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.