The black and green fabric are Michael Miller FQs and there are a few other random fat quarters and offcuts.
This should keep me busy for a while!
The Wee Woodland charm pack has already sprung into life:
I've been wanting to try this sort of applique for a while. I already had the sewing machine foot from doing some free-motion quilting, but this seemed altogether more intimidating! In fact, it was quite fun once I got back into the swing of how to move the fabric through the machine. To do this sort of free-motion embroidery, you need a darning foot for your machine (this was £13 for my Janome) and to lower the feed dogs so you can feed the fabric through in any direction.
This particular project is a cushion slightly modified from a quilted wall-hanging in the book 'Little Birds'.
My control is still a little all over the place, but I don't think it matters too much. Luckily, my herky-jerky movements fit quite well with the style!
The light background is plain old muslin. I used to turn my nose up at using this, but I've actually grown quite fond of the rough texture and I see myself using a lot more of it.
That looks fabulous. I really want to do something like this.
ReplyDeleteI have a darning foot but I can't seem to get the tension quite right and my stitches come out looking funny. But I feel like giving it another try now that I've seen your cushion.
Envy is, apparently, a powerful motivator :)