For
many the New Year celebrations are behind us.
For others they are about to begin with the Chinese New Year of the rabbit – the black water rabbit to be precise. And I have just the thing
to help you celebrate:
You can use this template alongside my Bunny Hop mug rug pattern. Alternatively, you could create a coaster
using just the Chinese Good Fortune templates.
If you
wish to create your own Black Water Rabbit mug rug you will need my Bunny Hop mug
rug pattern. Follow the instructions in
the pattern to applique one black rabbit, the circle and the ‘Good Fortune’ pieces
from the FREE Chinese Good Fortune templates onto your mug rug background.
If however, you wish to create a smaller coaster
using just the Good Fortune template, you can find instructions on quick-fuse
applique HERE.
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I added two waves from my Swimmer pattern to the background but much of it is covered by the applique. |
I recommend using felt for the calligraphy templates as they are small and a little fiddly. I would also recommend reading through my article on Quick Fuse Applique for hints and tips.
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Felt hides a multitude of sins |
Use a small
pair of sharp scissors for cutting out the shapes and, if your cutting isn’t very neat, consider securing the pieces using a blanket stitch, either by hand or machine. This will hide many imperfections. If your cutting is smooth
however, you can use a simple straight stitch on top of the applique shapes to
secure them to your mug rug/coaster.
Which
just leaves me to wish you all a
VERY HAPPY 2023
FULL OF FUN, FABRIC AND GOOD FORTUNE