Susan7639, What a hoot of a photo!!! Did they really do that or was it just a funny photo to post? From the looks of those faces, I am betting they got caught. Are they twins? I am still laughing at the photo. What a great story for when they are older.
To answer your question (while still laughing), personally I would use raw edge applique even though I do know how to paper piece as I do think the applique would definitly be quicker. I am sure you can find whatever size numbers you want online, trace them on your fabric, and cut out. In fact now that I think about it, I would use fusible (Steam-A-Seam Lite2). Trace the numbers onto the paper of the fusible, peel off the blank side of the fusible, transfer to the back of the fabric as per the directions on the fusible, cut out on the drawn lines, peel off the paper, iron onto your blocks, and then stitch around them either with straight stitch or small zig-zag. This is very easy to do (even though I was way too wordy). I have done this using McKenna Ryan's website directions. If you have never done this and it does not make sense to you, you can propably find a tute on youtube also. Good luck! (And by the way, I am still chuckling!!! Thanks for the laugh today.)
Shoot, I forgot to mention that if you do the fusible, you need to reverse the numbers so they come out correctly when cut out.
Last edited by KLO; 05-16-2015 at 10:27 AM.