"Wait," you say, "I thought you said embroidery freebie." You say. Well, it is. I just decided to do it a little differently. Instead of embroidery, I got the great idea to do it in needle turn applique. Something that I have never done before. I made the image bigger (since I'm not completely insane enough to make it so small!) and used it as a pattern for my material pieces. I also challenged myself as far as the material choices. As you can see, the "grass" and the "hill" are pretty traditional materials...what I'm most comfortable with. I chose what, to me, looks like a night sky with it's swirlies and "star lights." Where I really jumped out of my comfort zone is in the main house material. I love it, it just isn't something I would normally choose to make something out of. I used wool felt for the windows, doors, tree, sign and mail box. I'm very pleased with the way it turned out and I am really looking forward to the others that Jenny will be sharing. I hope she likes what I did with her pattern.l
5 comments:
You must of heard me squeal with delight when I saw this, I sooo want to learn to appliqué. Your house is just amazing, I love it, cute. cute. cute!!!!
Awesome!! Love it, love it, love it!! Good on you for going for applique!
I was going to make an applique one myself for those who liked that medium and I had chosen spots and stripes for fabrics, but my hand played up with tendonitis and applique does me in at that times, so I stuck with the embroideries. But the thing is, I WANT people to do the blocks their way. They are simple enough for them to change...and it gives me such a buzz to see women like yourself making it your own. You go girl!
Hugs,
Jenny
That is so cute.
Loralynn,
It is lovely. I am really impressed by your work.
You did an amazing job on this! I seriously wish we loved closer to one another so you could show me how you do all of these things.
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