Embroidered pieces of fabric make ideal wall hangings. Just add some border fabrics, hanging tabs, batting and a backing. Sound complicated? I'll show you an easy way to do it!
This project was first featured in Vol. 110 of
Designs in Machine Embroidery Magazine. I have substituted the embroidery here with
Make
Believe by Windmill Designs. Of course, you can use any fabric you like and embroider a coordinating design.
Start with a solid background fabric and two fabrics for borders. Embroider a design on the solid fabric and trim it to size. Match your thread colors to the fabrics you choose. Stitch borders as desired. Trim to overall size.
Create tabs for hanging the wall hanging.
Layer the batting, wall hanging front (right side up), tabs across the top with raw edges matching the raw edges of the wall hanging front, and the wall hanging back (right side down).
Stitch completely around the outside edges using a half-inch seam allowance.