If hand-stitchingisn’tyour
thing,feelfreetouseraw-
edgeappliquéusingyour
machine as follows:1
Usingtheinnerbroken
linesonyourtemplates,
tracepatternpiecesontothe
paper side of some fusible web.2
Pressfusiblewebontothe
wrongsideofyour fabric,
paper side up.3
Carefullycutouttheshape
usingsmall,sharpscissors
andpeelawaythepaper.Place
ontopoftherightsideofthe
backgroundsquare,matching
withthepattern,andthe
fusiblewebfacingbackground
fabric.Presstoadherethe
shape to the background.4
Whenallshapesarefixed
inplace,sewa neattop
stitch,blanketstitchorsatin
stitchclosetotheedge all
around each shape.Raw-edge method
Youwillneed
QLinenbackgroundfabric– yd
QBrownfabricforbranch– 9insquare
QGreenfabricforleaves– 10insquare
QScrapsof black,charcoal,white,
greyandredfabricforthebullfinch
QScrapsof white,blueand yellow
fabricforthebluetit
QScrapsof midgreen,darkgreenand
palegreenfabricforthegoldcrest
QWatersolublepenorsimilar
QA mixtureof embroiderythreadsin
black,charcoal,greyandyellow
QCushionpad– 12inx 20in
QTe m p l a t e s (s e e Te m p l a t e s s e c t i o n)BEHIND THE PROJECT
PRETTYPLUMAGE
“Ifirststitcheda littlebluetitaspartoftheA MonthintheCountryblockof
themonthquiltthatI designedforToday’sQuiltera fewyearsago.It proved
tobea hugesuccessandI turnedit intoa workshopproject.Sincethen,I
haveappliquédmanybluetitsandfinallydecidedthatI shouldbranchout
withsomeotherBritishgardenbirds.So,forthispillow,I haveenlarged
theoriginalbluetitpatternandaddeda bullfinch,withhisbeautifulbright
plumage,anda goldcrest,oursmallestgardenbird.I triedhardtokeepthe
correctscaleofsizebetweenthethreebirds,thoughI amnot sure they would
all sit so close together in a tree in real life!”–Jo Avery
APPLIQUÉPROJECTFEATHERED
FRIENDS
Cutting out
1
Fromthebrownfabric,cut1in
widestripsonthebiasinthe
followinglengthsforbranches:7in,
12in, 6 inand8in.Cutone(1)in
each size for four (4) in total.2
Usingtheleaftemplate,cuteight
(8) leaves from the green fabric.