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November BOM

 
Tape the pieces of the diagram together.

Horn of Plenty

  
 

Paint Brush and Glue Applique

  
 

 
  Supplies  
  Freezer Paper  
  white glue  
  chilld's watercolor brush  
     
  Batik scraps  
  One of your 14" or so background squares (this will be set on the diagonal so requires a larger block for this setting)  
  Permanent and a water soluble pen  
  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)  
  Prepare Your Background  
  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.  
  Prepare Your Pieces  
  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.  
  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 or with the aid of a light box trace onto the back of the fabric for half of the pieces. Adhere the freezer paper to the back of the fabric for all pieces  
Cut the pieces apart. Leave at least 1/4 " of fabric around the edge of the pattern  
With either a glue stick or with white glue and a paintbrush apply glue to the 1/4 in around the edge of the pattern on the wrong side of the fabric. Just a bit will do. Then press this seam allowance over onto the freezer paper. smooth out any bumps and points.  
  While the glue is still sticky, press it in place on your background diagram.  
  Keep gluing, turning and pressing until you have all your pieces on the background  
  When your 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

For my block I am going to use a hem sttich with invisible thread,

  
   
  Now, what about that freezer paper. 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.