My first attempt at Applique!

This post is one of firsts. It is my first sewing post and my first attempt at applique. The venture into this type of craft began when I won a £10 Amazon voucher for entering a survey at university. I spent it (and more!) on various Cath Kidston books, one of which shows you how to applique.


Using felt and thread I followed the instructions and made a rose design and the initials of my friend's name to decorate her birthday present: A home made pamper hamper full of lovely pampering things!

The basic technique was the to draw all the different pieces on tracing paper then bondaweb, stick to the corresponding colour felt, cut out and then iron on top of each other. Sounds simple really. It took some patience but was enjoyable and even more so to see how pleased the recipient was!