Australian_Homespun_2014-11

Preparation and cutting

1

If you’re not using pre-cut hexagons,

trace the hexagon from the Pattern

Sheet onto template plastic and cut it

out accurately. Trace around it on stiff

paper, and cut the shapes out on the

traced lines. You can fold the paper

so you can cut several at a time, but

be careful to maintain perfect accuracy.

You need 90 paper hexagons in all.

2

From the cream tone-on-tone

print fabric, cut:

• Seven squares, 5in.

3

Pin a paper hexagon to the

lightweight fusible batting and cut

the batting immediately next to the

paper. Repeat to cut a total of seven

hexagons from the batting.

4

From the stripe print fabric, cut:

• Three strips, 2^11 ⁄ 2 in across the
  width of the fabric (binding).

5

Apply a dab of fabric glue to a paper

hexagon and stick it to the centre

of the wrong side of a 5in print fabric

square. Cut the fabric^1 ⁄ 4 in (by eye)

outside the hexagon shape.

6

Repeat Step 5 to cut a total of 83

print fabric hexagons with a paper

hexagon behind each one.

7

Fold the seam allowance of the

fabric hexagon carefully around

the paper template, one side at a time,

and tack it in place with hand-sewing

thread. Begin and end with a knot on

the front of the hexagon to make it

easier to remove the basting later.

Stitchery

8

Using the brown pigment pen, trace

the seven stitchery designs from the

Pattern Sheet onto the centre of the

seven squares of cream fabric. Keep

the lines very fi ne so they will

be covered by the stitching.

9

Fuse the batting hexagons

to the wrong side of the cream

squares, centring them behind

the traced designs.

10

Embroider the designs through

the fabric and batting, referring

to the Stitchery Guide for the threads

and stitches to use.

11

When the stitcheries are

complete, apply a dab of glue

to a paper hexagon and position it

on the batting hexagons behind the

embroidery. Trim the cream tone-on-

tone fabric by eye^1 ⁄ 4 in outside the

paper hexagons.

12

Baste the seam allowances

of the embroidered/batting

hexagons to the papers as you

did in Step 7.

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