About 2 years ago I was in my local quilt shop The Scarlet Thread and saw this display of cute little ready-to-color panels complete with pattern. One of the panels was titled Inventory Control, but I prefer to call it Stash Security based on the cartoon caracters' t-shirt wording. The panels are from the company Block Party Studios.In the photo to the left, I have only just completed the top. It is hanging where I will actually have it displayed from the mannequin arms. I have yet to bind it. I will upload more photos as I take them.
I chose not to use the pattern that came with the panel. Instead, I used scraps from a bag I brought home from a retreat for the scrappy 2 1/2 inch unfinished inner border. I drew my own stars to paper piece, the center of the star block is 2 1/2" unfinished. The outer border is also 2 1/2 inch unfinshed.
I ironed the center panel (which is black and white only... just like a coloring book) to Reynolds Freezer Paper to stabilize it for coloring. I used regular 64 box of Crayola crayons... the harder you color the darker the color. I also used fabric markers, sharpies and metallic sharpies/fabric pens. All of these need to be heat-set with a layer of paper towels and your iron... the paper towels absorb the wax from the crayons. I took my time ironing... making sure that I continued to iron until the paper towels came away free of color.
I cut the center squares from the accent piece that is part of the panel. I chose to color the keys metallic and the fire alarms red and metallic. What is nice is that the metallic does not come off on the iron when I ironed over them when pressing the paper pieced blocks and the completed top. I used my old Rowenta Iron just in case, but I need not have worried.
I am having a hard time trying to decide whether or not and/or how to quilt the panel. What I finally decided was to Iron it to Peltex, I want to use it as a sign, not a quilt. I have yet to bind it. But I am crazying piecing binding... just like I did fo rthe inner border. I think it will look fun and interesting.
I will post a photo when the binding is on.
