Australian_Homespun_2014-11

Queen of Hearts

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Repeat Steps 2-6 and Step 8.

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Prepare the dress first. Appliqué

the black and red shapes to the

yellow dress shape on the inner edges

only. The outer edges will be done

when it’s sewn to the background.

Add a small red heart button (or red felt

heart shape) to the black skirt area.

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From the red tulle, cut:

• Two rectangles, 4 x 15cm
  (1^11 ⁄ 2 x 6in). Gather each piece into

a tight concertina in your hand and

sew them to the background fabric

inside the dress shape at the top of

the shoulders. Appliqué the neck in

place over the tulle, trapping some

of it underneath at both sides to

keep the tulle in place.

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Position the dress over the

marked area on the hoop, then

starting somewhere along the bottom

of the skirt, appliqué all the way

around the dress in matching threads,

stopping about 3cm (1^1 ⁄ 4 in) from where

you started. Be sure to catch both

layers where the yellow felt is overlaid

with red or black. Insert fi bre fi ll under

the dress until it’s evenly stuffed,

having more fi lling in the skirt area

than the bodice. Finish stitching the

dress in place along the bottom edge.

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Using two strands of black

embroidery thread, backstitch

tightly along the V at the junction at

the bottom of the bodice to give more

defi nition to the shape of the bodice

and skirt at the waistline – pull the

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PROJECT

Queen of Hearts

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