This will probably a post heavy day, depending on how far I get on this
Faux Applique. I'm going to try and do step by step of what I'm doing here.
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First, I traced the design onto the freezer paper. The book says to do it onto a regular piece of paper, and trace from there, but since there is no problem with the design getting reversed, I skipped a step and did it directly onto the freezer paper, which then got fused to the wrong side of my white fabric.
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Then, I laid the whole thing over my light box, and lightly traced the design onto the fabric using a mechanical pencil. With the design traced onto the freezer paper, there were no issues with the fabric moving off the design.
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And here it is, all traced, and ready for colouring.
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I'm going to set myself up at the kitchen table with a pot of Cherry-Amaretto tea, and start colouring. The hardest part will be deciding on which colours. The book shows red, but I think I want to be different. Stay tuned..............
Oh good -- I'm glad you're not a 'color by the book' kind of gal, either! I love picking my *own* colors!! :) Haha -- I got the 50-pack, too!!! Have fun!! :)
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