• BOOK CONSTRUCTION
  • Front cover = thick, stiff cardboard + batting + fabric
  • HINGES
  • eyelet punch
  • fabric-covered spacers between pages
• CORRECTING PUCKERING APPLIQUE
  • If either background fabric or applied fabric starts to pucker, turn to back of work. With sharp scissors, remove some of back fabric from behind applied fabric, pressing fabric out as you cut. Leave 5/8" around stitching.
• VERMICELLI/MEANDERING STITCH PATTERN
• SHADOW QUILTING/APPLIQUE
  • brightly-colored fabric shapes on background fabric
  • cover with transparent fabric
    • curtain voile, cotton/silk/polyester organza, super lightweight silk...
    • white, pastel shades
  • before quilting, add lightweight batting and backing fabric
• FIGURES
  • steal poses from coloring books, storybooks, clothing catalogs...
  • for animals as well as people.
  • <3
• TYPOGRAPHY
  • stencil text
  • print text out at desired size, cut and sew
  • freestitch
  • draw and sew
  • ETC
  • cutaway applique technique
• LINING
  • Could be anything. Could be a curtain lining.
  • Match grains to ensure correct hang

REFERENCE

• Fairytale Quilts & Embroidery by Gail Harker