Australian Homespun — October 2017

Food stowed in café-umbrella pockets

the raw edges of the monkey’s eyes,

working the vertical ‘leg’ of the stitch

on the head, not on the white fabric,

to create the impression of eyelashes.

9

Satin stitch the nose and backstitch

the centre line and mouth in black.

Café food

10

Trace the food shapes from the

Pattern Sheet onto the paper

side of the fusible web, leaving about

(^1) ⁄ 2 in between them. Cut them out
roughly, fuse them to the wrong sides
of the following appliqué fabrics and
cut them out on the lines:

• Tan (A) – hotdog bun and
  icy pole stick


• Magenta (K) – icecream
  
  
  • Peach (P) – icecream cone, hotdog
    and doughnut
  
  
  • Coral (O) – icy pole
  
  
  • Grass green (G) – lettuce on hotdog
  
  
  • Tomato (I) – sauce on hotdog
  
  
  • White (X) – icing on icy pole and
    doughnut.
  
  
  
  

11

Peel the backing paper from

the shapes and fuse them to

the white felt, leaving at least^1 ⁄ 2 in

between them. Sew around all the

shapes with machined blanket stitch

using machine-embroidery threads

to match the appliqué fabrics.

12

Hand sew scattered straight

stitches on the icing on the

doughnut and on the icy pole using

dark pink, aqua and yellow threads.

13

Cut the food shapes out

roughly outside the appliqué

shapes and pin them to a second

layer of white felt, wrong sides

together.

14

Using white machine thread,

sew around the edge of the

appliqués, leaving a gap along on

side. Push fi bre fi ll inside between

the felt layers and stitch the gaps

closed. Trim the felt neatly around

the outer edge of the shapes using

pinking shears.

15

The café food can be stowed

in the four café-umbrella

pockets at the centre of the quilt.

Step photos courtesy of Claire and Jemima.

Doughnut Icy pole Icecream cone

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