The Mo o s e Q u i lt 2 2 ”x 2 8 ”

T BY THE
AR
Created by
Red Head
C E R A M I C S & CO L L AG E Q U I L T S
Rebecca Evanovich
Steam a Seam® some of the fabric you are going to use so you can place it easily for collage. Make sure you don’t
adhere all of your fabric right away. Just fuse the fabrics you want to start with, because we gave you extra fabric
so you can play and have fun with the project.

Using your template, trace your moose on the pattern ease.

Take some of the initial pieces of fabric for your horse and cut it into
1/4- 1/2 inch strips. Thinner cuts will help mimic the hair of the moose.
Lay the cut fabric pieces over your moose template. I like to lay them in the
direction of the moose’s hair. (Refer to the photos for help.)

I wasn’t really going for realistic on the base layer of the moose, so you
could make him more realistic with more brown or really make him funky
and bright. I went with a little funky, because I wanted to see that variation
when I Threadpunked him later. There is no wrong or right way to do this
pattern. You can use the photos as reference, but you can change it to suit
your look. Sari ribbon is used to add some dimension before the Thread-
punking™. You just Threadpunk™ right over it. (refer to photos)

When you’re happy with what you have laid out, commit with the iron.

For the moose’s rack, I sewed the fabric right to the pattern ease. I like to
pucker it, so they look more realistic. You can also add some scrap leather
if you have it, to add another dimension. Once you cut the antlers from the
pattern ease, they like to curl up, but you just hold them as you go when
sewing them down to your background fabric. You could also just free
hand them to your background fabric if you feel that would be easier for
you.

Remember: Once you iron your design it will be permanent. You can always go back and layer over it, but the
iron will set your design.

Once you are done with your moose collage, cut away all the extra pattern ease. Place your horse on background
fabric. I like to pin it down and then sew around the edge of the horse to attach it to the background fabric. Now
you are ready to Threadpunk™.

Now, start embellishing! Bunch up your tulle accordion style so that the tulle looks like long waves. Arrange
those beautiful waves of tulle, so that the long parts flow with the moose’s hair you have made. Puckers, rolls and
bumps will bring your moose alive. Sew your tulle down and make sure your stitches go in the direction of the
moose’s hair.

Take a deep breath and pat yourself on the back! You did it, you made a super cool threadpunked™ moose!

Ideas: you can wrap your project around a canvas (I would add a border for the wrapping), leave it a tapestry or
add a binding and make it a wall hanging.