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Friday, January 24, 2014

And Another SoupCon Hexagon

So far I'm enjoying the challenge to soften the edges of the hexagon stars that I designed for the Soupcon Challenge conducted by Karen at Faeries and Fibers. The outline stitch combined with the buttonhole and colonial knot stitches make a delicate lacy edge on this star ...

 (7" from point-point)

The embroidered outline pattern was figured out in a tracing...
I used a sheet of Press n Seal (Glad paper product for sealing food) and a Sharpie permanent ink pen to do this. The paper is transparent and sticks to the fabric while the pen marks do not smear. This is the process I use to figure out quilting patterns for large quilts, as well.

To see the hexagons that other members of this group are creating, go to this Flickr site.


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3 comments:

  1. Karen H12:35 PM

    Hi Nellie - Every time you embellish a block I think it can't get any better but this block is outstanding! Did you transfer your embroidery plan to your fabric and if so I'm curious how that was done!

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  2. Colleen Kole1:16 PM

    That's beautiful Nellie. Exquisite details are your speciality.

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  3. eloidastitches7:13 PM

    That is incredible!!! Absolutely gorgeous.

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