Old Age and Stealth

The pattern Snugly Bugly, Stella Divine by Amy Bradley called to me. The
pattern calls for what we call raw-edge appliqué - not acceptable with the
probability of brutal laundry so I'm forced to improvise. When I came to
the eyes, after studying them a minute, I realized that they are a circle
that is ½ red (for the eyelids) and ½ white for the eyes.
Aha!
I stitched together a skinny strip of red to a skinny strip of white.
Pressed. Centered a nickel on the seam, traced around, cut, gathered and
tadah! The eyes are done and quite sturdy, methinks.
Stella is such a funny bug. You can see her (maybe) at
http://www.amybradleydesigns.com/abd175.html or you might be seeing the
weather report for Montana which is not so good just now. Polly

Stella is a lovely snugly bugly. G

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Mary
http://community.webshots.com/user/m...host=community
"Polly Esther" wrote in message
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The pattern Snugly Bugly, Stella Divine by Amy Bradley called to me. The
pattern calls for what we call raw-edge appliqué - not acceptable with the
probability of brutal laundry so I'm forced to improvise. When I came to
the eyes, after studying them a minute, I realized that they are a circle
that is ½ red (for the eyelids) and ½ white for the eyes.
Aha!
I stitched together a skinny strip of red to a skinny strip of white.
Pressed. Centered a nickel on the seam, traced around, cut, gathered and
tadah! The eyes are done and quite sturdy, methinks.
Stella is such a funny bug. You can see her (maybe) at
http://www.amybradleydesigns.com/abd175.html or you might be seeing the
weather report for Montana which is not so good just now. Polly

That is one cute bug! Love you solution.
Nothing better than a happy bug and bug maker.
TAria

Polly Esther wrote:
The pattern Snugly Bugly, Stella Divine by Amy Bradley called to me. The
pattern calls for what we call raw-edge appliqué - not acceptable with the
probability of brutal laundry so I'm forced to improvise. When I came to
the eyes, after studying them a minute, I realized that they are a circle
that is ½ red (for the eyelids) and ½ white for the eyes.
Aha!
I stitched together a skinny strip of red to a skinny strip of white.
Pressed. Centered a nickel on the seam, traced around, cut, gathered and
tadah! The eyes are done and quite sturdy, methinks.
Stella is such a funny bug. You can see her (maybe) at
http://www.amybradleydesigns.com/abd175.html or you might be seeing the
weather report for Montana which is not so good just now. Polly

Ooh! A chance for you to do some more eyelashes, methinks!
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In message , Polly Esther
writes
The pattern Snugly Bugly, Stella Divine by Amy Bradley called to me. The
pattern calls for what we call raw-edge appliqué - not acceptable with the
probability of brutal laundry so I'm forced to improvise. When I came to
the eyes, after studying them a minute, I realized that they are a circle
that is ½ red (for the eyelids) and ½ white for the eyes.
Aha!
I stitched together a skinny strip of red to a skinny strip of white.
Pressed. Centered a nickel on the seam, traced around, cut, gathered and
tadah! The eyes are done and quite sturdy, methinks.
Stella is such a funny bug. You can see her (maybe) at
http://www.amybradleydesigns.com/abd175.html or you might be seeing the
weather report for Montana which is not so good just now. Polly



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Best Regards
pat on the hill

Now that is one cute bug, Polly! :-)
--
Michelle in NV
http://community.webshots.com/user/desert_quilter

"Polly Esther" wrote in message
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The pattern Snugly Bugly, Stella Divine by Amy Bradley called to me. The
pattern calls for what we call raw-edge appliqué - not acceptable with the
probability of brutal laundry so I'm forced to improvise. When I came to
the eyes, after studying them a minute, I realized that they are a circle
that is ½ red (for the eyelids) and ½ white for the eyes.
Aha!
I stitched together a skinny strip of red to a skinny strip of white.
Pressed. Centered a nickel on the seam, traced around, cut, gathered and
tadah! The eyes are done and quite sturdy, methinks.
Stella is such a funny bug. You can see her (maybe) at
http://www.amybradleydesigns.com/abd175.html or you might be seeing the
weather report for Montana which is not so good just now. Polly

Mz Polly -- if you don't to raw edge applique (fusible?) -- then how do you
do it? Surely not needleturn by hand? What magic trick(s) do you have for
increasing washability of applique quilts?

And Stella is Stunning.... I mean simply DEEE....VINE!!

