The second block of "A Dog's Life" by Lynette Anderson Designs is called "Friends at Play". This was bought as a 4-part BOM from Cross Patch in North Wales, and is made using fabrics from Lynette's "Time With Friends" collection, and some of my own linen that I decided to use for the background fabric. Linen can be a bit tricky to work with, so I fused some weave line to the back of it first (weave line is a thin cotton woven interfacing that is fusible). The applique technique that I decided to use for this project was the glue stick and applique paper method. There is a very good video of Lynette demonstrating this on Youtube, and I've added the link below...
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...it was great fun prepping the applique shapes and playing with the layout. Once I was happy with the layout of the applique shapes, I added a few spots of Roxanne's basting glue to the back of the shapes, and pressed them into place. The shapes are then secured to the background fabric with a YLI silk thread in a neutral colour, a very fine Clover Black Gold applique needle, and some very small stitches! There are 2 very well behaved cats sitting in the cart, called Fatcat and Felix, and a dog called Scruffy, who reminds me of my friend Heather's dog, Ben, although Ben would probably have tipped the cart over and chased those cats straight up a tree!!...
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...meanwhile, Hugo is very well behaved and is pulling the cart behind him, without a care in the world. Once these playful friends have been appliqued into place, their features are hand embroidered with DMC stranded cotton and they get their own characters...
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...and finally this block is completed. Only 2 more blocks to go, and lots of piecing for borders is going to keep me busy over the next few evenings!
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