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Monday, July 22, 2013
Designing Monday
I have been practicing some hand appliqué. I have finished 3 little blue flowers that I think are supposed to be pansies. I'm working on the stems and leaves now.
To make the centers I started with a circle just slightly smaller than a dime. I pinned it in place and then tucked under almost half of the fabric.
I proceeded around the rest of the circle taking small tucks and tiny stitches as I went around. As you can see the result is a fairly tiny flower center. Not quite exactly round, but closer enough.
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Wow! Now, that's tiny!! Since I don't do much in the way of applique, you have my total admiration!!!! Hugs......
ReplyDeleteMy goodness, that is a tiny flower center. I would have been tempted to take the easy way out and use a satin embroidery stitch. But then, I take an even easier way out and don't applique. : )
ReplyDeleteLove your pieces! Funny, never occurred to me to stitch units together and then stitch down the whole piece. I have to try that on one of my next blocks!
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