HE'S A'COMIN' CLOSER....

                                 My first fused and machine appliqued piece in the works.....
                                                      { I love those little boots;)) }

                                                   Mary Anne at Magpie's Mumblings
Sent me the nicest gmail setting out her method of using lightweight fusible for
applique...She was just SO encouraging when I told her about my sad adventure in
trying to turn the seam allowances on these tiny pieces...I was about ready to
throw this out--[as a matter of fact, I had folded it away...]
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Turns out:
I had some heat n' bond light hidden away in my drawer and I discovered:
                                                                       AHA!!!!
That my Viking DOES have a buttonhole stitch...who knew????

I just never connected their icon for it with a buttonhole stitch
and always just passed it by...(duh!!)
So much for knowing all the stitches you have on your ten year old machine....
What can I say...;000000

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Anyway.. I decided to re-visit my Santa...and am so happy that I did...
I spent two fun hours re-doing some parts and leaving other raw edged and
kind of fuzzy, but...........
This is just my practice piece, and  I am seeing how I could really enjoy working
like this...
Helga sews away like a dream...a nice little neat buttonhole stitch...love it!!

I feel like a new door has opened...💖💖
Don't you just love it when that happens...??

thanks again Mary Anne ;)))

Hugs, Julierose, La Blageuse (appliqueing away-euse)