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1 Pretty Cat, Baby Bear SEWING + Mini Mouse 2 Stepping-Stones sew embellishments: Pot Holder 3 FREE Patterns Using Embroidery, Appliqué, Collage Wrap Skirt sewing made modern. 3 daily and Other Fabric Embellishment Techniques sewdaily 1 2 3 © INTERWEAVE PRESS LLC Please respect the copyright by not PAGE 1 OF 58 Not to be reprinted. All rights reserved. forwarding or distributing this document. visit sewdaily.com SEWING embellishments sewdaily 3 FREE Patterns Using Embroidery, Appliqué, and Other Fabric Embellishment Techniques sewdaily Welcome to our Sew Daily eBook: 3 Free Patterns Using Embroidery, Appliqué, and Other Fabric Embellishment Techniques. One of the most wonderful things about embel- lishments is that they can be applied to a project you have created or a store-bought item. Embellishment techniques let you to be as creative as you want to be, and they add a personalized, handmade touch to any item. In this Sewing Embellishments eBook, you will find three pretty projects that will expand your skills in all directions, from hand embroidery to appliqué to beading. The Pretty Cat, Baby Bear + Mini-Mouse pat- terns by Heidi Boyd allow you to create a trio of cuddly playmates while also building your skills in embroidery and adding decorative details. Their expressive faces are fashioned from felted sweaters and simple embroidery, while colorful cotton print bodies make these huggables PHOTO BY LARRY STEIN nursery-ready. The Stepping-Stones Pot Holder by Kevin Kosbab lends an elegant and earthy touch to your kitchen, and you’ll learn a way to appliqué when securing the fused felt circles with a blanket stitch. Those wool “stones” aren’t just for show—they also add an extra layer of 1 Pretty Cat, Baby Bear protection from heat for your table. This is a win-win + Mini Mouse...............................................3 project: beautiful, functional, and instructional. Venture into garment construction with the Collage 2 Stepping-Stones Pot Holder................7 Wrap Skirt by Stitch founding editor Tricia Waddell. 3 Collage Wrap Skirt..................................10 A simple wrap skirt (no fitting!) employs a freehand sew collage of hand embroidery, beading, and appliqué for daily a one-of-a-kind design. Combine these techniques with different textured fabrics, and you have skirt that will travel from day to night with aplomb. sew Once you get started with embellishment, I think daily you will truly fall in love with it for the boundless pos- EDITOR Amber Eden DESIGNER Jocelin Damien sibilities you can bring to the techniques. These projects ILLUSTRATION Ann Sabin Swanson will get you started embellishing, and from there, the PHOTOGRAPHY Joe Hancock (unless otherwise noted) sky is the limit! PROJECT DESIGNERS Heidi Boyd, Kevin Kosbab, and Tricia Waddell Happy stitching, Projects and information are for inspiration and personal use only. Sew Daily amber eden and Stitch magazine are not responsible for any liability arising from errors, Editor, Stitch magazine and omissions, or mistakes contained in this eBook, and readers should proceed cau- tiously, especially with respect to technical information. Interweave grants per- SewDaily mission to photocopy any patterns published in this issue for personal use only. © INTERWEAVE PRESS LLC Please respect the copyright by not PAGE 2 OF 58 Not to be reprinted. All rights reserved. forwarding or distributing this document. visit sewdaily.com SEWING embellishments ssewewdaily 3 FREE Patterns Using Embroidery, Appliqué, and Other Fabric Embellishment Techniques ssewewdaily Pretty Cat, Baby Bear + Mini-Mouse A rainbow of colors and prints combine to make this trio of adorable playmates. Create expressive faces with felted sweaters and simple embroi- dery, then add fun embel- lishments to make huggable friends. by HEIDI BOYD Pretty Cat FABRIC — ¼ yd (23 cm) of print cotton for head, body, tail, and shoes (shown here: red check by Michael Miller) — ¼ yd (23 cm) of print cotton for arms (shown here: Pop Garden stripes) — ¼ yd (23 cm) of print cotton for legs (shown here: Lightning Bugs and Other Mysteries by Heather Ross for Free Spirit) — ¼ yd (23 cm) of print cotton for skirt (shown here: Pop Garden red floral) — Felted sweater or fleece scrap for face (at least 5” × 5” [12.5 × 12.5 cm] —Felted sweater or fleece scrap for nose OTHER SUPPLIES — Pattern templates starting on Page 14 —Coordinating sewing thread — DMC embroidery floss for eyes, whiskers, and mouth (I used blue, pink, and green) FOR EXPLANATIONS OF TERMS + TECHNIQUES USED CLICK HERE FOR OUR SEWING BASICS ONLINE © INTERWEAVE PRESS LLC Please respect the copyright by not PAGE 3 OF 58 Not to be reprinted. All rights reserved. forwarding or distributing this document.document visit sewdaily.com SEWING embellishments sewdaily 3 FREE Patterns Using Embroidery, Appliqué, and Other Fabric Embellishment Techniques sew daily Step 6. With right sides together, place a Tail End and Tail piece together, matching up the edges where the cut line was on the pattern template. Stitch them together and press the seams open. Repeat the entire step with the remaining Tail End and Tail pieces. 