The quilt I'm currently working on is an interpretation of the Flag of Mexico. I'm making it as a custom order for a gentleman I met at the Saline Celtic Festival who admired the work I did on the quilt I donated to the festival. He asked if I could create a replication of this flag in honor of his Mexican heritage. I am honored to have the chance to work on a project with such a rich history and deep meaning to so many people. Above is a graphic I found online of the Flag of Mexico; I am using this graphic as the basis for the design of the quilt. The finished quilt should be approximately 40" tall by 70" wide, and is intended for use as a decorative wall hanging.

I enlarged and printed the crest in the center of the flag graphic so I could trace it onto my fabric. The entire crest was too large for my tracing table, so I improvised... here you see the printed graphic taped to the inside of my storm door, with the fabric taped over top of it. The light shining through the window served as a great light table and I was then able to use a chalk tool to trace the images onto the fabric. These lines will be my guide, so I know exactly where to place each piece of this intricate fabric puzzle!

Here are the three pieces of background fabric, green white and red, with the crest image traced onto the white strip with quilter's chalk.

Each piece of the crest was then traced onto "Wonder Under", a paper-backed fusible web, which was then ironed to the back of their respective bits of fabric.

Next, each tiny piece is cut out, the paper backing is peeled off, and the piece is ironed into place onto the while background strip. The iron-on fusible web is not permanent; it merely holds the pieces in place until I can get then sewn on. I am a little more than half done with positioning the pieces on the background. Once they're all in place, I can begin sewing them on. More updates soon!!!