Last week I showed you how to frame your applique with an easy wonky faux sashing technique.
Today I’m going to show you how to make your applique bust out of its frame!
It’s so much fun. 🙂
Here’s the video showing how.
See how easy that is? The hardest part is remembering that those loose bits are there so you don’t accidentally iron them somewhere they don’t belong. 🙂
Here are some more examples of critters busting out of their frames. . .
This is so much fun to do! Here are a few more I’m eager to play with – to make busting out versions. . .
I want to make this moose head bigger so that his antlers encroach into the next blocks. (The moose is a free pattern here.)
I want to make this bunny’s ears twitch into the next block. (That bunny is also a free pattern!)
I want to put this crocodile on a square background block, letting the extra length of his snout flow into the next block. (He’s one of the blocks from the Safari quilt pattern.)
I want this nosy goose (from the Noisy Farm quilt pattern) to poke her beak into the business of her neighbor’s block.
I want to add tall hats (from the Fancy Doodads applique accessories pattern) to all the blocks and let it stretch into the block above.
See? making your applique bust out of its frame is so much fun! The possibilities are endless! I can’t wait to see what you do with this technique!
Happy stitching!
Best,
Wendi
You are just so clever! Thank you so much for sharing your great ideas and techniques! Much much fun. VBG
You are the best teaching and so creative. I am going to start the monster quilt for my grandson’s Christmas present this month. I want to do the wonky blocks and the busting out! I’m exited because I consider myself a seamstress and embroiderer, not a quilter. This will be my first quilt gift.
Have fun with it! 🙂
I love the frog busting out to get the fly! My question is, how would you avoid stitching over the tongue when attaching the backing? Your tutorials are extremely helpful and easy to follow. Thank you Wendi!
Depending on the project, I might go ahead and stitch right over it, or I might stop stitching right before the tongue, backstitch a couple of stitches, then hop over it and start stitching again. I’d handle it just like quilting a broken grid in this tutorial. https://www.shinyhappyworld.com/2018/07/how-to-quilt-a-quilt-with-a-broken-grid-layout-video-tutorial.html