Preparation and cutting
1
From the white tone-on-tone
print fabric, cut:- Eight strips, 2in across the width
of the fabric and crosscut 12 strips,
2 x 9^1 ⁄ 2 in and four strips, 2 x 41in
(sashing) - Three strips, 2in across the width
of the fabric. Join them end to end
to make one long strip, and from
it crosscut two strips, 2 x 54in
(sashing) - One strip, 12in across the width of
the fabric and trim it to measure 12
x 41in (appliqué background).
2
From the hedgehog print fabric, cut:- Six strips, 3^1 ⁄ 2 in across the width
of the fabric (border).
3
From the pink stripe print fabric, cut:- Six strips, 2^3 ⁄ 4 in across the width
of the fabric (binding). Rachael likes
a slightly wider binding than usual;
you can cut these strips to your
preferred width.
4
Using a pencil, trace the shapes
for the hedgehog from the Pattern
Sheet onto the paper side of the
fusible web twice, leaving about(^1) ⁄ 2 in between them.
5
Cut out the fusible-web shapes
roughly and fuse them to the
wrong side of the selected fabrics
with a hot iron. Cut the shapes
out accurately on the lines.
Appliqué panel
6
Peel the backing paper from all
the shapes. Arrange the hedgehog
shapes and letters (if using) on the
12 x 41in white strip, overlapping the
hedgehog shapes as shown on the
Pattern Sheet. When you’re happy
with the arrangement, fuse the
shapes in place with a hot iron.
7
Rachael used a combined
appliqué and machine-quilting
method to secure the shapes. Refer to
Step 20. If you’re using an alternative
appliqué technique, stitch the shapes
in place now with matching thread.
Hedgehog blocks
8
Select nine different 5in squares
and arrange them in three rows
of three squares. Join the squares in
rows, pressing the seams of the middle
row in the opposite direction to those
in the top and bottom rows. Then sew
the rows together, nesting the seams
to make a nine-patch block. Make eight
blocks. They should measure 14in
square, raw edge to raw edge.
9
Put a nine-patch block on the
cutting mat. Line up the ruler
diagonally from corner to corner
across the block and cut along it.
Without moving the pieces, line
up the ruler on the other diagonal
and cut again. You should have four
triangular units. Refer to Diagram 1.
10
Pick up two opposite units you
just cut and place them so the
long edges match. Join them
together, right sides facing. Repeat
for the other two units to make two
blocks, each measuring 9^1 ⁄ 2 in square,
Hedgehog appliqué
Hedgehog block
Diagram 1
Diagram 2
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