Today we are going to make our Glam Girl Wall Hanging!

**GET THE FREE PATTERN HERE**

General Information:

• Finished size is 15 1/2 inches x 31 1/2 inches
• Blocks have been squared to 7.5 inches
• All seam allowances are 1/4 inch
• Assume all fabrics are 42 inches wide, especially for the width of fabric cuts

What you will need:
*Three Glam Girl Blocks (I squared my blocks to 7.5 inches because one had stretched a lot during piecing)

¼ yard of Hot Pink Fabric for sashing between block and inner border

½ yard of Pink and Yellow floral fabric for outer border and binding.  I used Windham Fabrics “Mariposa” by Another Point of View;  Pattern No. 40088.

½ yard of backing fabric

½ yard of batting

Fabric for the hanging sleeve

Cutting Instructions

For the Hot Pink Sashing Between Blocks:
Cut 4 strips that measure 1 ½ inches x 7.5 inches.

For the Hot Pink Inner Border:
Cut 2 strips that measure 1 ½ inches x 25.5 inches

For the Pink and Yellow Floral Outer Border
Cut 3 strips that measure 3 ½ inches x Width of Fabric (also known as WOF)
• Take one 3 ½ inch strip and cut two rectangles that measure 3 ½ x 9 ½ inches each.
• Take one 3 ½ inch strip and cut it to measure 32 inches long
• Take the remaining 3 ½ inch strip and cut it to measure 32 inches long

For the Pink and Yellow Floral Binding
Cut 3 strips that measure 2 ¼ x Width of Fabric

Let’s Start Sewing!
1. Sew the hot pink sashing strips to your glam girl blocks as shown below. Press seams toward the hot pink fabric. Your wall hanging will look like this:

2. Sew one hot pink inner border strip to the left side of your wall hanging and sew one hot pink inner border strip to the right side of your wall hanging. Press seams toward the hot pink fabric. Your wall hanging should look like this:

3. Sew one 3 ½ inch x 9 ½ inch rectangle to the top of the wall hanging. Next, sew one 3 ½ inch x 9 ½ inch rectangle to the bottom of the wall hanging. Press seams toward the hot pink fabric. This is coming together nicely! Does yours look like this?

4. Sew one 3 ½ inch x 32 inch strip to the left side of your wall hanging. Next, sew one 3 ½ inch x 32 inch strip to the right side of your wall hanging. Wow! The piecing is done!

5. Quilt your wall hanging using your favorite quilting technique! I started on mine by stitching in the ditch of my seams. Then I decided to outline my seams with a straight stitch.

6. I got a little braver and sewed some gentle waves. THEN I got really crazy and sewed a decorative zig zag stitch around the hot pink inner border.

AND I went overboard crazy and outline quilted around all three blocks!

I grew even more daring and quilted in different stitch widths and directions…it looks great if I do say do myself!

7. Once I finished my machine quilting, I added a sleeve to the back of the wall hanging before I added the binding.  Click here to learn how:  Hanging Sleeve Tutorial

8. Next, make the binding for your quilt and attach it. This Craftsy tutorial shows you how to do it:  Binding Tutorial

9. Your Glam Girl wall hanging is now complete!  I hope you enjoyed sewing along with us!

The last block for our Glam Girl Wall Hanging is the cutest paper pieced block on the entire planet!  When Sandy created this block, I knew it would be a big hit – don’t you just LOVE it?

Click on this link to download a free paper piecing pattern:Glam Girl Nail Polish Bottle

As with the lipstick and lotion blocks, the sky is the limit on color choices but I decided to continue with my pink theme.  I had lots of pink polka dot fabric in my stash and I like the small white polka dots next to the larger white polka dots.  I found a little scrap of pink plaid fabric so I used it for the rim around the black cap.

Next week we will complete a wall hanging from the three Glam Girl blocks we’ve made so far.  This wall hanging is just so glamorous, I can’t wait to show you!  You will be finished in no time!

If this block inspires you to learn paper piecing, here is a good tutorial to get you started:Paper Piecing Tutorial

See you next week!

Week 2 of our Glam Girl Series brings you a fast and easy paper pieced block to try!

Sandy created this lotion bottle for all the glamorous lotions we use every day.  The pattern goes together quickly AND the fabric possibilities are endless!

Click on this link to download a free paper piecing pattern:Glam Girl Lotion Bottle

**Design Idea** If you are a machine embroidery aficionado, this would be a great block to add some wording or special design features to the lotion bottle.

Since I am sticking with the pink theme, I decided a chevron fabric would be a fun way to introduce more pattern and texture into the block.  Placing the chevrons at an angle adds even more visual interest.

If you are new to paper piecing and would like to learn how, we found a good tutorial to help you get started:  Paper Piecing Tutorial

Next week, we will bring you the third block for our Glam Girl wall hanging.

Sandy created the most beautiful series of paper pieced “Glam Girl” blocks!  These blocks are so unique and stylish that we want to share them with you.

We are starting with the lipstick block because we both love it!  The nice thing about this block is you can easily change the color of the lipstick to suit your personal style.  I tend to stick with the rose/pink colors but there are so many different lipstick colors to choose from, maybe you will want to try silver and gold glitter!

Click on this link to download a free paper piecing pattern:Glam Girl Lipstick

Paper piecing is a great way to use some of the scraps you have in your fabric stash.  I looked through my fabrics and decided to go with a bright color palette.  I think the white polka dot fabric (“Snow” from Robert Kaufman’s Spot On collection) brightens the lipstick color even more.

Does this block inspire you to learn how to paper piece?  We found a great  tutorial to help you get started:  Paper Piecing Tutorial

Next week, we’ll introduce block #2 of our Glam Girl series.

Over the month of January we’ll make 3 different paper pieced Glam Girl blocks and then finish up with a Glam Girl wall hanging just in time for Valentine’s Day gifts!