Australian Homespun — June 2017

(Jacob Rumans) #1
web, leaving about^11 ⁄ 2 in between
them. Cut them out roughly, fuse
them to the wrong side of the
following appliqué fabrics and cut
them out on the lines:


  • Magenta (K) – hippo

  • Steel grey (U) – hippo nostril

  • Peach (P) – hippo ears and signpost

  • Black (S) – panda eyes, ears and
    limbs

  • White felt – panda body

  • White (X) – signs, eyes and hippo
    teeth

  • Cherry (J) and bright yellow (M)

  • arrowheads

  • Banana (E) – bamboo

  • Mint green (F) – leaves

  • Grass green (G) – leaf

  • Cucumber green (H) – leaves


Appliqué and embroidery


1


Trace the panda enclosure and
hippo pool shapes from the
Pattern Sheet onto the paper side
of the fusible web and cut them out
roughly. Cut the centre out of the
shapes, leaving about^1 ⁄ 4 in of fusible
web inside the traced outlines.
(Reducing the amount of fusible
web behind large shapes makes
the fi nished quilt less stiff; use this
fusible web for smaller shapes.)
Iron the shapes to the wrong side
of the starfruit fabric (C) and sky
blue fabric (D) and cut them out
on the lines.

2


Trace all the other appliqué
shapes from the Pattern Sheet
onto the paper side of the fusible

Panda and hippo block

3


From each of the mint green fabric
(F) and cucumber green fabric (H), cut:


  • Two rectangles, 3 x 4in (3D leaves).


4


Cut holes in the fabric for the
panda’s and hippo’s eyes and the
hippos’ nostrils on the traced lines,
as they are reversed appliquéd.

5


Fold the Fabric A appliqué
background fabric in half vertically
and lightly press the crease to mark
the centre. Peel the backing paper
from the enclosure and pool shapes,
fold them in half vertically, right sides
together, and fi nger press the
creases. Lay the pool shape on the
background 2in up from the bottom
edge, right sides facing up and
centres matching. Fuse it in place
with a hot iron. Fuse the enclosure
to the background above the pool so
their side edges are roughly in line.

6


Trace the 3D leaf template from
the Pattern Sheet onto template
plastic and cut it out on the line.

7


Match the two mint green (F)
rectangles, right sides together.
On the wrong side of one of the
rectangles, trace around the leaf
template three times, leaving at least

(^3) ⁄ 8 in between them for seam
allowances. Using a shorter than
usual stitch length, sew around the
curved edges, reversing at the start
and end of the stitching and leaving
the straight ends open. Repeat this
This Block of the Month project is being
published over 10 issues of Homespun,
from February to November 2017. The
materials required to make the complete
quilt appeared in the February issue.
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OUR FABRICS
This quilt uses a large variety
of print and solid fabrics
selected by Claire and Jemima
from the Lecien ‘L’s Modern’
and ‘Minny Muu’ ranges,
distributed in Australia by Craft
Project – Charles Parsons.

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