I’m trying to get a few finishes under my belt before I get distracted with new projects. Sometime earlier last year I finished a cross stitch for my sewing room, I had already bought the sewing machine shaped hanger, but it lay in a box unfinished. I think some of the prevarication was because the hanger was bigger than I anticipated, I’d seen the hanger on the Stony Creek website which is where the cross-stitch design came from but postage and taxes from America to UK are somewhat high. I was delighted therefore to see it in a UK shop on line, I ordered it immediately without even considering that there may be different sizes, it was 16″ where 12″ would have been plenty! I was clearly going to have to give it borders!
On Monday I pulled it out and started to rummage through my stash for suitable border fabrics. I found a prefect green one from the Lewis and Irene Bumbleberry range but the purples just weren’t quite right, too light or dark or just the wrong shade. I then spotted a border type fabric I’d bought years ago when I was making the Down the Rabbit Hole quilt, I’d bought a gorgeous layer cake which was the basis of my colour choices, this was part of the range. In the end I didn’t uses it, so it’s sat in my stash ever since. Although it had a busy floral stipe, it also had purple and green stripes which matched perfectly. Bingo!
I stitched an inner border of the green fabric, I cut a strip and then folded it in half, stitching it on like a flange on a quilt. I then added the stripes. The corners needed to be mitred, I decided the easiest way to get them neat would be to press and then hand-sew the seam.
I made a quilt sandwich with a leftover piece of wadding and the stripy flowery fabric as the backing. I kept the quilting simple with just a stitch-in-the-ditch along the purple lines. I found some darker green fabric to bind the sides and the bottom and last night I used the same fabric to form a hanging sleeve whilst looking like the binding.
I’m really pleased with how it’s come out, I think the borders work really well, I just need to decide where to hang it now!
thecraftycreek 
Really good job.
Amazing what they do with the laser metal cutters with the nozzles replaced.
Really impressed with the corner work.
I am starting a big finish…. not going to be as elaborate as this
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Perfect colour match, it looks fabulous and I love the hangar, it just completes the piece
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Perfect!
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Very clever, and a great addition to your sewing space! 🙂
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I love your blog and seeing the sewing you embark upon. Your sewing room sign is really special, displaying some of your many needlecraft talents. I hope it will be treasured for generations x
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what a beautiful hanging!
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Love this, your solution to expand the size is genius!
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That is perfect Margaret!
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This is absolutely gorgeous, Margaret!!
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This is absolutely gorgeous. I would love to get this sewing room pattern and have looked everywhere. Please someone tell me where I can purchase this pattern. I would be so very grateful.
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Hi Cheryl, sorry for the delay in replying, I got the pattern from Stony Creek website, I can see a leaflet on their website which includes it (LFT598) but I couldn’t get my computer to follow the link. I just searched for sewing room on their website. I would e-mail them to see if they can help, if you still have no luck then get back to me and I’ll see if I still have it. Best wishes M
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