ITH Witch’s Brew Wall Hanging Embroidery Project

For each block cut a 12” x 9 ½” rectangles of Orange Grunge, Black Kona Cloth® and of low loft batting. For the appliques for WBL01 cut a black rectangle at 11” x 8” and a 3 ½” square of white Kona Cloth®; cut two pieces of Heat N Bond Lite® to fit each applique.  Fuse the Heat N Bond Lite® to the back of the two appliques. Tautly hoop 2.5-ounce stabilizer in your hoop.

Run the first color stop (CS) as a placement line for your fabric.

Spray adhesive on the back of an orange grunge rectangle and position over the placement lines so the fabric exceeds the placement lines by ½” on all sides. Run CS2 to tack down the fabric.

Run CS 3 as a placement line for the black applique.

Remove the paper from the back of the black applique, spray it with a little adhesive and position it over the placement lines so that the fabric exceeds the placement lines by at least ½” on all sides.  Run CS4 in white thread.  White thread is the color the border will be and makes it easier to see the tack down lines when you are trimming the applique.

Trim the applique right up next to the tack down lines and press with an applique iron.

WBL01 is the only design in this set that has a second applique.  Use CS5 and CS6 to stitch down the moon applique following the same techniques in Steps 5 and 6.

Follow the color chart to complete the label.  Do not run the last two CS yet.

Remove the hoop from the machine, do not unhoop.  Lay the hoop face down on a flat surface.  Spray adhesive on the low loft batting and position over the original placement line so that the batting exceeds the placement lines by ½” on all sides.  Spray adhesive on the back fabric rectangle and align right side up over the batting.

Return the hoop to the machine and run the next to last color stop to tack down the batting and back fabric. Run the last color stop to quilt the project.

Remove the block from the hoop.  Lay the ¼” mark of a see-through ruler along the original placement lines and trim all sides of the block to a ¼” seam allowance.

Follow the above steps to stitch out the other 5 blocks.  Arrange them in the order you would like them to be in your wall hanging. The black appliques and Heat N Bond Lite for the other blocks should be cut to the following sizes: WBL02 10 12” x 6 ½”, WBL03 9” x 8”, WBL04 8” x 8”, WBL05 9” x 8”, WBL06 8 ½” x 8 ½”.  Lay out the blocks in the order in which you want to have them in you wall hanging.

I recommend you use YLI Invisible thread in the top and bottom of your sewing machine to complete the assembly of the wall hanging. Align your first two blocks together without overlaps or gaps.  With a wide zigzag stitch (4 to 5mm) with a space of about 4mm zigzag the two blocks together.

Join the 3rd block of the first row in the same manner. Repeat Steps 9 and 10 to join the three blocks of the bottom row.

Trim the bottom of the first row and the top of the second row if necessary to have straight edges. Align and stitch the top and bottom rows together with the zigzag stitches.

1. From the black print fabric cut:
   1. 3 1 ¼” strips across the width of the fabric
   2. 3 1 ½” strips across the width of the fabric
   3. 3 2 ¼” strips across the width of the fabric for binding

Spray with spray starch and fold the edges of the 1 ¼” and 1 ½” strips into the center and press.  Keep the wider and narrower strips separate as the narrow strips will be sewn to the back of the quilt blocks.  The wider strips will be sewn to the front of the quilt blocks.

You can sew the sashing strips down with a straight stitch and black thread.  However, I like to use a Serpentine stitch with invisible thread as it blends the stitching right into the stipple quilting of the blocks.

Center the narrow strips of sashing over the two vertical back seams of the back of the wall hanging.  Stitch down both sides of the strips with the stitch of your choice.

Turn the wall hanging right side up. Stitch the wider strips over the two vertical seams.

Turn the wall hanging back side up and stitch the narrow sashing across the horizontal seam.

Turn the wall hanging right side up and stitch the remaining wider sashing strip across the horizontal seam.

Trim the excess sashing strips off all sides of the wall hanging.

You can choose to put these corner pockets on the back of the wall hanging for inserting a 23” length of a 3/8th” dowel or to put a hanging sleeve on to hang it from a quilt hanging rod.  To make these dowel pockets cut two 6” squares of fabric.  Fold them diagonally and press.  Place the raw edges of the pockets on the top corners of the wall hanging.  Tack down within the ¼” seam allowance.  If you want to use a quilt hanger or rod see our instructions on Attaching a Hanging Sleeve to a Mini Quilt after you bind the wall hanging.

Bind the wall hanging using your preferred method and then slip the dowel into the pockets.

Congratulations your Witch’s Brew Wall Hanging is complete!