Today’s Quilter – September 2019

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PROJECTl roosting birds

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Tomakethetrunk/leafunits

repeatsteps9-12with 5 in

greensquares,andtwo(2)3in

backgroundsquaresandtwo(2)3in

trunksquaresoneach.Makefour

(4)setsoffou r(4),si x teen(16)i n

total(Fig 2 ).Note: you will only use

thirteen(13).

Fig 1D

Makingthetrunks

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Tomakethebaseofthe

trunk,marka diagonalline

onthebackofa 2intrunksquare

(showninblue)andpin,rightsides

together,tooneendofa 2inx 8in

backgroundpiece(Fig 3 ). Stitch

ontheline,flip‘open’andpress

trimmingaway the back pieces to a

in seam.

15

Repeatstep14, reversing the

placement.

Fig 2

16

Jointhetwo(2)unitsyou’ve

justmadetoeachsideofa

4 inx 8intrunkpiece,pressing

towardsthetrunk(Fig 4 ). Make

eight (8).

Piecingthe outer

branches

17

Jointhree(3)leaf(Flying

Geese)unitstogether,pressing

theseamopen,thenjoina 2in

backgroundsquaretooneend,

pressing towards the square(Fig 5 ).

18

Repeatstep17,butthistime

jointhe 2 insquareto the

opposite end of the piece.

19

Jointhetwo(2)rowstogether,

asshownandpresstheseams

inonedirection,thenjoina 4in

backgroundsquareat each end(Fig

6 ). Make seven (7).

20

Repeatstep19,thistime

reversingtheplacement(Fig

7 ). Make eight (8).

Fig 3

Fig 4

Fig 5

Fig 6

Fig 7

Making the bird on the

ground

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Ta ket hefol low i n g c ut out

pieces:

QOne(1) 4 insquareofprintA.

QOne(1) 1 inx 4in,one(1) 2 in

squareand one (1) 1in square

printB.

QOne(1) 1 inbeaksquare.

QOne(1) 4 insquare,one(1) 2 in

squareandone(1) 1 in x 4in

background piece.

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Tomakethebeakandhead,

snowballoneendofa 1inx

4 inbackgroundpiecewitha 1in

beakpiece,takingcarewiththe

placement, as shown in(Fig8A).

23

Jointhe 1 inx 4in

printB piecetothebeak

unit,pressingasdirected,then

snowballthelowerendwitha 2in

background square(Fig8B).

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Tomakethewing,snowball

onecornerofthe 4 inprintA

squarewiththe 1 inprintB square,

thensnowballanadjacentcorner

with the 2in print B square(Fig 9 ).

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Jointhebeak/headunittothe

wingunit,pressingtowards

thewing,thensnowballthetopof

thewingwiththe 4 inbackground

square to create the tail(Fig 10 ).