Make Me Laugh

 

Before I make a word, I gather my fabrics together and lay them out close to where I think I might use them. For this word, LAUGHTER, I wanted to use more than one fabric in each letter and I wanted the word to be cohesive, so I selected fabrics that were close in hue and value.

I usually make my letters from scraps. In this letter 'a' you can see that even the WOW background fabrics are all different.

Here are the first four letters. I never trim my letters down to size until I sew them together, so I always make them fatter and taller than their finished size. In this case, though, that letter 'g' is just too small. I'll fix it later. You can see all the different fabrics in this photo.

The 't' and 'r' look really skinny here, but these are their finished sizes. If I still think they are too skinny when I start sewing the letters together, I'll remake them.  

Next up: a bunch of asterisks!

 

I don't use patterns or templates when I make my letters and they are not paper pieced. If you would like to make your own letters, you can get my tutorial here at my Etsy shop. It's an instant download so you can get started right away.