Feeding an addiction

Hi, I'm Tara and I'm addicted to embroidery...not a bad addiction in the grand scheme of things. I still get all my household chores done, I keep my child feed and her diaper changed and I manage to keep myself showered with hair combed, so I wouldn't say my addiction is taking over my life. However, I have discovered some new embroidery patterns that I love, Love, LOVE...which may end up cutting into the time I use of chores...

It's called "reverse appliques". It literally took me 15 minutes from start to finish to complete this project...typically it can take around 30 minutes for me to complete an applique depending on how many fabrics I'm using and how many times I have to change the thread color...so this is a BIG plus. Here's the results...



The difference between this type of applique than traditional applique is where the fabric is when you sew it to the t-shirt. In traditional applique the fabric is on top of the t-shirt & you cut the fabric from around the outside edge of the design away...but on reverse applique, the fabric (in this case the pink fabric) is under the t-shirt when they're sewn together and then when you're finished you cut the t-shirt in side the design away.

Here, have a closer look...



So cute! I love how simpled the patterns are too. I purchased these from Applique Planet...look to the right for a link to this vendor.