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appliqué it in place on the

front of the quilt around its

outer edges.

Large and medium

flowers

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Make eight white

Suffolk puffs using

the 2^33 ⁄ 8 in template.

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Make five green

puffs using the 1^1 ⁄ 8 in

template. Layer a green puff

on top of five white puffs,

with the puff openings

facing each other. Appliqué

the outer edge of the green

puff to the white one. Work

a series of colonial knots in

Chocolate (230) in the centre

of the green puff.

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Make three green

puffs using the 1^3 ⁄ 8 in

template. Appliqué them in

the centre of the remaining

three white puffs, this time

with their openings facing

up. Then make three mauve

puffs using the^3 ⁄ 4 in template

and appliqué them, opening

side down, on top of the

green ones, and add colonial

knots, as before.

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Refer to the quilt

photo on page 92 to

position the white flowers on

the background fabric, and

appliqué them in place. Then

work some stab stitches that

go all the way through to the

back of the batting close to

the edge of the green puffs

to hold the white flowers in

place more securely.

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Make nine mauve

puffs using the 2in

template and nine pink

puffs using the 1in template.

Appliqué the pink puffs

to the mauve ones, with

their openings facing. Work

colonial knots in their centre.

Appliqué these flowers to

the background as you did

for the white flowers.

Large five-petal

flowers

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To make the two-layer,

five-petal flowers,

begin by making seven green

puffs using the 2in template.

Use a chalk or mechanical

pencil to lightly mark five

stitching lines, as shown in

Diagram 5, on the ‘back’ of

the puff (the side that doesn’t

have the opening). Tie a knot

in a length of Chocolate (230)

thread. Insert the needle in

the puff opening and bring

it up through the centre on

the back of the puff. Work

running stitches along one

of the lines; when you reach

the edge of the puff, gently

pull up the stitches a little

to gather the fabric.

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Insert the needle in

the folded outer edge

of the puff and take it back to

the centre between the two

layers of fabric. Repeat the

stitching and gathering on

the remaining four marked

lines. Return the thread to the

centre of the puff and tie it

off securely in the opening.

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To make the centres of

the five-petal flowers,

cut seven pink circles using

the^1 ⁄ 2 in template. Do not

fold over a hem around

Large and medium flowers

Diagram 5

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