Cinco de Mayo 2024
This is a repost from 2 years ago. I know the quilts will bring a smile to you!
Today is Cinco de Mayo (May 5th) and is a celebration with parties and food in many Latin American countries. I remember many of my Mexican friends and school chums in California having fun with this day. I now have a finished quilt to celebrate the holiday. Yes, I KNOW these are fabrics that celebrate another holiday (Day of the Dead/Dia de los Muertos). Artistic license, ok? I'll check in with Windham to see if they mind!
Fiesta Pentagon Wreaths: 40" x 44" |
Do you remember my Sugar Skulls from 2020? While the fabrics may not be available in your local quilt shop, you may find something similar online. I love these from Windham called Fiesta. If you click the link under the photo you can see the steps to this Dresden Plate block.
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Back to the Sugar Skull wreaths.
I had made one of my Pentagon Wreath blocks using another fussy cut Sugar Skull. Here I am ready to appliqué it to an 11" background square (yes, it will finish to 10-1/2"). I pulled 4 light colored Bedrock fabrics for the background squares, and this is a very pale light blue (hard to tell in the photo). I'm ready to machine stitch it down using my Bernina 1230 and a simple, short zigzag stitch.
Blue Pentagon Wreath block with gray Sugar Skull in center |
And I'm ready to get the pink one put together. One fussy cut 2" hexagon and six 2" pink pentagons. The background square is a pale lavender (I used up my light pink in another project).
Beautiful, happy Sugar Skull with her 6 pink pentagons |
Let's see the back of these pentagons. Yes, I punch a hole in the center so I can easily remove the papers. And, yes, I do NOT stitch through the papers; I just capture the fabric at the corner folds. This way when the papers are removed, my fabric doesn't flop all over the place.
And here is how they will look once I start stitching them together. Don't you just love all this pink?
Here is the prep for the green ones. Notice how I made a freezer paper window template to make sure I captured the exact image I wanted:
6 green pentagons and window template for the center hexagon Sugar Skull |
And the 4th wreath will be yellow. Here are the fabrics I chose. The darker yellow is from Windham's Pop Dots. The background is Bedrock (by Windham).
Yellow parts for the Pentagon Wreath (before cutting) |
Chili peppers are perfect for Cinco de Mayo, right? |
Fiesta Sugar Skulls in mug rugs |
Well, that's it for Cinco de Mayo 2021. Have a wonderful day - Olé!
I'm not into skulls, but I like the flowers.
ReplyDeleteSusan
Yes, I know the skulls are a bit garish, but I don’t consider them ghoulish. The rest of the prints are cute, especially with the guitars.
DeleteThanks for stopping by!
Debby