Australian Homespun — October 2017

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Fuse all the remaining shapes

to the wrong side of the fabrics

you have chosen for them. Cut the

shapes out neatly on the lines.

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Fold each of the background

rectangles for the appliqué

blocks in half horizontally and

vertically and crease them lightly to

mark their centres. Peel the backing

paper off the fusible web on the

batting shapes and position them on

the background rectangles: the pillow

for the shoe should lie on the E

rectangle of the pieced background

and the carriage and crowns should

be centred on the backgrounds.

Press to fuse them in place.

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Peel the backing paper off

each fabric shape in turn.

Lay them over the designs printed

on the Pattern Sheet and trace the

internal embroidery lines on to the

right side of the fabric. The crowns

and carriage are symmetrical, so

their embroidery lines can be traced

from the appliqué patterns. The

embroidery lines for the shoe have

been printed the right way round,

separately from the appliqué shape,

for you to trace.

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Position them on the relevant

backgrounds, layering them as

required. Check that the fabric shapes

completely cover the batting shapes,

where relevant. Fuse them in place.

16

Lay the carriage block over

the Pattern Sheet again and

trace one line for the wheels and

undercarriage and for each of the

other embellishments on to the

background fabric.

17

Fit the free-motion foot on the

machine and thread the top

with medium dark brown thread.

Free-motion quilt just inside the raw

edge of the applique shapes. Stitch

over the traced embroidery lines,

except those for the stars. On the

carriage block, stitch each line twice,

working the second line very close

to, but not exactly on top of, the fi rst

one. Use the lines you traced for the

embroidery as a general guide – note

that Francesa’s embroidery on this

block is deliberately ‘sketchy’ and

it looks fabulous, so don’t be too

concerned about creating perfectly

smooth curves for the wheels. If

your machine has fancy embroidery

stitches, use them for some of the

stitching around the carriage door

and to create a border along the

bottom edge of each crown.

Embellish the blocks

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Stitch silver sequins to the

points of the princess’s crown

and the crown on top of the carriage

using one strand of E168 or E170 silver

Carriage block

Princess crown block (left)

Carriage door detail

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