This may look like a simple embroidery but it is actually a save. My first grade grandson phoned last night to tell me he was writing his first report and would be giving an oral presentation on the arctic fox. I wanted to surprise him by making an arctic fox tee to wear for the occasion. I had a navy tee shirt in his size and found this fox design at Emblibrary. I thought it was a filled stitch design but after downloading it I discovered that it was line art which meant that the navy would show through the parts that were not filled in. Rather than buy another design, I placed a piece of white knit fleece over the navy tee and treated it like an applique. I skipped ahead of the grass and came back after clipping the white fleece away and then stitched the grass. Who knew you could turn line art into an applique. Another save for my record!

It looks great, it has special 3D touch and he will love it, per sure

Oh, well done! You get super duper "Grandma points" for this save! Bet he was the grinning ear to ear when he received this wonderful gift!

Great work and I bet he was thrilled.

Awesome idea and great work...Beautiful!!!

When he wears this, he'll know how much you love him. Thanks for the tip!

You will make him smile big time hugs

Cuties are amazingly creative.......great job!!

Great job. I've used felt a few times to do stuff like that cause I didn't want to material to show. Great work and I'm sure he will just love it. Thanks for sharing your idea for us Cuties to think of next time we run across something like that. :

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by bescal 29 Aug 2017

Felt would work well too. I thought it needed something with substance so that the lines would sink in and make the fabric pop out. The picture does not show it but it almost has a trapunto look to it. A flat cotton on the other hand would probably look very flat and show the frayed edges. Thanks for the idea of another option, Mechille.

Great idea,

Well done it now looks super, I bet your grandson was excited to wear his new t shirt for his reading Sandra.

Brilliant. - I bet he loved it. ❤️ Chris

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by pennifold 28 Aug 2017

Come on ladies - not one of the comments were given a rose!!! ❤️ Chris

by sandralane 29 Aug 2017

Flowers for all Chris as always with everything I read. Sa Indra.

by sewdeb 11 Sep 2017

Same here! @>----- roses to all!

Looks fantastic. Great save, but I can't even tell. Looks like it was meant to look like that!

What a great idea. Congratulations on the save

Whew! That was some fast thinking. I know he loved it!

WOW how clever of you i just love the fox and i am sure all his class mates will be envious...soozie

I LOVE it! The Fox seems to "Pop" off the shirt. Very beautiful and creative! A great tip to add to my list too. :)

Good thinking. It is amazing what you came up with in order to to do something special for your grandson.

Another grandmother, trying to do what she can, to perfect his day. I know he had to be thrilled with this surprise. Congratulations Grandmother, you did well!

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by bescal 29 Aug 2017

You got that right, Toogie.