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Our July Aurifil Designer of the Month is the super talented Karen Miller of RedBird Quilt Co.
This is my version of Karen's gorgeous block. Karen did hand applique and amazing Ruched flowers. I did fusible applique and below I'll show you how!
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The fabric I'm working with
- A set of Green from 'Well Said'
- A variety of peach fabrics
- Navy fabrics like this Dot & this bow tie
- With some White.
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Pat's Tip
- I do the cut away or 'donut' method of fusible applique. That way my shapes are soft. For the berries they are full fusible.
- You can learn all my fusible applique secrets in my Teach me to Applique book
TIPS:
- I did full fusible stems for this project.
- Cut a strip of fusible about 4" wide by 16" long
- Place is on the DIAGONAL, which is your fabric Bias, of your stem fabric. This will allow you to curve the strips
- Karen's stems are 1/4" wide. I cut my 3/8" wide, which is an 1/8" of an inch wider.
BACKGROUND:
- Many people like to cut their background square a little larger, then trim it down.
- I'm not those people. I cut mine the exact size. I find i do not have shrinkage.
**12.5" square ruler
TIP:
- Find the center
- Place your flowers
- Then place the shortest stem, next shortest, and longest
- I'm pinning INTO the wool mat to hold it in place. The thread caddy is perfect for this with the magnet on the side!
- Check for placement to the photo. I decided my longest stem in the middle needed a sharper angle so adjusted before fusing.
**Thread cutter Caddy with the magnet, SO useful!
TIP:
- I had the stems over hang then trimmed them straight after i had it all fused
- Fuse from the flowers then start the stem at the flower end so you can ease it out if needed.
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TIP:
- My best selling Teach me to Applique Book
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Plan is to alternate mostly white, mostly peach backgrounds for the rest of the blocks. This lets me have a guide now for fabric picking on the rest of the blocks.
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