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Sedona Landscape Applique
Free Motion Machine Embroidery
Use an applique pressing sheet & fusible web
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Each shrub can be cut from a separate piece of fabric, or several fabrics can be fused together to create a mixed fabric.
In the wall hanging shown on the top of this page, I created a mixed fabric, then fused web to the back of it. I then cut my shrub pieces.
The problem with that method is that the finished piece can be fairly thick.
For either method, cut the web large enough to cover the pattern piece. Fuse it to the wrong side of your fabric, then cut out the shrub piece. Peel off paper.
The photo on the right shows my "shrub fabric".
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Lay down the shrub pieces in order of pattern number. Fuse into place. Piece 9 will be on top. Allow the finished shrub piece
to cool. Carefully peel off pressing sheet.
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FUSE ROCKS & SHRUBS TO BACKGROUND
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Stitch sky fabric to ground fabric, right sides together (remember that this project uses 1/4" seam allowances). Press seam allowance toward darker fabric.
Lay rocks onto background piece so that the base of the rocks just covers the seam. Press with iron to fuse into place.
Lay the shrubs over the rocks, following the overall layout. Press with iron to fuse into place.
NOTE: your rocks and shrubs will come close to the outer edges of the background, but there will be a small gap. This is ok. I designed it this way to cut
down bulk in the finished seam allowances. There must not be more than 1/4" gap between the rocks and shrubs and outer edges of the background piece, however.
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Fuse web to back of branch fabric. Using pattern piece provided, cut out branch piece. Peel off paper. Fuse to sky in upper
right hand corner, 1/4" from edges.
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The inner border is created from a strip of fabric that has been folded lengthwise, and the fold is toward the landscape piece. The folded edge can be lifted from the finished piece. It is stitched on the raw edges only.
This creates a nice effect.
Cut two 8.5" x 1" strips. Cut two 6.5" x 1" strips.
Fold each border strip lengthwise, right side out. Press. Working on the right side of the background piece, pin short side borders to side edges of background piece, aligning raw edges.
Stitch close to edge (approx. 1/8" from edge). Repeat with top and bottom strips.
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Cut two 6.5" x 2.5" strips. Cut two 12.5" x 2.5" strips.
Pin the two side borders to the landscape block, right sides together. Stitch 1/4" from edges. Press. Repeat with top and bottom borders.
Square up your finished landscape block. The finished block should measure 10.5" x 12.5". The exact size is not important as long as all edges are straight and borders are of equal size.
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Add plant detail and tree branches by hand embroidery, fabric paint or marker or free motion machine embroidery.
Free motion machine embroidery is actually very easy. It requires a darning setting on the sewing machine, and a darning foot.
The feed dogs are lowered. Follow instructions for your machine. My machine has a setting for the presser foot that keeps the foot elevated (slightly off fabric).
This allows "free motion" of the fabric. The needle simply goes up and down as usual, but the fabric is not fed by the feed dogs. You move the fabric around as the stitching occurs.
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Using a washable fabric marker, lightly draw in the branches and small grasses etc. that you wish to embroider.
Place stabilizer under your piece, in the area that will be embroidered. DO NOT OMIT THE STABILIZER. Stabilizer is very necessary because it adds the correct body and thickness to the fabric being
embroidered.
PRACTICE on a scrap of fabric until you feel comfortable. It really is very easy!
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stabilizer
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Cut a strip measuring 10" x 3" from your backing fabric. Press under the two short ends. Fold strip lengthwise, right side out. Press.
Unfold. Lay the strip on the right side of your backing piece (backing piece should measure the same as your landscape piece), aligning upper raw edges. Pin in place. Stitch along fold line and from fold line up to raw edge on each end.
Re-fold strip. Press. Stitch upper raw edges together close to the edge.
Photo on right shows the unfolded sleeve being stitched along the fold line. To hang your finished piece, run a wood or metal dowel through the hanging sleeve and place the dowel ends in wall hooks.
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