Altered Art Quilt & Squares

Figure A

Steps:

1. Decorate each of the four Connect-It squares using a common theme. Use the photocopies on paper or fabric backed with Peel-n-Stick. Stack layers of felt and cut into patterns, which can then be woven, folded or cut out. Other fabrics, fibers, branches, etc. can be woven into the squares. Attach items with hand or machine stitching, or use stitches as embellishments.

2. After all four squares are decorated, use the Button- Its, Lace-Its, or anything else appropriate for your project to connect the squares. Overlapping the button holes of the squares allow for any number of choices.

3. Find a special something to hang your squares from. Several suggestions would be a walking cane, golf club, fishing rod, etc. Consider anything that relates to your theme and have fun!

Figure C

4. For hanging from the squares, you can make beads from adhesive-backed fabric cut into a long triangle and rolled over a straw. String these beads onto a torn piece of fabric, leaving the ends to make a tie to go around the branch the squares are hung from.

Figure E

5. Or, decorate tags to hang on the bottom .using the same fabric ties with beads strung on them, then tie the tags to the bottoms of the squares through the buttonholes.

To make the squares shown on the show:

Materials and Tools:

4 Daisy Kingdom Connect-It! felt squares
50 Daisy Kingdom Button It! Multi Brights
Daisy Kingdom Add-Its!
photocopied images
ThermOWeb Peel-n-Stick double-sided adhesive
fabric scraps
wire
mini Post-It pads
tree branch
white paint
various colors large-hole beads
pompoms
decorative knee-high sock
zipper
6-inch square turquoise felt
assorted sizes/colors luggage/key tags
clothespin dolls, etc.
letter tiles, stencils, alphabet beads, metal letters, etc.

Steps:

To make the bottom tags:

1. Decorate the tags with photos, memories, addresses, etc.

2. Use 3/4" x 12" torn fabric strips to attach tags to the bottom of the quilt. Thread fabric strips through the hole in the tags.

3. Add plastic and fabric beads to the fabric strips.

4. Tie the fabric strips through the button holes along the bottom of the quilt. Trim the ends of the fabric strips.