Today’s Quilter – September 2019

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PROJECTl roosting birds

MakingTreeA

39

Tocreatethecentrebranches,

firstmaketwo(2)HSTswith

2 in trunk and background squares.

40

Layoutten(10)flyinggeese

leafunits,two(2)mirrored

trunk/leafunits,two(2) 2 in

backgroundsquaresandtheHSTs

madeinstep39,asshown.Jointhe

units together in four rows(Fig 18 ).

41

Assemblethetreebyjoining

thecentrebranchestoa trunk

unit and then joining a pair of outer

branchunitstoeachside,pressing

seamsinonedirection(Fig 19 ).

Make two (2) Tree As.

MakingTreeB

42

Createthecentrebranches,as

describedinsteps39-40,then

jointhetrunkandthe right-hand

outer branches.

43

Maketheleft-handbranches

asdescribedinsteps17-18.

Jointhetwo(2)rowsandthenjoina

4 insquaretothetopandthenthe

4 inx 18in background piece to

the side.

44

Joina 2inx 4in

backgroundpiecetothebird

ontheground– madeinsteps21-25

• andthenjointhebirdtothebottom
  ofthebranchesbeforejoining to the
  rest of the tree(Fig 20 ).

MakingTreeC

45

Layoutone(1)nestingbox

anditstwo(2)HSTs,eight

(8)leafunits,a trunk/leafunitand

two(2) 2 inbackgroundsquares.

Jointheunitstogether in three

sections(Fig 21 ).

46

Jointhethree(3)sections

together,pressingseamsin

onedirectionandthenassemblethe

tree as described in step 41(Fig 22 ).

MakingTreeD

47

Firstmaketwo(2)HSTswith

2 in trunk and background

squares.

48

Layouta perchedbirdand

itsfour(4)HSTs,five(5)

leafunits,two(2)mirroredtrunk/

leafunits,two(2) 2 inbackground

squaresandtheHSTsmadeinstep

47,asshown.Joinunits together in

three (3) sections.

49

Jointhethree(3)sections

together,pressingseamsin

onedirectionandthenassemble the

tree as described in step 41.

50

Repeatsteps47-49, reversing

the placement.

Fig 16 Fig 17

Fig 18

Fig 19

Fig 20

Fig 21

TREE A - Make 2 TREE B - Make 1

Fig 22 TREE C - Make 1

Fig 23

Make 2 Make 1