That darn Puppy!
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I you think your stitches are bad, just think how bad it would be if Trouble would get her teeth in it!
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#12
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I am new to quilting and this link helped me figure out the blanket stitch along with good old practice!https://projectsbyjane.blogspot.com/...et-stitch.html
#14
There is a way to pivot around those toes!. Stitch around the round part until you get to the dip. Put needle down on a " right swing"right at edge of fabric.Lift foot. Turn piece so deepest dent is exactly left of needle. Hand turn flywheel, making sure " left swing" goes exactly down the cleft of paw. Hand turn needle down on the right hand swing. Lift foot, turn piece enough to head along next rounded area. Repeat at next dent. You can do this!
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If it were me, and I'm no expert, I would have done the does first with straight line stitching and then gone back and done the blanket stitching on the outside lines. Hopefully the blanket stitching would have covered the starting line at the toes bottom and everything blended in. But as I said...I'm no expert.
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These are some really fantastic suggestions and I thank you all! And those that commiserated with me---I’ll love you forever!
I went back and took a long hard look at the pattern again. Keep in mind that I have to make 6 of these puppies so I made a template out of poster board. In the process of tracing the pattern from paper to poster board and from poster board to fusible webbing and then transferring that onto fabric and, finally, cutting it out, I noticed that the definition in the toes became much more pronounced than what it was in the pattern.
I re-templated, re-traced and re-cut with a softer swing in the toes and it worked so much better. The blanket stitch itself gave definition to the toes and that’s all that was really needed.
I learned lots of valuable lessons and got invaluable advice. You folks rock!
I went back and took a long hard look at the pattern again. Keep in mind that I have to make 6 of these puppies so I made a template out of poster board. In the process of tracing the pattern from paper to poster board and from poster board to fusible webbing and then transferring that onto fabric and, finally, cutting it out, I noticed that the definition in the toes became much more pronounced than what it was in the pattern.
I re-templated, re-traced and re-cut with a softer swing in the toes and it worked so much better. The blanket stitch itself gave definition to the toes and that’s all that was really needed.
I learned lots of valuable lessons and got invaluable advice. You folks rock!
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I am working on a pattern that requires tracing onto freezer paper and then later tracing onto fusible. I skipped the freezer paper and trace straight onto fusible interfacing. It sure helps with accuracy. Maybe it will work for you too, to skip the template step. I trace onto the flat side, stitch around the outside and turn it by cutting a slit in the fusible. Then I have a fusible side to the fabric I want to attach the applique to and it's already turned.
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