--
Kate in MI

http://community.webshots.com/user/K_Groves


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"Polly Esther" wrote in message
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The pattern Snugly Bugly, Stella Divine by Amy Bradley called to me. The
pattern calls for what we call raw-edge appliqué - not acceptable with the
probability of brutal laundry so I'm forced to improvise. When I came to
the eyes, after studying them a minute, I realized that they are a circle
that is ½ red (for the eyelids) and ½ white for the eyes.
Aha!
I stitched together a skinny strip of red to a skinny strip of white.
Pressed. Centered a nickel on the seam, traced around, cut, gathered and
tadah! The eyes are done and quite sturdy, methinks.
Stella is such a funny bug. You can see her (maybe) at
http://www.amybradleydesigns.com/abd175.html or you might be seeing the
weather report for Montana which is not so good just now. Polly

I put 2 pieces of fabric right sides together and stitch around the piece,
cut a slit and turn it. This works for almost everything except tiny
circles. Next I machine stitch around the appliqués with a variation on the
stitch that's used for hems (3 straight stitches forward, one zig).
Sometimes I load two threads on top and do a blanket stitch.
If I'm having a serious attack of 'cute', I stuff little bits of batting
under some pieces for puff.
So far as I know, this method survives baby use and Daddy helping with
the laundry. Don't know which is rougher.
I do dearly love to see needleturn at the quilt shows; they're lovely.
Polly

"Kate G." wrote Mz Polly -- if you don't to raw edge applique
(fusible?) -- then how do you
do it? Surely not needleturn by hand? What magic trick(s) do you have
for increasing washability of applique quilts?

And Stella is Stunning.... I mean simply DEEE....VINE!!

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"Polly Esther" wrote:

The pattern Snugly Bugly, Stella Divine by Amy Bradley called to me. The
pattern calls for what we call raw-edge appliqué - not acceptable with the
probability of brutal laundry so I'm forced to improvise. When I came to
the eyes, after studying them a minute, I realized that they are a circle
that is ½ red (for the eyelids) and ½ white for the eyes.
Aha!
I stitched together a skinny strip of red to a skinny strip of white.
Pressed. Centered a nickel on the seam, traced around, cut, gathered and
tadah! The eyes are done and quite sturdy, methinks.
Stella is such a funny bug. You can see her (maybe) at
http://www.amybradleydesigns.com/abd175.html or you might be seeing the
weather report for Montana which is not so good just now. Polly


That's *so* cute, Polly!

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Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)
http://www.sandymike.net

It's got to be the funniest appliquéd crib quilt I've ever done. It was
mighty slow-going but worth every minute. Glad you enjoyed it. Polly


"Sandy" wrote in message
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"Polly Esther" wrote:

The pattern Snugly Bugly, Stella Divine by Amy Bradley called to me. The
pattern calls for what we call raw-edge appliqué - not acceptable with
the
probability of brutal laundry so I'm forced to improvise. When I came to
the eyes, after studying them a minute, I realized that they are a circle
that is ½ red (for the eyelids) and ½ white for the eyes.
Aha!
I stitched together a skinny strip of red to a skinny strip of white.
Pressed. Centered a nickel on the seam, traced around, cut, gathered and
tadah! The eyes are done and quite sturdy, methinks.
Stella is such a funny bug. You can see her (maybe) at
http://www.amybradleydesigns.com/abd175.html or you might be seeing
the
weather report for Montana which is not so good just now. Polly


That's *so* cute, Polly!

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Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas
sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious)
http://www.sandymike.net

Well done! Darling pattern -I love the idea of being able to throw
your arms up and put your hands on your hips at the same time. Kind of
a visual pun.
Roberta in D

On Mon, 15 Dec 2008 14:50:51 -0600, "Polly Esther"
wrote:

The pattern Snugly Bugly, Stella Divine by Amy Bradley called to me. The
pattern calls for what we call raw-edge appliqué - not acceptable with the
probability of brutal laundry so I'm forced to improvise. When I came to
the eyes, after studying them a minute, I realized that they are a circle
that is ½ red (for the eyelids) and ½ white for the eyes.
Aha!
I stitched together a skinny strip of red to a skinny strip of white.
Pressed. Centered a nickel on the seam, traced around, cut, gathered and
tadah! The eyes are done and quite sturdy, methinks.
Stella is such a funny bug. You can see her (maybe) at
http://www.amybradleydesigns.com/abd175.html or you might be seeing the
weather report for Montana which is not so good just now. Polly