Australian Homespun – August 2019

leavingthebottomedgeopen.Turn

thepocketrightsideout.Turninthe

bottomedgesby^1 ⁄ 4 inandpress.

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Pinthepockettothequilted

panelsothatitsleftedgeis^1 ⁄ 2 in

fromtheleftedgeofthepanelandits

bottomedgeis 1inupfromthebottom

edgeofthepanel.Topstitchit inplace

closetotheleft,bottomandright

edgesusingthreadtomatchthelinen.

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Trimthelengthofguipurelace

sothatit is^3 ⁄ 4 inlongerthanthe

bottomedgeofthepocket.Turn

undertheendsby^3 ⁄ 8 in,thenpinthe

laceinplaceoverthebottomedgeof

thepocket.Topstitchit inplace.

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Topstitchtwoverticallines

downthepocketbetweenthe

embroideredmotifstocreatethree

smallpockets.

NEEDLEHOLDER

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Measure3infromtheleftedge

ofthequiltedpaneland 21 ⁄ 2 in

fromthetopedgeandmakea very

lightmark.Foldtheembroideredfelt

hexagoninhalfhorizontallyand

verticallyandfingerpressa crease

initscentre.Matchit tothemarkon

thequiltedpanelandpinit inplace.

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Worka rowofrunningstitch

inLightTurquoise(167)^1 ⁄ 4 in

insidetheedgeofthehexagonto

appliquéit tothequiltedpanel.

HEARTPOCKETAND

SCISSORHOLDER

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Matcheachembroideredheart

withtheunembroideredone

cutthesamesize,rightsidestogether.

Sewaroundtheedgeoftheshapes

leavinga 1inopeninginonestraight

edge.Cliptheseamallowancearound

thecurvesandturneachheartright

sideoutthroughtheopening.Turn

intherawedgesoftheopeningand

press.Handstitchtheopeningsclosed.

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Pintheheartpockettothe

quiltedpanelcentredbetween

theneedleholderandthe 81 ⁄ 4 inmark

youmadeinStep21,withitstopedge

matchingthetopedgeoftheneedle

holder.Handappliquéit tothepanel

betweenthemarksshownonthe

pattern– leavingthetopedgeopen.

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Repeattoappliquéthescissor

holderinplace:itstopedge

shouldmatchthetopedgeofthe

embroideredpocketanditsleft-most

edgeshouldbeabout^5 ⁄ 8 intotheright

ofthe 91 ⁄ 4 inmarkyoumadeinStep21.

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Foldthelengthofpinksatin

ribboninhalftofinditscentre.

Measureup 11 ⁄ 2 in from the inner ‘dip’

in the top edge of the scissor holder

heart and pin the centre of the ribbon

at that point. Work some stitches

back and forth across the centre of

the ribbon in matching thread to

secure it to the quilted panel.

Scissor holder Diagram 1

Tape measure and strap

Masking tape

6¼in

15¼in

4¼in

13¼in

2¼in

11¼in

⅛in

Diagram 2

¾in

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