Farewell Gift Wallhangings
I have had the privilege of making going away quilts for several of a friend's foreign exchange students over the years. This year they had two shorter term students and she requested wallhangings! This was what she offered up for the concept. That and wanting lots of room for their American friends to sign before they leave. I found this state wallhanging online and liked the background idea for some interest yet able to be signed. Hehe, here is a quick sketch of my plan. I made lots and lots of cream and white hourglass blocks which meant lots of squaring up! I bought a poster size frame for some maps to put in the boys room and they turned out to be perfect for laying out my rows. I made my two identical backgrounds. I printed out an outline of their countries and decided to make them the color of their flag. When I tested them out I realized that the background was a bit too big and ended up removing two rows and two columns. That turned out to be a good thing. I quilted one on...
