QUILTsocial Issue 5 | Page 56

A buttoned up finish on the Pockets full of blessings wall quilt Stamping tags, and attaching buttons to the pockets on our pocket-filled wall hanging. Place two or three small stitches at the pocket intersections prior to sewing a button onto the same spot. Place two or three small stitches at the pocket intersections prior to sewing a button onto the same spot. As I mentioned at the beginning, this wall quilt is very versatile. Here are the instructions for finishing it up as an Advent Calendar. In order to make the pockets more stable, and give it some sassy style, sew some buttons onto the intersection of each pocket. I used a variety of buttons from my vast collection of vintage buttons in red. Don't worry, there's a few hundred more where they came from. These buttons will also serve as the hangers for the number tags when the wall hanging is being used as an Advent Calendar. Cut 24, 6" lengths of bakers' twine or pearl cotton. Use a lark's head knot to attach the twine to the tags. Stamp numbers 1 to 24 on the tags. You can go with just numbers, or numbers and tiny graphics. I opted for a series of both. 56 QUILTsocial .com | issue 5 Place two or three small stitches at the pocket intersections prior to sewing a button onto the same spot.