Start with a simple line drawing/image (no shading). Print it out but try and keep it so that it would fit into a picture frame. Unless you are doing a wall hanging. Make sure you iron on a fabric stabilizer on the back.

Once you have the image on the fabric you need to outline it using the colors that you will eventually be filling it in with. If you change your mind about a color after you've outlined it, make sure your cover it completely when filling it in.

I usually fill in one color completely before moving on. I also changed my mind about all of the colors after the outlining but they were different shades of the same color so it won't show through at all. Also, I sew around and around the line at a 90 degree angle.

When I initially ironed on the fabric stabilizer, I folded it up for later use. That was a bad idea because the stabilizer was plasticy and I reironed it over a paper towel which then stuck to it. You can also see the back side, which can look sloppy and the front again as the colors get filled in.

More colors getting completed.

And more, you can see with the light pink/purple how I fill it in.

The end. Click for larger image.