Australian Homespun — October 2017

fuse them to the wrong side of your

selected coloured fabrics. Cut the

shapes out accurately on the lines.

Embroidery and appliqué

3

Peel off the backing papers and

position the appliqué shapes

inside the traced outlines on the

white fabric. Fuse them in place

with a hot iron.

4

Using four strands of Black (310),

backstitch the outlines of all the

fi gures. Work the stitching close to the

edges of the appliqué shapes, and for

the boy and father, also sew the lines

between the arms and body to delineate

them. Add French knots in the same

thread for the eyes and buttons.

Assembly

5

Cut the white puppet shapes out

on the lines you traced in Step 1.

Place them, right sides together, on

the denim fabric, and pin around the

edges. Cut the denim fabric level

with the edges of the white shapes so

you have six pairs of puppet shapes.

Step 2 Step 4 Back view

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