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Project Fox Cushion

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Fox Cushion chart (bottom left)

Fox Cushion chart (bottom right)

sew a lazy daisy
How to...
embroidery stitch

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1 Secure your thread at the back of your work. Now, bring your
needle up at the centre of your lazy daisy stitch, then take it back

EMILY, down through the fabric next to where it came up. Make sure not to
DESIGNER pull the thread all the way through to the back, so that you create a
loop on the front of your fabric. This will be your first ‘petal’.
This fox is full of 2 Bring your needle back up where you want the top of your 2
character and the petal to be. Take your needle back down over the thread loop as a
backstitch brings
the whole scene tiny anchoring stitch. Check on the chart where the tip of the flower
to life. This’ll look petal should be, because each one is slightly different.
fab next to Fiona’s
hare cushion I have 3 Just repeat steps 1 and 2, bringing your needle up at the
already made. centre each time, for a flower made up of lazy daisy stitches. Please
note that your flower will have 5 ‘petals’, not 6 like the example here. 3

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