Ok, this is a really long tutorial, and since I've had a lot of PM's about the quilt in my avatar, I figured that I'd make a tutorial with a new pattern that I just made up.
Please bear with me, this is a long one.
Step 1 is to pick your pattern. You can use whatever one you want. The one I'm using is one that I just designed - called Fairy Prayers. Remember that when you do fusible applique, all your images are REVERSED!
Tracing the largest fairy - I used red so you can see
Largest Fairy - Traced
Fusible Is Expensive - I use as much as I can. Tracing the smaller fairy leaving only a small gap to cut
Both Fairies Traced
The cheap scissors I use. 99cents around back to school time.
Picking Colors - This is leftover Fairy Frost
Picking Color - a hand dye for a mushroom
Picking Color - scrap piece for a mushroom
Picking Color - Black for the shadow/silhouette of the largest fairy
Fused on one side and cut - I leave a little bit extra so I have something to hold onto while doing the final cut
Picking out the Background - sometimes it takes multiple tries
Background Testing
More background testing
More background testing - I went with this one, it had movement but wasn't too busy
Put the darning foot on your machine.
Practice Placement before you fuse
Fused to the background
Fused to the background - and sandwhiched ready to be quilted
If you missed this step or wanted to wait - put the darning foot on your machine
Make your quilt sandwhich
I chose to do micro-stippling on the mini one. I did NOT quilt on the fused applique because I wanted it to pop up and be more 3D
Micro-Stippling
Mini Close Up
The Small Mini Close Up
Larger Miniature - all over quilted and the sandwhich trimmed
Close up of quilting
Close up of quilting
Then you're done - all you need to do is add a label, sleeve or corners for hanging and bind!
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