DIY Rainbow Check Wall Hanging

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I’m back again with another Cricut Maker project; this time, it’s a scrappy wall hanging! I have always wanted to get into quilting, and I thought this would be a perfect entry-level project to practise my patchwork skills and use up my scraps. The entire project took me about 6 hours to finish, and I really enjoyed organising the squares into a beautiful checkerboard rainbow. To finish it off, I added some bias binding ties and backed it with some plain coloured linen to protect all of the raw edges. It’s now ready to hang on the wall above my bed!

This project was really straightforward to create in the Cricut Design Space, and I really loved how I could customise the layout to suit the fabric pieces I had. In Step 1, you can see how I could apply 3 small pieces of fabric to my Fabric Grip Mat and cut out 8 squares. This wall hanging was made from various linen fabric scraps PLUS a couple of linen blouses I got from the op shop. Keep reading below to find out how I created this piece.

Step 1

Prepare your fabric scraps by trimming and ironing them flat. Place them on the Cricut Fabric Grip Mat and load them into your Maker. Select the 9cm Square Project File or create a project with squares in your desired size and Make It. Customise the layout to suit the scraps you have applied.

Step 2

Repeat until you have the desired amount of squares. I cut out about 120.

Step 3

Pick two differently coloured squares and with right sides together, stitch up the right side seam with a 0.5cm seam allowance. Repeat until you have used up all of the squares. This is a great time to use batch sewing or quilting techniques. Learn more about this here. Press open the seams.

Step 4

Using the same process as step 3, pick two pairs and with right sides together, stitch up the right side seam with a 0.5cm seam allowance. Press open the seams.

Step 5

Continue adding more squares until you have 10 rows of 12. Press open the seams. Design the order that the rows will go in and then place one row on another with right sides facing and sew up the long side seam to join them together. Press open the seams. Repeat until you have joined all of the rows into one large patchwork piece.

Step 6

Lay the patchwork piece onto a large piece of fabric and cut a backing piece the same size. Place them right sides together and pin them around the edges and all over so that the pieces won’t slip. Decide which edge is the top and sandwich 6 strips of bias binding spaced evenly along the edge. Stitch around the entire edge leaving a 10cm gap on one of the sides. Clip the corners and then turn out. Press all over to make sure the sides are flat and then stitch the gap closed. Finish with a cute label and hang it on a wooden dowel.

I am seriously in love with how this turned out and cant wait to try more patchwork projects using the Cricut Maker. I can totally see this being such a help to quilters and makers who cut out lots of small shapes!

The Cricut Maker is available at Spotlight, Harvey Norman, JB HIFI, and Big W.

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