Australian_Homespun_2016_07_

BLINKY BELLE When Santa comes down the chimney, a certain festive koala descends from the fork of her comfy eucalypt to take par ...

Materials Q 50cm (^1 ⁄ 2 yd) grey tone- on-tone print fabric (koala body) Q 25 x 30cm (10 x 12in) white felt (ear overlays, hair ...

Preparation and cutting 1 Trace the templates from the Pattern Sheet onto paper, transferring the markings. Use a compass to dra ...

together. Sew the centre back seam from A to B. 14 Using black thread, backstitch the felt eyes to the head front where indicate ...

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indicated, matching the raw edges and with the front of the foot facing the body. Stitch them in place^1 ⁄ 8 in from the raw edg ...

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35 Put some fi bre fi ll inside the sack if you wish, then tie the length of twine around the neck of the sack to draw it closed ...

Holly 38 Stitch around the traced lines of the holly berries through both layers with red thread and cut them out just outside t ...

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UNDER THE TREE ... and over the table. Anni Downs wraps up yuletide design with a table topper of patchwork, ricrac, stars and a ...

Materials Q 75cm (^3 ⁄ 4 yd) light print fabric (stars and Border 1) Q Assortment of medium print fabrics to total about 1.2m (1 ...

Preparation and cutting 1 From the light print fabric, cut: Four strips, 6in across the width of the fabric. Trim two of these ...

10 When you have a layout that you like, sew the blocks in each row together, then sew the rows together, carefully matching sea ...

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ANNI’S RICRAC TIP I worked with ricrac on this project that was^5 ⁄ 8 in wide. I elected to trim the bottom edge to reduce the b ...

ANNI’S NEEDLETURN TIP If you struggle to fold the seam allowance under the shape when doing needleturn appliqué, try using a lon ...

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STRING OF SAUSAGE(DOG)S There’s nothing new about putting a dog on a lead, but putting 10 dogs on the one lead and then stringin ...

Out of the WOODS This Christmas, Hansel and Gretel can stay right at home, rather than venturing into dark and threatening fores ...