coles rocket ship

for cole's first birthday i tried out the rocket ship pattern from The Long Thread. i used some left over star fabric from zech's quilt more than three years ago, and vinyl that i just bought for a different project.





because it was for cole, i tried my hand at applique and put a contrasting C on the bottom or the ship. i wanted to use the vinyl and put it on the side of the ship, but my machine and i were not capable of making that happen, and by the time it occurred to me to use the other fabric, i had already sewn the body of the ship closed. this is the first time i have ever done applique, and i think it turned out quite nice.



i left a hole above one of the fins to turn later, and sewed up all the sides between the body pieces



then pin pin pinned the circle to the bottom and sewed it on. this was probably the roundest circle i have ever sewn.



then i turned the ship and stuffed the rocket through the little hole i left at the top.



i used a ladder stitch, or invisible stitch to close up the hole and cole's rocket ship is finished!