23 July 2013

Fussy Cutting & Broderie Perse

Now that my summer visitors have all gone home, I have time to work on part two of 'Love Entwined'. Once I had my basting stitches on the background fabric in place, I appliquéd the compass onto the centre. Choosing the fabric for the triangles took quite some time and I discounted a few before I settled on this one. I would like to incorporate quite a bit of fussy cutting and Broderie Perse in this quilt, so I made a plastic template of the triangle shape and drew on some registration marks, to make sure I cut each triangle from the same part of the fabric pattern.
I like many others, use a vinyl overlay to help with appliqué placement. I traced the centre from the pattern and added the lines corresponding to my basting stitches.

I pin the overlay to my fabric, matching the drawn lines with my basting stitches. It is easy to un-pin a small section at a time and slide the appliqué piece in place using a long satay stick.
I pinned each triangle in place before double checking their position and then thread basting them down. This makes the appliqué really portable! (and no sharp pins to worry about)
Once these were stitched down, I decided to find a suitable fabric for the small flowers. I was thrilled to find a left over piece of Dutch Chintz with exactly ten flowers that I could use for some Broderie Perse.
I have decided to cut a circle around the flower motif and appliqué it like that, the piece is very small and I am worried that I will lose a lot of the detail if I try to cut too close to the flower Let's hope there is something good on TV tonight that I can 'watch' while stitching :)
I find it easier to decide on fabrics one at a time so I have not even thought about which I will use for the larger petal motifs. Looking at it now, I think I will go back and add some more buttons to the centre. I am really enjoying making this quilt, there are so many ways to really make the pattern your own and to end up with something unique.

15 comments:

  1. Wow, you are putting a lot of thought into your project, and I am sure it will pay off. Looking good.

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  2. This is turning out to be so pretty! What fun to do the flowers in broderie perse!

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  3. So much thought in your project, it certainly shows through. It's gorgeous . :-))))

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  4. Its so beautiful !!!

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  5. I love the flower circles! Very nice.

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  6. This quilt is so amazing - those of you who are tackling it are very talented!

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  7. What a lucky find - I love the borderline Peres flowers :)

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  8. What a beautiful colour choise, so nice to see the same patern but so different! I learn a lot!
    groetjes van Marijke

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  9. what lovely work! Love the little flowers!

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  10. I love your fabrics. The flowers are made for it!

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  11. Love that little circle. It will be so different and beautiful.
    Bunny

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  12. Hi Elaine, Wonderfully creative use of floral prints! Love the points and border flowers. Clever girl!

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  13. I like your fussy cutting technique. I'm also gratified to know that someone else is selecting fabrics on the fly. Thus far, I've spent more time on fabric selection for LE than stitching.

    Mary in Tennessee

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  14. This is really lovely, the fabrics are great together!

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  15. I love the idea of how you are fussy cutting flowers instead of the embroiderie, love how you think of your strategies for your quilts. thanks for sharing it is very exciting to learn from you

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