Appliqué a springtime
wall hanging that will
banish the winter blues.
DESIGNER Kim Schaefer
PHOTOGRAPHER Carson DowningTHE
FINISHED QUILT: 241 ∕ 2 " squareMATERIALS
Yardages and cutting instructions are
based on 42" of usable fabric width.▫ 5 ∕ 8 yard mottled light blue (appliqué
foundation)
▫ 3 ×11" piece olive green felted wool
(stem and leaf appliqués)
▫ 3 ×6" piece dark green felted
wool (stem, leaf, and leaf accent
appliqués)
▫ 3 ×14" piece light green felted wool
(stem and leaf appliqués)
▫ 3 × 81 ∕ 2 " piece medium green felted
wool (stem, leaf, and leaf accent
appliqués)
▫ 3 ×6" piece lime green felted wool
(stem and leaf appliqués)
▫ 5" square each fuchsia, coral,
orange, gold, and red felted wool
(tulip appliqués)
▫ 5" square black felted wool (bee
stripe, fl ower stamen, and butterfl y
body appliqués)
▫ Scraps of assorted light and dark
pink felted wool (tulip circle and bird
wing appliqués)
▫ 3" square chartreuse felted wool
(leaf accent appliqués)▫ 5" square dark teal felted wool (bird
body and bird tail appliqués)
▫ 5" square light red felted wool
(bird body and butterfl y wing circle
appliqués)
▫ Scraps of assorted turquoise felted
wool (bird tail, bird feather, bird
wing, and tulip circle appliqués)
▫ 5" square yellow felted wool (bee
body and bird wing circle appliqués)
▫ 5" square cream felted wool (bee
wing and bird eye appliqués)
▫ Scrap of orange felted wool (bird
beak appliqués)
▫ 4 ×8" piece plum felted wool
(butterfl y wing appliqués)
▫ 4" square dark purple felted wool
(butterfl y wing appliqués)
▫ 3 ×5" piece light purple felted wool
(butterfl y wing appliqués)▫ 1 ∕ 2 yard mottled black (border,
binding)
▫ 1 ∕ 4 yard mottled cream (border)
▫ 7 ∕ 8 yard backing fabric
▫ 31"-square batting
▫ 2 yards 17"-wide lightweight fusible
web
▫ Cotton sewing thread in colors that
match appliqués
▫ Perle cotton No. 8: black, green,
light green, olive green, light olive
green, mint green, teal, aqua,
light aqua, blue, pink, dark pink,
magenta, purple, light purple,
peach, gold, orange, light orange,
yellow, cream
▫ Perle cotton No. 3: teal, magenta,
yellow
▫ Appliqué and embroidery needles
(see “Needle Know-How,” page 75 )Birds& THE Bee72 APQ ¥ April 2020