PROJECT NOTES FROM LORRIE GAUTHIER:

Here’s a bit about how I made my wreath. 

I wanted to use some of the scraps that I have been saving of some of my favorite fabrics and this 
was the perfect time to do that! I bought a grapevine wreath and cut out a rough outline of it from 
green fabric and machine appliqued it to a piece of tone on tone Christmas fabric. Then I stippled 
the green wreath down (I'm still learning how to do this) and used one of the Needle Passion 
Embroidery machine quilting designs from the CD in the centre (tone on tone on bottom cut 1" 
larger than top and quilt batting in middle) You can't really see it because it's the same color as 
the background. 

I pulled the corner backing away from the top layer and batting and appliqued a different design 
in each corner of the quilt. I hooped tear-away stabilizer and pinned the batting and top on to that 
making sure I left lots of room for the machine to stitch the design. I used Natesh thread on all 
four corner designs and nothing else. Even the flame was done with the variegated thread. 
I then self bound the edges using the extra 1" from the backing turned under and stitched down 
on the front. Attach the grapevine wreath to the fabric. 

For the ornaments I hooped tear-away, stuck green felt down with adhesive spray, stitched the 
designs and glued another piece of green felt on the back. After it dried I cut around the 
appliques, punched a hole in the top and hung them with green ribbon. This wreath could be used 
on it's own without the quilt backing. 

The snowman was done with two layers of quilt batting to make him fat and fuzzy. The teddy 
bear was done with brown felt and the igloo had a piece of quilt batting put on the felt and then 
white fabric placed on top then appliqued down. The four corner designs look fat because they 
have the quilt batting under them. 

Regards, 
Lorrie Gauthier 
lorrie@freedomcomputing.com 
http://www.eatdessertfirst.com