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Link to leaf template
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December BOM
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Rose of Sharon
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Reverse Applique
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Supplies |
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Freezer Paper |
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Stabilizer |
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Glue stick |
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Batik scraps |
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One of your 10 inch or so background squares (this will be set on the
diagonal so requires a larger block for this setting) |
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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) or Ricky Timm's Totally Stable |
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Prepare Your Pieces |
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Trace the scalloped pieces of the rose on freezer paper and the
inside of the rose buds. Cut the inside of the rose buds about 1/2 in
larger all around the the template. Adhere the freezer paper to the back
of your flower and buds fabric(s)Cut the scalloped pieces and the
center on the a scant 1/4 inch outside the pattern line. |
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Prepare Your Background |
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Fold a 10" square of freezer paper in 8ths. First fold it in
quarters and then fold the quarter in half diagonally so that all open
edges are on the same side. Use the 1/8th template provided. The tip of
the rose bud should be at the outside point of the folded fabric. Trace
the 1/8th pattern on the top fold of your freezer paper. Be sure that
the tip of the rose bud is at the outside point of the wedge Cutting
through all the layers of the paper, cut out you block shape like it was
a paper snowflake. Fold your background fabric in 8ths and iron the
creases into the fabric. Now using your fabric folds, line them up with
the folds n your snowflake like pattern and iron the freezer paper to
the fabric on the front of the fabric. Using a fine washaway marker,
trace around the ins and outs of the pattern. Then cut the pattern out
of the background fabric. Cut right on the line and leave background
fabric in one piece except for the area where the pattern was adhered/
Now you have background fabric with a hole cut out of it that is the
shape of your leaf pattern. Cut a square of your leaf fabric that is the
same size as the background. Lay your leaf fabric on the table right
side up and your background fabric right side up on top of this. Slip
your rosebud pieces in the cutouts for the rosebuds. (They will be in
between the two fabrics) Use a little glue stick to hold everything
together |
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Continue Preparing Your Rose pieces.
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| Clip into the inside curves of your roses. Then using either a glue
stick or white glue (I use a child's water color brush with the white
glue), put a little glue along the edges of the fabric that beyond the
pattern pieces on the back side of the fabric. Fold the edges over to
the back and press to the freezer paper to glue them down. |
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| While the glue is still soft. Press the second largest flower with
your fingers to the top of the largest piece. Stitch the top piece to
the bottom piece with any of the following stitches; satin stitch, small
buttonhole stitch, zigzag stitch or straight stitch. It depends on the
effect you want. Since I like to use thread for accents I used a
small buttonhole stitch in a complementary color. |
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Turn to the back, cutting through the bottom flower layer, trim out
the bottom layer, leaving about 1/4 inch around the inside edge of the
hole.. This lessens the build up of fabric in the center. Remove the
freezer paper with a little tug, tweezers may help. If you are having
difficulty with this spray the pieces with a little water to help you
remove the paper |
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Repeat this instruction for each of the scalloped pieces. Once you
have the whole flower built, then glue or pin it into position on your
block. |
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You can now stitch everything together. |
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You can do this two ways. satin stitch on the edge of the background
fabric all around the buds and leaves sections. Continue your satin
stitch across the bottom of the bud piece to hide the raw edges. |
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Or just ahead of where you are stitching turn the edge under with an
awl or small screwdriver. After the first little bit, it goes quite
smoothly. Only do a couple of inches at a time. Then you can stitch this
down with any kind of stitch including an invisible hem stitch. |
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Remember that you are stitching the top layer down and over the edge
of it. |
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When you are through with this step, sew the flower assembly in
place with any of the stitches listed above. |
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Another block done! |
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