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This is the base that all the ones you've seen in my Pincushion set everything is based off this. I finished this own with a button hole/blanket stitch at the top to secure it into one piece. I also use a plain whip stitch. all depends on the loo you want. Any stitch will work as long as it goes through both halves.

You can stop here or add some embroidery - which is what is next.

If you want to make African violets: The process is nearly the same to this point, except the only real difference since you make the center ball brown, and make the side taller than this.

Instead of stitching it around the top, you take the thread just above the cap side to side through the ball to attach it to the bottom, then fold the excess down. You can decorate the folded edge if you want.

Make two four leaf clovers of dark green and attach them to the ball at a 45 degree turn to each other.

Make the violets from either little thin strips of felt and thread and bascially making a little pom pom or by making smaller four leaf clovers, I find making them two layers of two different shades of the same color to work nice. I like three clumps of flowers on top as it then looks more like african violets and less like mere flowers.

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	Ashey says: how do you do that kind of stich in the top? :\| Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )
	verybigjen says: It's just a blanket aka buttonhole stitch. See the previous pic shows the stich being done, bascially it' just a whip stitch, only you move the thread behind the needle so it catches and makes an Land keep going... See this pic for links to embroidery sites that will show you the stich. Look up either name, some refer it to as both... some only one... It's super easy... Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )
	Ashey says: thank you:D Posted 28 months ago. ( permalink )
	holasoylulu says: Thank you so much for these great tutorials!!!!!! Posted 2 months ago. ( permalink )

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