*If you're interested in stitching this too, Julia at Cross Patch in Wales is still doing this as a BOM. There are also details of other participating shops on Lynette Anderson's website.
When the pattern for this block arrived in the post I still hadn't finished block 10, so it's taken me a little while to catch up! Seaside Town is a Mystery Button Club by Lynette Anderson Designs, and I signed up to this online with Cross Patch in Wales. A couple of years ago, I bought a light pad which makes transferring stitchery designs and applique layouts so much easier! This one is A3 sizes, and is one of my most useful things in my sewing room. A fine lightweight fusible interfacing is fused to the back of the background fabric before the design is traced, and I prefer to use a very fine Micron Pigma pen to transfer the design onto the background fabric, and try to get the finest nib size 005 whenever possible. I don't trace the layout of the applique pieces, but add them after the stitchery has been completed, either "by eye" or again using the light pad and the pattern to position them..... ...my favourite tools for applique - a black non-slip mat (this is washable), Apliquick rods, Perfect Scissors by Karen Kay Buckley, a fabric glue pen (these are refillable), Clover Black Gold applique/sharps needles and a very fine thread - Aurifil 80wt in a mid grey shade is perfect, as it blends in with all colours of fabrics. The effect of these variegated Valdani threads is gorgeous - although they can be a bit tricky to use, as they tend to be a bit dry, so I use Thread Heaven to condition them. A good quality embroidery needle is helpful too - I find I always get better results when I use top quality equipment. My favourites are Tulip embroidery needles but they are quite expensive, Bohin and John James are also good brands to try... ...and here's block 11 stitched to blocks 9 and 10.This is looking fab, and I'm really enjoying stitching these blocks. Now I just need to make about a million clam shells, ready to join this section to the previous blocks!
*If you're interested in stitching this too, Julia at Cross Patch in Wales is still doing this as a BOM. There are also details of other participating shops on Lynette Anderson's website.
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