Rudolph Wall Hanging TUTORIAL
It's week 8 of the TWELVE WEEKS OF CHRISTMAS!
Welcome to everyone from Bluprint Textiles. This week, we're making a Rudolph Wall Hanging! He could very easily become a pillow if your heart desires:) He's a fun, mod little guy...
1. Fabric: You'll need a 12 1/2" x 12 1/2" white piece for the background, a 9" x 9" brown piece for Rudolph, three 1 1/2" x wof (width of fabric) strips one each in pink, lime and aqua for the border, two 2 1/2" x wof red strips for red binding, five 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" red squares for the nose and corners (you can cut these squares from one of the strips for binding), and an 18" x 18" piece for backing. You will also need an 18" x 18" piece of batting, 1/4 yard of steam-a-seam (or similar), and black top-stitching thread. I used Sulky 12 wt.
2. Rudolph: First print Rudolph. You will need to trace Rudolph onto the steam-a-seam.
Stick the steam-a-seam to the back of the fabric. Note: steam-a-seam does not require ironing for this stage, but some interfacing does.
Cut out Rudolph and his nose. Be careful to have smooth edges.
Place Rudolph and press. Follow the pressing instructions on the interfacing.
3. Making the Border: Take the 1 1/2" strips and cut them all in half. And then cut them in half again. They should all be at least 10 1/4" long. Arrange them like so.
Sew together with 1/4" seams and press to one side.
Trim into four 2 1/2" strips.
Attach the top and bottom strips.
Press away from the white.
Sew two red squares on each remaining border strip.
Sew on the remaining side borders.
4. Blanket Stitch: You can do this by hand or on your machine. One guess for which one I did! Machine. First pin or baste your top, batting and backing.
On Bert, the blanket stitch is #25. It looks like this.
Sew with the blanket stitch around Rudolph and his nose.
For the border, I widened the stitch to five.
Stitch around the edge of the white by the border.
It will look like this.
Put on the binding (and a hanging sleeve if you like!) and you're done!
Let me know if you have any questions!! Happy Rudolph making:)xo LC