Stitched By Me - Block 5

It didn't take long to make a start on the next part of Stitched By Me by Lynette Anderson Designs. The friendship star blocks had already been made, so block 5 didn't take long to piece together. The stitchery design was traced using a Micron Pigma pen, a piece of weave line interfacing has been fused to the back of the whole block, and the appliqué was been prepped. This is Mrs F's top tip for tracing the stitchery design onto appliqué.. I've fused the applique paper template to the back of the fabric, and used a light box to trace the surface stitchery design, using a very fine Micron Pigma pen. I usually use a brown one, but had run out so used a black one instead. The design shows through the fabric and paper really well. Once the design is completely traced, I'll turn the edges over using a gluestick and those apliquick rods...

...once all the applique shapes had been glued and stitched into place, the remainder of the embroidery was completed with DMC threads. The wool felt flowers (wool felt was bought online from Eternal Maker) were appliqued using the fusible webbing method, and secured with blanket stitch, then embellished with small Suffolk Puffs. The raw wood buttons have just been laid onto the block so you can see what it look like when the quilt is completed, as these will only be stitched in place once the quilt is finally completed and quilted.
Kits for this project are available from Lynette's shop Little Quilt Shop over here - 
 http://www.littlequiltstore.com.au/shop/product/stitched-me-kit/