Today’s Quilter – September 2019

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PROJECTl roosting birds

Making the perched

birds

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Ta ket hefol low i n gc utout

piecesforeachbird:

QThree(3)pairsof matching 2in

greensquares.

QOne(1) 2 inx 4inandone (1)

1 i nx 2i ng r e enpie ce.

QOne(1) 2 inx 4inandone(1)

2 insquareprintA piece.

QOne(1) 1 inx 4in,one(1) 2 in

squareandone(1) 1in square

printB piece.

QOne(1) 1 inbeaksquare.

QFive(5) 2 inbackgroundsquares.

QOne(1) 1 in x 2in background

piece.

QOne (1) 1in background square.

Tomakethebeakandhead,

snowballoneendofa 1in

x 2ingreenpiecewitha 1in

beakpiece,takingcarewiththe

placement,asshowninFig11A.

Thensnowballtheotherendwitha

1 inbackgroundsquare(tomakea

singleFlyingGeeseunit).Then,join

a 1inx 2inbackground piece to

the beak unit.

Joina 1inx 4inprintB

piece,pressingasdirected,

thensnowballthelowerendofthe

headunitwith a 2in green square

(Fig11B).

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Tomakethewing,snowball

oneendofthe 2 inx 4in

printA piecewiththe 1 inprintB

square,thensnowballtheotherend

withthe 2 inprintB square,taking

carewiththeplacement(Fig 12 ).

Next,snowballthatsameendwith

the 2 ingreen square on adjacent

corner.

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Tomakethetail,snowballone

endofthe 2 inx 4ingreen

piecewiththe 2 inbackground

squareandtheotherendwitha 2in

printA square(tomake a single

flyinggeese unit).

Fig 8A

Fig 9

Fig 10

Fig 11A

Fig 12

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Repeatsteps26-32,reversing

theplacement(Fig 15 ) and

make two (2) more.

Fig 13

Piecingthenestboxes

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Ta ket hefol low i n gc utout

piecesforeachnestbox:

QOne(1)pairofmatching 2in

greensquares.

QThree(3) 2 in background

squares.

QOne(1) 2 intrunksquare.

QOne (1) 4in x 6in print piece.

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Snowballthetopcornerofa

4 inx 6inprintpiecewith

a 2inbackgroundsquare,then

snowballtheadjacentcornerwith a

2 in green square(Fig 16 ).

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Cuta 1indiametercircle

fromcardortemplateplastic.

Usingneedleandthread,makea line

ofrunningstitcharoundtheedgeof

a 2indiameterbackgroundcircle,

aboutinfromtheedge,andgather

overthetemplate.Pressgentlybefore

removingthetemplateandmachine

orhandstitchtothecentreofthe

nest box(Fig 17 ). Make two (2).

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Makea green/background

HSTanda trunk/background

HSTwiththeremaining 2 in

squares,asdescribedinstep 32 and

pintemporarilytothenest box unit.

Make three (3) of each.

Repeatsteps34-37,thistime

reversingthe placement for a

third nest box.

Jointhesectionsofthebird.

Then, press towards the wing

(Fig 13 ).

Marka diagonallineonthe

backofa 2ingreensquare

andpin,rightsidestogether,toa

2 inbackgroundsquare.Stitch

alongthelineandpressopento

makea half-squaretriangle(HST),

trimmingawaythebacklayerstoa

inseam(Fig 14 ). Repeattomake

anotherthree(3)andpinthesefour

(4)HSTstemporarilytothebird

untilit’stimetoassemble the block.

Make two (2).

Fig 14

Fig 15

Fig 11B

Fig 8B