How To Make The A-door-naments Wall Hanging

Published March 2022

Join Jen as she shows you how to make an A-door-naments Wall Hanging! In this in-depth tutorial, Jen will show you what to expect when you open your kit and how easy it is to create your projects. She'll demonstrate how to finish your project using two different approaches – the door hanger option and how to make it into a small wall hanging using a simple stitch and craft holder!

In this video, you'll learn:

• How a laser-cut, pre-fused kit skips the reverse tracing step entirely, since that page only matters if you're working with heat-n-bond and doing your own tracing.
• Why fusible fleece gets cut a quarter inch smaller than your front and back panels, and how that small gap reduces bulk when you turn the piece right-side out.
• A backstitch-inside-the-corners habit that makes turning a small, bulky project far easier than starting and stopping exactly at the corner.
• How to finish with a simple hand-stitched hanger loop, reusable month after month.
• How to mark, stitch, and carefully cut a keyhole opening so the same panel hangs securely over a doorknob or lever handle.

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Introduction

Adornaments are small hanging panels, sized to swap out with the seasons, and this is the second run of a program that has sold out twice already. This particular design pairs with an Easter egg and butterfly motif, part of the same shipment that also includes a patriotic July design. The full technique — light box, applique mat, fleece trimming trick, and both finishing options — applies to every design in the series.

The Gypsy Quilter Appli-Fuse Mat now comes in two sizes. A small mat is plenty of room for an Adornaments panel. Paired with a Wafer 1 light pad underneath, it's the same combination used for fusible applique of any size.

Skipping the Tracing Page

Every pattern in this series includes two pages for placing your applique: an assembly diagram for laser-cut kit users, and a reverse tracing diagram for anyone working with heat-n-bond and doing their own tracing and cutting.

1. If you're working from a prefused, laser-cut kit, the reverse tracing page doesn't apply to you at all — go straight to the assembly diagram and skip it entirely.
2. Place your numbered shapes on your applique mat over a light pad, following the diagram, the same way you would for any fusible applique project.

Cutting Fusible Fleece for Less Bulk

Since this project turns right-side out rather than binding around the edge, how you cut your fusible fleece matters more than it would on a bound project.

1. Cut your fusible fleece about a quarter inch smaller than your front and back panels — your pattern includes a sewing line specifically for this piece.
2. That quarter-inch gap means the fleece never gets caught in your seam allowance, which noticeably reduces bulk right where you need it most: in the seam you're about to turn right-side out through.

Sewing and Turning

With your fleece trimmed to size, sew around the panel using the fleece's edge as your guide, leaving the bottom open for turning.

1. Start and stop your stitching with a backstitch a bit inside each corner, rather than stitching all the way out to the corner itself — this small gap gives you room to ease the fabric through when you turn it.
2. Once sewn, use a turning tool with a dual-function tip — the curved end works the curves, and the pointed end pushes corners out cleanly — to turn the panel right-side out through the opening left at the bottom.

Finishing Option One: A Simple Hanger

The quickest way to finish is a single reusable hanger, hand-stitched closed.

1. Whip-stitch the open bottom edge closed by hand.
2. Hang the panel from one dowel or hanger that you reuse month after month as your design changes.

Finishing Option Two: A Door Hanger

For a panel that hangs directly on a doorknob or lever handle, a keyhole-shaped opening takes a little more care but works for any door hardware style.

1. Using a fabric marking pen, draw your keyhole shape — a circle with a straight slot leading to one edge — in the spot your pattern indicates.
2. Stitch a straight stabilizing line around the entire drawn shape first, then follow it with a dense zigzag or satin stitch. Test your stitch width and length on a scrap of the same fabric and fleece combination before stitching the actual piece.
3. Once stitched, carefully slit the straight slot and trim out the circle with sharp, pointed scissors, staying just inside the satin-stitch boundary so none of your stitching gets cut.
4. The finished opening slips over a doorknob or slides down over a lever handle, whichever style your door has.

Once you've made one Adornaments panel, the whole process becomes second nature — the same light box and applique mat combination, the same fleece-trimming trick for a cleaner turn, and a choice of finish that works whether you'd rather hang it from a hook or right on the door itself.

Pick up your Gypsy Quilter Appli-Fuse Mat, a Wafer 1 light pad, and any other notions you need to make your own Adornaments panel.

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