Today's Quilter - UK (2020-03)

PROJECTlfeathered friends

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PinthecharcoalfabricC and

Dtemplateseithersideofthe

whitetemplateA piece.Turnunder

andstitchdownthebottomedge

onlyoftemplateD.Stitchallaround

thetailandthetopedgeoftemplate

C,asshowninFig 7 , snipping into

the seam where necessary.

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Startstitchingthebullfinch.

Pinthewhitefabrictemplate

A inplaceinthecentreofthebird’s

wing.Thisdoesnotneedtobe

stitcheddownasit willbecovered

byotherfabricpieces.Pinthewhite

fabrictemplateB pieceoverthe

bird’sbelly,turnunderandstitch

downonlythebottomedge(Fig 5

andFig 6 ). Youmayneedtosnipthe

fabric slightly at the concave curve.

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PintheblacktemplateE head

pieceinplaceandstitcharound

thecurvedtopedgeonly(Fig 8 ). Pin

thegreytemplateF topwinginplace

andstitcharoundthebottomand

left-hand edges only(Fig 9 ). Finally,

pintheredtemplateGbodyinplace,

turnunderandstitchthewholeway

around(Fig 10 ), snippinginto the

seam at the concave curve.

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Nowstitchthebluetit.Pinthe

blueA templatepiecetothetop

ofthewhitetemplateB head.Turn

underthebottomedgeandstitch

asshowninFig 11. Pintheheadin

placeandstitchallthewayaround

thecurvededgeleavingthe straight

bottom edge(Fig 12 ).

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PintheyellowtemplateC body

inplaceandstitchalongthe

topedgeandallaroundthecurveof

thebody.StitchthebluetemplateD

tailinplaceandstitcharoundthree

sidesasshowninFig 13. Finally,pin

thebluetemplateE winginplace and

stitch the whole way around.