Once again, I’m thrilled to join Pattern Revolution’s One Thimble Blog Tour! This time, I’m sharing my experience with the Swoodson Says pattern, Adventure Flags.

One Thimble is a digital sewing magazine, or ezine, and the issues contain PDF patterns, tutorials, sewing articles, tips, and lots of great content. You can see my previous posts about One Thimble here, here, and here. Issue 10 is looking to be the best one yet. I’m blown away by all the amazing contributors and patterns it has. I’m also excited to announce that I am a contributor in this issue as well! I’ll include more details about that in a bit. You can enter to win a copy of One Thimble Issue 10 at the bottom of this post.

As soon as I saw this pattern, I knew immediately that my kids would love it. I was right, and they were more involved with this project than most others. They helped pick fabrics, felt colours, and, most importantly, placement of the flags in the buntings. We all thought they would make perfect decor for birthday parties!

The appliques are all cut out of felt and I used freezer paper as the pattern suggests. This was my first time using freezer paper and I found it so easy and helpful to cut those intricate shapes out. I couldn’t imagine tracing them all individually onto the felt and then cutting out.

I really enjoyed the mix of fabrics and textures used for this project. I used felt and quilting cotton as the pattern suggests, but I also used a natural canvas muslin for the back of each flag, which really gave them a good weight and body. I think the natural canvas would have worked for the front as well.

This was a very different project for me, and I’m enjoying continuing with my theme of trying new things this year. I cheated a bit with the compass applique and just used fabric paint instead for the letters. I think it looks just as nice.

The pattern was very easy to follow and I think this would be a suitable project for even the greenest of beginners.

As for my contribution, I created a tutorial for this reverse applique pillow. I call it Hello With Love. I envisioned it to be a treasured gift for grandparents, but I’ll have to make at least another one, because I love this one too much to part with. I show how to turn kids’ hand-prints into lasting mementos. I hope you enjoy the tutorial as much I did creating it.