The pattern Snugly Bugly, Stella Divine by Amy Bradley called to me. The pattern calls for what we call raw-edge appliqué - not acceptable with the probability of brutal laundry so I'm forced to improvise. When I came to the eyes, after studying them a minute, I realized that they are a circle that is ½ red (for the eyelids) and ½ white for the eyes. Aha! I stitched together a skinny strip of red to a skinny strip of white. Pressed. Centered a nickel on the seam, traced around, cut, gathered and tadah! The eyes are done and quite sturdy, methinks. Stella is such a funny bug. You can see her (maybe) at
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15 years ago