Still Life Pears

Create your own realistic still life pears and learn how to blend fabrics with thread painting. This 9-page e-pattern with colorful close-ups includes reversed templates ready for fusible tracing and reflections with guidance for drawing, thread blending, free-motion and more. Get your copy today and start creating any fruit still life design following the directions.

Requirements

Small amounts of fabric for applique as follows:
A gradation of 5 greens fabrics
A gradation of 4 rust fabrics
A light and medium brown
Black:

• ONE 14" x 9" rectangle for background (top section)
• ONE 14" x 7" rectangle for background (bottom section)
• ONE 14" x 7" rectangle of sheer fabric to create reflection - note: I use sheer fabric to create reflections however you could us murkier or lighter fabrics than those used for the pears to create a similar effect.

15" x 14" Batting and backing fabric or larger if you wish to add borders
Stabilizer the same size of batting if stitching before layering
Binding fabric or mounting board
Machine embroidery threads to match applique fabrics
Invisible thread (optional)
Small amounts of fusible web
General sewing supplies including sewing machine