This has been many months in the making . . . many months!
It has been an idea in my head for over a year & then it lived in design form on my computer for a few more months until I took possession of my brother Scan & Cut machine. If you haven't seen one they are amaaaazing! Of all the processes in putting together an applique quilt the tracing & cutting is my least favourite.
The designing, playing with colour and stitching I love but tracing & cutting is t-e-d-i-o-u-s!
Thats where the fancy new machine comes in. It genius, you scan the pattern, pop in the fabric & hey presto a tiny little blade cuts it all out for you. If you are familiar with a Cricut cutter for scrap booking then you know what I mean.
Anyway, it has taken me ages but this is my first pattern written especially for the Scan & cut machine as well as a traditional applique pattern.
It is a lot of pages! (but thats because it is thorough!)
It has been a labour of love. Julia Punlar of Beachside quilting in Kalaroo did an amazing job of the quilting - I'm quite specific with what I want & she did me lots of little samples until we got it right.
The pattern in now available in my Etsy shop in both the traditional applique pattern or as a Scan and Cut pattern. If you give it a go, have fun with it
x Happy stitching!
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