March Wall Hanging

According to my calendar, I am a few days late--but i was able to take this to my Mom today!

I intend to make a fun panel for each month to button on this scrappy background.

 

February was when this monthly project started. You can see how it began here.

While I used a pattern for February, I was not loving the March pattern--so I created my own design.
I wanted typical "March" emblems incorporated into the design.  Here, this cherry little sun is chasing away the clouds, making the rainbow appear. The wind is blowing the clovers all around . . .

. . . and down by this lucky 4-leaf clover, is a pot of gold!

The sun is actually an Ohio Star that I pieced and then appliqued a circle over the center.  When I determined where I wanted everything, I cut a strip from the background, inserted the star block and reassembled the fabric.

I save all my little applique webbing scraps in a storage box. Sooner or later, I will end up using them for projects. I used lots of these scraps for this quilt. 

This is my favorite applique iron-on webbing. I buy it by the 10 yd. bolt.

It's very light weight and doesn't stretch too much.

As with most iron applique products, after it's ironed, just scratch the paper with a pin and you can easily tear off the backing from the fabric.

Best of all, I can use a #2 pencil to draw the design and when it's ironed on, the pencil does not disappear.  I have used other products where the pencil marks vanish with the iron.

I used scraps from my box for these coins.  I ironed the webbing on the wrong side, then with my water soluble blue marker, used a salt shaker to make random overlapping coins.

After trimming the top layer of coins and ironing the coin strip onto the quilt, I use the blanket stitch to go over the upper edges. 

 For the second row, I straight stitched down to the starting point of the first coin, pivoted 180 degrees . . .

 . . . and with the blanket stitch, sewed back up the straight stitches using the same holes.  I did the same with each curve as I worked my way across this row.

This way, I got a pot full of coins without making individual circles.

I have drawers under my ironing table where I keep scraps smaller than a fat quarter.  I just dug through a couple of drawers and came up with all the fabrics for this project!

I have lots of thread left over from garment making.  I have not purchased this type of thread for over 10 years, I am still using up this collection.

 

It takes a collection to applique a quilt like this too!

Here is the end result on her door.  It's so bright and cherry!