Hop to it!
Well Jane wanted rabbits and that's what she's got. But I think I picked the hardest way to do the appliqué.The rabbits were too large for fusible webbing because I didn't want them to look stuck on. So I went down the freezer paper route, thinking I could use it several times over to make all nine. But I wasn't getting a crisp enough fold, so I decided to get the spray starch out, which made the paper wet ... You get the picture!
But in typical Jan style, I managed to wing it and eventually pressed them all ready to pin in place.
Ooh burny fingers - good job I've got long nails!
Then I pinned them into place, tweaking the edges to get a good shape, and sewed them on one by one. Can you guess how often I pinned them to the ironing board by mistake? It has taken me nearly three days in all this heat. But now it is finished and ready for quilting.
But quilting must wait. It is unbearable in the loft still, plus I need to get 'Auntie' serviced first, as soon as possible after Festival of Quilts.
I am so excited for FOQ and it's only a week away!!!! On top of my shopping list are some major accessories for the long arm machine and want them ready for Alan (the engineer) to set up properly and test for me, before I start to quilt.
There won't be much left in my budget for anything else, but at least it might stop me being tempted to buy fabric. Well.........?!
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