Love Embroidery

Spoonful of sugar

GETING STARTED

This design uses appliqué motifs, which are stitched into place and decorated with freemotion embroidery – it’s the sewing form of drawing and colouring in.

To set up your machine you’ll need a darning or freemotion foot. Drop the feed dogs if you can, but if not then cover them with a darning plate. You may need to adjust the tension, so use a scrap piece of

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