It was high time Squirrel and Stitch had a squirrel on its pages, so here is a scruffy little autumn fellow, about 4 cm tall, surrounded by raw edge oak leaves. The applique is attached using tiny tacking stitches, following the ideas on this lady's inspirational blog. https://spiritcloth.typepad.com/
little piece is backed with several layers of the blue flannel fabric used for the Big Quilt backing, making it very firm but soft to the touch. I made the front by chopping up two applique experiments and rearranging them into something completely different. There's a mixture of hand and machine stitching, leaving some edges raw. It measures about 6 x 9 cm.
There is a wide band of the blue flannel left over, so it will probably be making regular appearances on the blog. This is a sleeping bag for the Reception class Christmas Elf, who gets up to mischief in the classroom when the children aren't there.
