July 17, 2018

I won’t be there to share cake with Stacia on her special day so I found one to send as a card.

I’m trying to do my appliqué by hand rather than using sticky backing fabrics but, in this case, I perhaps should have fallen back to my “old” method. I did a stitch-and-flip method for the candle; I tried using the same method for the flame but it was too small. Since I’ve been English paper piecing for the past couple of weeks I used that method for the flame. In hindsight the flame would have worked with the Steam-A-Seam with a raw-edge appliqué – I’ll try to remember that next time.

While we were at Quilt Canada we saw a demonstration using yarn and a couching technique. I wanted to try it and the pattern actually called for a bit of a splash on the cake. My machine has the proper foot, but I didn’t have the proper yarn so made do with what I had. I’m not thrilled with the technique but I may try it again if I can find some chenille yarn at Walmart.