Quilters Companion - AU (2019-11)

Materials

• 1.2m (1¼yd) each of two
  cream print fabrics (appliqué
  background)


• 1.2m (1⅜yd) light blue tone-on-tone
  print fabric (appliqué, Border 2 and
  binding)


• 30cm (⅜yd) light blue print fabric
  (appliqué)


• 30cm (⅜yd) each of two dark blue
  print fabrics (appliqué)


• 1.1m (1¼yd) beige print fabric
  (Border 1)


• 35cm (⅜yd) each of two mid dark
  blue tone-on-tone print fabrics
  (Border 1)


• 35cm (⅜yd) mid blue print fabric
  (Border 3)


• 1.2m (1⅜yd) blue on white print
  fabric (Border 4)


• 4.2m (4⅝yd) backing fabric


• Batting at least 215cm (82in) square


• Fusible web


• Stranded embroidery floss to match
  the appliqué fabrics


• Rotary cutter, ruler and mat


• Sewing machine with ¼n foot


• General sewing supplies

Cutting
From each of the two cream print
fabrics, cut:

• six strips, 6½in x width of fabric.
  Cross cut them to yield 34
  squares, 6½in of each fabric
  (appliqué background)
  From the light blue tone-on-tone print
  fabric, cut:


• six strips, 1½in x width of fabric
  (Border 2)


• eight strips, 2½in x width of fabric
  (binding)
  From the beige print fabric, cut:


• 10 strips, 2in x width of fabric.
  Cross cut two strips to yield 16
  rectangles, 2in x 4½in. Trim the
  remaining eight to measure 2in x
  40½in (Border 1)


• eight strips, 2¼in x width of fabric.
  Cross cut them to yield 128 squares,
  2¼in (Border 1)
  From each of the two mid dark blue
  tone-on-tone print fabrics, cut:


• three strips, 3½in x width of
  fabric. Cross cut them to yield
  32 squares, 3½in of each fabric
  (Border 1)
  From the mid blue print fabric, cut:


• seven strips, 1½in x width of fabric
  (Border 3)
  From the blue on white print
  fabric, cut:


• seven strips, 5½in x width of fabric
  (Border 4)

Small flower blocks

1

Trace four A petals, four B leaves

and one C flower centre from the

Pattern Sheet onto the paper side of

the fusible web, leaving at least ½in

between them. Cut the shapes out in

groups.

2

Fuse the four A petals to the

wrong side of the light blue

tone-on-tone print fabric and the

four B leaves and the C flower centre

to the wrong side of one of the dark

blue print fabrics. Cut the shapes out

accurately on the traced lines.

3

Fold a 6½in square of a cream

print fabric in half horizontally

and vertically and finger press light

creases. Unfold. Then fold the fabric in

half on each diagonal and finger press

light creases. Unfold.

4

Peel the backing paper off the

four A petals. Position them on

the cream square, centred over the

diagonal creases with their outer tips

2⅝in from the centre of the square, as

shown in Diagram 1.

5

Peel the backing paper off the

four B leaves. Centre them on the

horizontal and vertical creases with

their outer tips 2⅝in from the centre

of the square. Peel the backing paper

off the C flower centre and position it

Diagram 1

2 ⅝in

(^2) ⅝
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