Australian Homespun — February 2018

Q8cm (3in) square of white

mini-spot print fabric (cups

and saucers (#16, 17, 28

and 29))

Q15cm (6in)square of solid

white fabric (daisies)

Q46cm (^11 ⁄ 2 yd) of 20mm (^3 ⁄ 4 in)

wide white cotton lace trim

(left border)

Q46cm (^1 ⁄ 2 yd) narrow red

ricrac (left border)

Q2.2m (2yd) of 3mm (^1 ⁄ 8 in)

piping cord

QCotton batting at least

46cm(18in) square

Q40cm (16in) zipper to

matchcushion-back fabric

QThreeassorted 12-15mm

(^1 ⁄ 2 -^3 ⁄ 4 in) brown buttons

(daisy centres)

QStranded embroidery

cottonin dark brown,

tan, red and cream

QMachine-sewing threads

tomatch the appliqué

fabrics and the cream

background fabric

QFusibleweb such as Steam

a Seam II Light

Q40cm (16in) square

cushioninsert

QSharp pencil or erasable

fabric marker

QRotary cutter, ruler and mat

QSewing machine with free-

motion/darning,^1 ⁄ 4 in and

zipper feet

QGeneral sewing supplies

Stitchesused:French knot,

stem stitch, straight stitch

Finished size:

40cm (16in) square

Note:Read all the instructions

before starting the project.

It is recommended that

fabrics be 100% cotton,

pre-washed and well ironed.

Requirements are based on

fabric 107cm (42in) wide.

Seam allowances of^1 ⁄ 4 in are

used unless otherwise stated.

The appliqué method used

is fusible web with machined

free-motion straight stitch

close to the edges of the

shapes, but you can adapt the

instructions to your preferred

technique. Numbers shown in

the Materials list refer to the

individual appliqué shapes.

Instructions are given for using

the printed Pattern Sheet in

the magazine, but you can also

download the digital pattern

from http://www.homespun.net.au

and print it out.

CUTTING AND BACKGROUND

PREPARATION

1

From the medium brown tone-on-

tone print fabric, cut:

• One rectangle, 8^1 ⁄ 2 x 11in (appliqué
  background)

2

From the brown spot print fabric, cut:

• One strip, 2 x 18in (wide left
  border).

3

From the black and brown swirl

print fabric, cut:

• One strip, 1 x 18in (narrow left border).

4

From the coffee cup print fabric, cut:

• One rectangle, 8^1 ⁄ 2 x16^1 ⁄ 2 in


• One rectangle, 10^1 ⁄ 2 x16^1 ⁄ 2 in
  (cushion back).

5

From the red plaid print fabric, cut:

• Two strips, 1^1 ⁄ 8 in across the
  width of the fabric (edge piping).

6

With right sides facing up, pin

the cotton lace trim in a vertical

line 2^3 ⁄ 4 in from the left edge of the

18in square of solid cream fabric

with its finished scalloped edge

facing to the right, as shown in

Diagram 1. Stitch it in place^1 ⁄ 8 in

from the left edge of the trim.

7

Pin the 1 x 18in black and brown

swirl print strip, right side down,

over the lace trim with the raw/left

edges level. Stitch^1 ⁄ 4 in from the

raw edges through all layers, flip

the black and brown strip over so

that it is right side up and press

to the left.

8

Pin the 2 x 18in brown spot print

strip, right side down, over the

brown swirl print strip with the raw

edges level at the left. Stitch^1 ⁄ 4 in from

the raw edges and press the spot

strip to the left.

9

Baste the brown spot print strip

to the cream background^1 ⁄ 8 in from

the left raw edge to keep it in place

as you do the appliqué.

10

Lay the red ricrac over the

seam between the lace and

narrow brown swirl border and stitch

it in place with matching thread. Cori

worked running stitch by hand down

the centre of the ricrac in thread that

matched the ricrac.

11

Fold the cream area of the

cushion front in half each way

and press the folds lightly to mark

the centre.

12

Trace the appliqué shapes from

the Pattern Sheet onto the

paper side of the fusible web, leaving

about^1 ⁄ 2 in between the shapes. (They

have been printed in reverse for your

convenience.) In Homespun, we

typically use broken lines on appliqué

patterns to indicate where shapes

underlap others. However, because

there are a lot of small shapes in Cori’s

design, we haven’t done so on this

occasion. You need to add a^1 ⁄ 4 in by

eye to shapes that lie under others.

Refer to Diagram 2 as an aid, where

broken lines are used to indicate the

extra areas to be added to shapes.

13

Cut the shapes out roughly and

fuse them to the wrong side

of the selected fabrics with a hot iron.

Then cut the shapes out accurately

on the lines.

APPLIQUÉ AND EMBROIDERY

14

Peel the backing paper from the

appliqué shapes in turn. Lightly

fold the medium brown background

rectangle in half in each direction.

Centre it on the cream area of the

cushion front, matching centre creases,

and fuse it in place. Repeat to centre

the coffee bean print inner border

rectangle over it and fuse it in place.

15

Layer the shapes #1-4 in

numerical order to create the

booth-seat background and fuse them

in place, as shown in Diagram 3.

Then arrange and fuse shapes #5-32

in numerical order.

16

Next, position the appliqué

letters and white daisies above

and below the centre design. As you

place these elements, keep them at

least 1in from all the raw edges of the

cream background fabric so they

Diagram 1

2¾in

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