1/23/2024 0 Comments Bad flamingo painting![]() Next, use your light pink embroidery floss to stitch the flamingo details, sewing through the trace and tear as you go. (But if you want to decorate your outer hoop as I have done its best to do that first – follow my tutorial here to find out how I added the polka dot bias binding). Leave to dry, and then place your fabric in your embroidery hoop, taking care to make sure your design sits nice and central once more. ![]() Pin and tack in place.Īt this point you need to remove your tailor’s chalk circle – I found gently rubbing it with a damp cloth worked best. Place your traced flamingo on top of your applique shape, carefully lining up the edges so its nice and accurate. You don’t need to worry about the legs, you are just trying to capture the wings, beak and eye. Now trace the detailed picture of the flamingo onto some trace and tear. Tack your quote in place and remove the pins. Peel the backing paper off of your flamingo shape, and add it back into the circle – again, make sure he’s nice and straight – before securing in place with an iron (once more, referring to the manufacturer’s instructions). Once you are happy, pin your quote in place. A few things to look out for are don’t put either piece too close to the edge of the circle, make sure your flamingo is standing nice and straight, and don’t forget, its ok for the edge of your stitch and tear to over-lap slightly with the flamingo if needed – its the words underneath that need their own space. Jiggle them about until you are happy with the position. Position your flamingo and the quote side by side on the fabric. Roughly cut around it, leaving approximately 5cm of fabric all around the circle. ![]() Use tailor’s chalk to draw round the smallest circle of your embroidery hoop onto your black embroidery fabric. Now trace the quote onto some stitch and tear. Follow the manufacturer’s instructions to bond in place (this usually involves pressing with an iron for short periods of time). If your fabric has a right and wrong side, make sure you have placed your flamingo on the wrong side. ![]() Place your flamingo onto your pink fabric (sticky side down). Remember, your bird should be facing the wrong way at this stage. You’ll be drawing on the paper side, so make sure the ‘sticky’ side of the bondaweb is face down. Download the pattern here: Flamingo-Applique Downloadīegin by drawing around the flamingo shape onto bondaweb. ![]()
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