Tuesday, May 29, 2018

Hold It Together

Happy National Paperclip Day!


Hold It Together paperclip wall hanging


Yes, today, May 29, celebrates the humble paperclip, that indispensable office supply! 

Silly, I know, but I was truly inspired to make these fun, colorful paperclips. And you can take this wall hanging as seriously as you want!!

Maybe you see the humor in the statement, or maybe it really represents our busy lives - either way, Hold It Together is entertaining! If you totally relate, there's a pattern so you make your own, available at Etsy.


Hold It Together wall hanging



Made with applique paperclips and lettering, the arrangement can be however you want. I chose to link the paperclips around in a circle, but they could be formed into a chain, or even a heap - the possibilities are endless!

And now for some closeups. Yes, I went hog wild on the quilting - it was so liberating to just doodle all sorts of designs.


Hold It Together closeup 4

More closeups to show cause the areas are so different!



Hold It Together closeup 2



Hold It Together closeup 1


Here's a super close-up shot.


Hold It Together closeup 3

BTW, I used a 14 stitches per inch setting, and probably could have gone smaller. For reference, all of my other quilts use 10 stitches per inch.

The border has simple piano keys, whose lines are duplicated on each side. This allows for all of the attention to be on the pretty quilting in the center.


Hold It Together border quilting

And don't you just love how black attracts all sorts of fuzz? 

So if your feeling the love for all that paperclips represent, head on over to Etsy to get started on your own!

Happy National Paperclip Day!



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28 comments:

  1. This would look awesome on the wall of a supply room. It's also a great work mantra to repeat on Mondays :)

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    1. My thoughts exactly! Hubby thinks I should contact an office supply company to see if they would like it

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  2. I love the fun quilting background.

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  3. I love it!! What a fun wall hanging.

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    1. Thanks Anja! Somedays is sillier than others!

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  4. Hi Susan,
    What a fun wall hanging! At first I didn't realize there was a border until I saw the quilting picture. I love the piano keys and especially the corner that looks like it is pointing to the center. The paperclips themselves are so colorful and fun! This is adorable. Thank you for the closeups of your quilting! Happy Tuesday! ~smile~ Roseanne

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    1. Thanks Roseanne! Funny how paperclips can be such fun!

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  5. OH Susan, how creative! I love this! So true to life!

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    1. Thank you so much for the quilt (and paperclip) love!!!

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  6. This is really fun. Working for many years in the secretarial field, I would've loved this on my office wall (especially all those years as a legal secretary). Your quilting is really fun too! Makes those clips just pop!

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    1. It would look great in an office space - thanks!!

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  7. That is so cute! I used to buy tons of paper clips when I taught school! LOL

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    1. Thank you! Brightly colored paperclips are hard to resist!

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  8. Love it!!! Very creative! Great quilting. I bet this was one fun piece to design, write, and make.

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    1. Yes it was! Totally a sudden bit of inspiration!

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  9. Oh my word! This is awesome, I wish I'd thought of it! In fact I am plenty tempted to buy this pattern and that happens very infrequently. I could do with this in my work space.
    BTW a sticky clothes lint roller makes short work of that fluff. xx

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  10. Thank you for such quilty love! And yes, I tried the sticky roller but it just seems to attract lint easily.

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  11. Wow! What a fun and happy quilt this is! Isn't it funny how one little thing can inspire! Super fun quilting too!

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    1. The idea of honoring paperclips is just so silly - I had to jump on it! And yet, June 1 is Donut Day, and I'm uninspired.

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  12. Hi Susan, that's one cute quilt. Paperclips are indeed worthy of a special day and quilt :-)

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  13. I remember all those paper clips in my office drawer somehow joining themselves together...much to my disgust. A definite representation of them. Cute.

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  14. Too cute! Those paperclips look so real I was analyzing the closeups. Yep, very real!

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  15. This is so fun!! I love the humour of it and the quilting is amazing (again!).

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  16. What a fun quilt! I love it! All of the quilting is so fantastic!

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