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September BOM
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Tulip and Peony
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Freezer Paper Applique
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Supplies |
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Freezer Paper |
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White glue (such as Elmers) and child's watercolor paintbrush OR |
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glue stick OR |
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Roxanne's Glu-Baste-It |
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Batik scraps |
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One of your 11" or so background squares |
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Permanent and a water soluble pen |
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Lightweight tearaway stabilizer (if you discover that you are not
able to stitch pieces to background smoothly without it or if you use a
satin stitch) |
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Prepare Your Background |
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Using the pattern, trace the layout of the pieces into the
background fabric. Use a light table or hold up to a window if
necessary. Be sure to use a water soluble pen. |
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Prepare Your Pieces |
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Turn your pattern over and trace the pattern shapes on the back. The
reason for this is that since the freezer paper will go on the back of
the fabric, this keeps you from having mirror pieces and your piece will
go together as traced on your background fabric. |
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From the reverse side of your pattern trace the individual pieces of
the pattern onto the non-shiny side of freezer paper. with a water
soluble or permanent pen |
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| Cut the pieces apart |
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| Using a hot iron with no steam, iron the pieces onto the reverse
side of your fabric. If you want all your leaves the same color, you
could leave them together on the freezer paper and iron the group of
leaves on if you leave about 1/2 inch between pieces. If you have
trouble getting the freezer paper to stick properly, try ironing onto a
firm surface, like a piece of wood. |
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Cut out the pieces with the freezer paper on, leaving about 1/4 inch
extra around each piece |
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Assembly your choice of gluing supplies. I prefer white glue and a
paint bush as it is cheaper than Roxanne's and it is easier to
manipulate than a glue stick. |
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Apply glue to the seam allowance on the wrong (freezer paper) side |
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Turn the seam allowance and glue it to the freezer paper. Smooth out
wrinkles and points with the end of the handle of your paint brush. If
necessary clip into the allowance at the inner points. |
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For the leaves, turn the allowance at the point straight across.
more or less perpendicular to the side edges. Then turn the sides in. |
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For the stem, do the same thing. Turn the bottom end in first and
then so the sides. The top ends of the branches will be under other
pieces. |
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As you finish gluing the edges under on each piece, press it to the
appropriate place on the background and the piece will adhere in place. |
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When you pieces are in place, do one of the following:
Use the hemstitch on your machine and invisible thread to stitch around
the pieces
Use the zig-zag stitch on your machine and invisible, matching or
contrasting thread to stitch around your pieces
Use the button hole or other decorative stitch and invisible, matching
or contrasting thread to stitch around your pieces
Use the straight stitch and invisible, matching or contrasting
thread to stitch around your pieces
In my example, I used a narrow zig-zag stitch and invisible thread |
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Now, what about that freezer paper. Either cut a small slit in the
background from the back of the piece or remove the background from
behind the piece leaving a 1/4 inch seam allowance. Spray your block to
dampen it. Extract the freezer paper, you may need tweezers. |
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Press your block |
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