While I was away in Norfolk recently, I was able to make a start on preparing the applique for this cute festive project. I'd bought this kit for The Festive Forest Table Topper - designed by Lynette Anderson, from Little Quilt Store back in 202 when it wa sstill owned by Lynette and wa sbased in Australia. The applique shapes were all prepared using the Apliquick method, usne the Apliquick interfacing that I'd purchased from the Festival of Quilts a few months ago. I traced the stitchery design onto the background fabric, and used a selection of variegated Valdani stranded embroidery threads for the hand embroidery...
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...once the bulk of the background embroidery had been stitched, I added the applique. The windows and door were added to the house first, then the house was secured to the background, so I didn't have to stitch through too many layers...
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...the reindeers look very smart in their embroidered blankets. I chose to use a yellow star button from my button tin rather than the woolfelt stars that the pattern suggested...
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...I decided to hand quilt this table topper, using quilter's tape to mark out a grid and a YLI hand quilting thread in a neutral colour. The final embellishment was the addition of some 3D holly leaves. These were cut out from woolfelt, and secured inplace with a couple of backstitches using a green Valdani embroidery thread. The original pattern has hand embroidered scarves for the snowmen, however I changed things up a bit, and used some teeny tiny buttons to embellish the snowmen instead...
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...a neat double fold binding finishes this table topper off nicely, with neat mitred corners. I've used another one of Lynette's festive fabrics from my stash for the backing...
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...now I've taken a few festive-looking photographs, I'll pack it away until December, then I can decorate my lounge properly with the help of my little grandson!
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