17PROJECT // violets in the orchardb. Place one square right sides together
with one, 3½" x 6½" Pink Peach Bloom
rectangle and stitch along drawn line,
illust. 3b.
c. Trim excess fabric leaving ¼" seam
allowance and press open, illust. 3c.
d. Repeat with second square on opposite
end of rectangle to make one, Flying
Geese unit.
e. Unit should measure 3½" x 6½", illust. 3d.- Make total of four Flying Geese units
in similar manner. - Repeat to make twelve Flying Geese
units with Pink Wild Cherry rectangles
and Pink Garden Gates squares.
Dog Violet Blocks
1a. Take one, Pink Peach Blossom Flying
Geese unit, three Wild Cherry Flying
Geese units, one 6½" Pink Garden Gates
square and four, 3½" Pink Fruit Silhouette
squares and arrange pieces into three
rows of three units.
b. Join units together in rows, noting
orientation of Flying Geese units, illust. 4a.
c. Join rows together to complete block
centre, illust. 4b.
d. Block centre should measure 12½"
square.- Make two block centres in total.
3a. Join one, Pink Peach Blossom/Pink
Fruit Silhouette triangle unit to one side of
block centre, illust. 5a.
b. Add three, Pink Wild Cherry/Pink Fruit
Silhouette triangle units to remaining
three sides to complete Dog Violet block,
illust. 5b.
c. Block should measure 17½" square. - Make second pink block in same way.
5a. Take two, Pink Peach Blossom Flying
Geese units, six Wild Cherry Flying Geese
units, two 6½" Pink Garden Gates squares
and eight, 3½" Teal Fruit Silhouette
squares to make further two block
centres in similar manner.
b. Add remaining triangle units made with
Teal Fruit Silhouette to block centres to
make two, blue Dog Violet blocks.
a. Draw diagonal line on wrong side of squares
b. Stitch along line
c. Trim excess fabric
d. Complete unit
Binding detail Quilting detailCorner units- Take care when piecing corner units
as each one is specific to each corner.
Refer to quilt layout for positioning.
2a. Take one, 4½" Pink Fruit Silhouette
square and join it to one, 2½" x 4½"
Pink Primula Dawn rectangle.
b. Add one, 4½" x 12½" Pink Orchard
rectangle to opposite side of Primula
Dawn rectangle, followed by one, 2½" x
4½" Pink Primula Dawn rectangle.
c. Add one, 4^7 ⁄ 8 " Teal Fruit Silhouette
triangle and join to Pink Primula Dawn
rectangle, taking care to ensure correct
orientation of triangle, illust. 6a.
3a. Make second pieced row in similar
manner by joining one, 2½" x 4½" Pink
Primula Dawn rectangle, followed by
one, 2½" Pink Fruit Silhouette square
and one, 2½" x 12½" Pink Primula
Dawn rectangle.
b. Add one, 2^7 ⁄ 8 " Teal Fruit Silhouette
triangle to end of strip, again taking
care with orientation of triangle,
illust. 6b.
4a. Take one, 6½" Blue Kimberly
and Sarah square and two, 6^7 ⁄ 8 " Blue
Kimberly and Sarah triangles. Join one
triangle to one side of square.
b. Press seam towards square and
trim ‘ear’.
c. Add second triangle to adjacent side
of square to make pieced triangle,
illust. 6c. - Add one, 2½" x 12½" Pink Primula
Dawn rectangle to one edge of pieced
triangle followed by one, 4½" x 12½"
Pink Orchard rectangle, illust. 6d. - Join one, 2^7 ⁄ 8 " Pink Fruit Silhouette
triangle to end of one, 2½" x 4½" Pink
Primula Dawn rectangle, illust. 6e. - Join pieced strips together, adding
one, 5^3 ⁄ 8 " Pink Fruit Silhouette triangle
to top to complete corner unit. - Refer to quilt layout and make
further three corner units, noting
orientation and colour of triangles at
ends of rows. - Repeat steps 2 to 4 to make further
two units with remaining Pink Peach
Bloom squares and four, 3½" x 10" Pink
Fruit Silhouette rectangles, illust. 1f. - Make further six units with 7½" Pink
Wild Cherry squares and 3½" x 10" Teal
Fruit Silhouette rectangles and six units
with 7½" Pink Wild Cherry squares and
3½" x 10" Pink Fruit Silhouette rectangles,
illust. 2a and illust. 2b.
PIECING
Use ¼" seam allowance throughout
Flying Geese Units
1a. Take two, 3½" Pink Garden Gates
squares and draw a diagonal line on
wrong side of each square, illust. 3a.
illust. 3. Flying Geese units