What
a buzz this mug rug will create in your home.
And, just as bees buzz around a honey pot, so friends and relatives will
be asking you to make them their very own Hive-on-the-Side mug rug. So I thought I would show you the quick-fuse way of making the bees.
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| Patched Bee (Left) and Applique Bee (Right) |
The
pattern provides the option of patching the bees or using quick-fuse applique. You can find lots of info and tips on quick-fuse applique (sometimes called raw edge) in the Mug Rug Basics section using the tab above.
Firstly,
trace the bee bodies and the bee stripes as separate shapes onto the paper side of a square of lightweight fusible webbing.
Cut out the shapes roughly.
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| All Patchsmith patterns have full size applique sheets |
Fuse the
traced cut-outs to the WRONG side of your chosen fabrics before cutting out the
shapes accurately along the traced lines.
LEAVE the fusible webbing
paper on the bee bodies at this stage but remove the paper from the bee
stripes.
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| Do not take the paper off the bee bodies until you have fused the stripes in place |
Fuse
the yellow/orange stripes onto the right side of the black bee bodies. You can trim the bees very slightly if
needed.
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| One done and one to do |
Now you can remove the paper
from the back of the bees.
If
you are hand-stitching you may find it easier to hand-stitch the stripes in
place before fusing the bees to the mug rug background – this will reduce the
number of layers you need to stitch through.
However, if you are machine stitching then you can go straight ahead and
fuse the bees before stitching them in place.
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| Machine stitched Patchsmith quick-fuse bees |
And
there you have it. Quick-fuse bees.
You
might also like to have a go at patching the bees as detailed in the
pattern. If you do here is a handy tip: double up the length of your black
and yellow/orange strips and you will have enough bees to make a mug rug to keep and one to give away.
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