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Fidget Quilts: Wheels to Button on Truck

Fidget Quilts: Wheels to Button on Truck

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Two wheels are attached to truck with buttons.

Materials:

• Basic backing block A small size print, or scenery works well.
• From the pattern page, cut out the pattern for the truck.
• The truck can be cut from vinyl, or fabric.
• Enough Double Sided Iron On Adhesive Film, for the truck.
• Black heavy duty fabric, or reinforced fabric for the wheels.
  
• 2 black, silver or gold buttons that are the same size.

Instructions:

Double Sided Iron On Adhesive Film has one side with a waxy adhesive, the other side has paper that looks like waxed paper. It is hard to trace the pattern onto the paper side, trace the pattern onto the waxy side. A ball point pen works well.

1. Trace the pattern pieces onto the adhesive film and cut then out.
2. Place the adhesive film on the wrong side of the fabric used for the wheels.
3. Iron in place, then cut them out. Your pieces will have the fabric for the back of the wheel on one side and the protective paper for the adhesive film on the other side.
4. Remove the paper from the piece, and iron the other side of the wheel on.
5. Make the buttonholes following the instructions for your machine, but use a slightly larger size button to measure.
   (We're not trying to keep the shirt from falling open, we want someone with arthritis to be able to button it.)
   Put the buttonholes more or less in the middle of the wheel.
6. Use the button foot to sew the buttons to the backing following the instructions for your machine.
7. Button the wheels onto the backing. If they are too tight to unbutton easily, you can cut the buttonhole a little bit bigger.

Notes:

• When you sew on buttons with a sewing machine, you must lower the feed dogs (the little teeth that move the fabric as you sew). (It is probably a lever or switch on the back of the machine). Don't forget to put them back up when you finish.
• You can use fabric markers to add details to the truck.