches wide, finished) 1/2 yard total (each sashing piece is approx. 2 1/2 inches X 37inches)
Binding: 1/2 yard
Backing: 2 1/4 total, pieced (need 50X55 size)
Batting: 50X55 piece
Various scraps for houses, chimneys, doors and windows. Scraps for moon and sun How much? Who knows?? Ha! Pick bright prints for the houses and roofs. Choose batiks, solids or tone-on-tones for windows, doors and chimneys. Bright yellow scraps for sun and moon.

Swimmies! Wall Quilt Variation, Lisa Boyer 2004

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