6 Pin the finished Tail pieces right sides together and seam all around the edge, leaving the top (flat edge) open for stuffing. Trim seam allowances to ¼” (6 mm). Clip the seam allowances before turning. figure 2 7 Turn the tail right side out and stuff with fiberfill or natural fill. Leave about —Cut 4 Cat Arm ½” (1.3 cm) of the tail empty of stuffing —Cut 4 Cat Leg at the top. figure 1 —Cut 2 Cat Skirt on fold CREATE MAIN BODY —Cut 4 Cat Shoe — 6 precut felt flowers in various sizes 8 With right sides together, pin one (I used matching sizes for the two —Cut 1 Cat Face Skirt piece to the bottom edge of each buttons and shoe decorations) —Cut 1 Cat Nose Head /Body piece. Position the flat (open) edge of the finished tail between —Fiberfill or natural fill (bamboo) CREATE FACE the notches on the back Skirt piece, — 2 small buttons (I used 3⁄8” [1 cm] 2 With the Cat Head/Body piece facing tucking the tail between the Head/Body round buttons) right side up, center the Cat face on the and Skirt pieces, and pin it in place. —Fabric marking pen head portion, right side up; pin in place. 9 Stitch both pieces just pinned, —Handsewing needle Topstitch around the outside edge of the trapping the tail seam allowance in 1 —Embroidery needle Cat Face (about ⁄8” [3 mm] from the edge) the seam of the back piece. Press the to secure the face to the cat’s head. seams open. (figure 2) —Point turner (optional) 3 Handstitch the felt nose piece to 0 With right sides together, pin two of NOTES the center of the face (or slightly closer the arm pieces together. Stitch around — All seam allowances are ½” (1.3 cm) to the bottom) using a whipstitch (see the arm, leaving the top (angled flat unless otherwise indicated. Sewing Basics). Use an embroidery edge) open. Trim the seam allowances — To create felted sweater scraps, put needle and a full six strands of to ¼” (6 mm), then turn the arm right a 100% wool sweater through the embroidery floss to make French knots side out and stuff with fiberfill or washer (in hot water with a little for eyes, placing them as desired, above natural fill. Leave about ½” (1.3 cm) of detergent) and dryer to compress the and to the sides of the nose. Use long the arm empty of stuffing at the top. fibers, then cut as indicated below. stitches to create whiskers on each side Repeat the entire step to create the of the nose. (I placed three whiskers second arm. Clip the seam allowances CUT OUT FABRIC on each side, using varying lengths. before turning. 1 Each whisker was created using one Using the pattern templates, trace - With right sides together, pin a Shoe long stitch.) Create a mouth using and cut out all pattern pieces as follows. piece to the small end of each Leg backstitch. Refer to the photo on page 3 Transfer all pattern markings to the piece. Stitch each together and press for the face on the cat. wrong side of the fabric with a fabric the seams open. marking pen. 4 Stitch felt flowers to one side of the = With right sides together, pin two head, just below the ear (I used two —Cut 2 Cat Head/Body on fold of the Leg/Shoe pieces together, and stacked felt flowers and stitched them — Cut 2 Cat Tail (If you choose the seam around the edge, leaving the through the center by whipstitching [see optional color change for the tail, cut top open for stuffing. Trim the seam Sewing Basics] in place a few times). the pattern template on the dashed allowances to ¼” (6 mm), then turn the (figure 1) line and add ½” [1.3 cm] on each leg right side out and stuff with fiberfill piece at the cut line. Otherwise, CREATE TAIL or natural fill. Leave about ½” (1.3 cm) simply cut out the entire tail as one 5 If you did not choose the optional of the leg empty of stuffing at the top. piece.) color change for the tail, skip to Repeat the entire step to create the © INTERWEAVE PRESS LLC Please respect the copyright by not PAGE 4 OF 58 Not to be reprinted. All rights reserved. forwarding or distributing this document. visit sewdaily.com SEWING embellishments sewdaily 3 FREE Patterns Using Embroidery, Appliqué, and Other Fabric Embellishment Techniques sew second leg. dailyClip the seam allowances before turning. q With right sides together, pin the finished Head/Body/Skirt pieces together. Position the flat (open) edge of one of the stuffed arms between the notches on each side, tucking the arms between the Head/Body/Skirt pieces, and pin in place.