Love Patchwork & Quilting - UK (2019-10)

PRETTY POLLY

NOTES

QSeamallowancesarein throughout,

unlessotherwisenoted.

QPressseamstooneside,unless

otherwiseinstructed.

QPressfabricswellbeforecutting.

QFPP= FoundationPaperPiecing.

QForFPP,shortenyourstitchlengthto1.5.

QTemplatesincludeseamallowances

aroundtheouteredgesonly.

QFortemplates,seep88.

QTrixieprintfabricsprovidedbyWindham

fabrics (windhamfabrics.net)

FABRICSUSED

QPrintfabricsarefromtheTrixieand

SugarplumcollectionsbyHeather Ross

forWindhamFabrics.

QBackgroundfabricis a metallicEssex

YarnDyedlinenfromRobert Kaufman.

PIECINGTHEPARROT

1

UsingtheFoundationPaperPiecing

templateasa guide,cutthefabricpieces

foreachsectionoftheFPPtemplates,

makingsurethepieceswillbeat leastin

largerthanthesection they will cover, all

theway around.

2

FoundationPaperPieceSectionA as

follows.Placethefabricpiecefor

Section1Arightsideupontheunprinted

sideofthetemplateagainstthesection.

Ensurethatthepieceoffabriccoversthe

wholesection,plusat least in all the way

around. Pin in place.

AN 8IN EMBROIDERY HOOP

PROVIDES THE PERFECT FRAME

FOR THE PIECED BIRD BLOCKS

YOUWILLNEED

F o r b o t h e m b r o i d e r y h o o p s :

QBackgroundfabric: one (1)

fatquarter

QScrapsforthe bird bodies

andbeaks

QFusibleinterfacing: two (2)

9insquares

QTwo(2)8inembroideryhoops

QBlackembroiderythread

QOne(1)copyeachof theParrot

andCockatooFPP Templates,

Sections A–C

FINISHEDSIZE

Q 8in diameter each

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