Before and After

Here is the first small block of the Polka Dot Girls finished. I can still see the pink lines of the transfer pencil that I used to draw the block on tissue paper for ironing to the fabric. It really works well but the floss doesn't cover all of the pink. One area I can really cut down on that is by just putting a dot at each end of a lazy daisy - no problem there. However, when I was playing around on another piece, I washed the fabric and the pink came out quite well.

So here is the piece after I washed it and it seems to be all gone except just a bit toward the bottom. The threads that run from place to place on the back show through some but don't think I will sweat that. I am using diferent pinks and dark reds and a touch of orangy yellow which I do like. Reading other blogs, I see that some of the girls use iron on interfacing on the back of the fabric to stop the thread from shadowing through. I suppose there is no perfect way except to use heavier fabric. Anyway, I think this looks okay and I will forge ahead.

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