The final block of the Winter Playground quilt is called "Renard and Friends" and features yet another fox, along with a snowman. The snowman is wearing a very cosy looking jumper, and a very smart hat...
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...a sweet little bird is skating along, and a string of bunting is held betwen the two friends. As with the other blocks, all of the hand embroidery has been stitched using a selection of hand-dyed variegated Valdani stranded embroidery threads. The letters on the bunting were a little bit fiddly to stitch! The appliqued shapes have all been completed using the Apliquick method of applique...
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...Reynard the fox is well wrapped up in his "knitted" scarf - I love the attention to detail that Lynette has put into these designs...
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...and here's the completed block - adorned with a scattering of hand embroidered snowflakes. These variegated Valdani stranded embroidery threads are really lovely, and the variegation is very subtle...
...once the two blocks had been stitched together, the seam was pressed open, and I traced the remaining part of the "string" between these two snowmen. This was then covered with a neat backstitch...
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...now it's ready to join to all of the other blocks. I'm going to add a couple of "star" buttons to these blocks, rather than the wool appliqued stars that are in the original design...
...now all the blocks have been joined together, I just need to prepare the outer borders - there are lots more tiny squares for the outer borders, so I'll be very busy, choosing fabrics, and cutting out squares , and stitching them all back together again!
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