Today I completed both the set-up of both All Cooped Up (ACU) BOMs I've received to date - the Hit the Hay and Sunny Perch. Tomorrow I need to go and purchase some clear monofilament because of the light colour fabrics.
It is such a pleasure now that I have the hang of tracing the pattern, sticking it to the fabric, then cutting out each piece as I lay it out on the applique mat (cutting out a bit slow because the thin layer of glue keeps 'un-glueing' from the paper sheets!!), followed by a light touch of the iron, then pick-up and move onto the background fabric.
See for yourself what they look like - remember, I still have to do the stitching around the edges and, again, that is where the free-motion stitching comes into play and, hopefully, I can improve on my first attempt!! You know what they say - practice makes perfect!
Here is my first of five roosters. His eyes will be done later.
This is the second BOM called Sunny Perch - face will be completed later.
The third BOM of All Cooped Up is called Struttin'and he sure is one flashy-looking rooster! Two more weeks before I start looking in the mail for him!
Love quilting!!!!
