Learning to Applique by Hand
I ran across this Australian company and loved the look of the applique and embroidery and thought that this would be a great way to get back into quilting. It really didn't take long to arrive. Everything you need is included in the kit except the glue stick and scissors and I used carbon paper for tracing. The fabrics are beautiful and they come pre-ironed and ready for you to use. It comes with a pattern for the design. I used this and carbon paper to trace the design onto each piece of fabric, cut them out, arranged them onto the fabric that I was working on, used a glue stick to secure them to the fabric, then straight stitched around all of the shapes. I did this instead of overlapping the fabric to make the design more flat because that is my aesthetic preference. The fabrics are nice but I wish the kit came with extra for me to play with on a different piece of art. They are very thin as well. The embroidery floss is a nice color palette and good quality. I broke the needle threader but I have a really bad habit of doing that.
