Wool Applique Stitch Along (Beth tries Block Three)

In today's video my daughter in law Beth steps in for the third block in our work with Wonderfil's 2024 wool applique "block of the month". This episode is the robin, and Beth is showing her version while I'm out for medical treatment. As with the previous blocks, while this was designed for hand applique, we're demonstrating stitching it by machine. BTW, this like most of my videos is indexed, so if you need to review a particular section, look at the table of contents below and the links will take you directly to the section you want. I think I finally have that feature working properly.

Music: Music is a tough issue to balance. Some people find background music distracting, while others find regular machine/background noises distracting. In this video we've tried to minimize it for the central part of the video, except placing the appliques where the work is too quiet, so long periods of awkward silence would otherwise be unavoidable. Let me know what you think and we can decide how to use it in future videos.Also, the music in my videos comes from Epidemic Sound: https://www.epidemicsound.com/

Disclaimer: This video is not sponsored, and Wonderfil isn't helping produce these videos, but they did sell me the project kit at a discount. Also, the supplies I have listed below for this stitch library are Amazon affiliate links. If you use them to purchase your supplies, I will get a small amount, but it will not increase your costs. Nevertheless, these are my favorites for this kind of work.

Materials: Thread list on my blog site: https://bjfabricartist.com/blog/f/cho...
(Note: The list is for the full quilt , not just this one block)
A pack of dental floss threaders: https://amzn.to/4cCQ8G7
100/16 topstitch needles: https://amzn.to/3x7TG2M

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Table of Contents
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Chapters:

00:00 - Intro
00:39 - Threads
01:45 - Placing appliques
03:32 - Glue down
05:21 - Stitch down
06:41 - Burying threads
10:20 - Planning decorative stitches
12:16 - Beak
13:24 - Pekingese stitch
20:21 - Why the order matters
21:30 - Open fly stitch
26:20 - Lower body
28:25 - Decorative stitching on twig
30:05 - Bullion knot stitch
32:23 - Bird's feet
34:34 - Lazy daisies
36:25 - Chain stitches
37:49 - Stem stitches and leaves
49:13 - Final thoughts