Australian Homespun – August 2019

PREPARATIONANDCUTTING

1

TracetemplatesA–Gfromthe

PatternSheetontothedullsideof

thefreezerpaperwitha pencil.Cut

themoutneatlyonthetracedlines.To

usethesetemplates,lightlyfusetheir

shinysidetotherightsideofthefeltor

fabricyouwillbeusingfortheshape

andcutthefelt/fabricoutimmediately

adjacenttothetemplate.Gentlypull

thetemplateoff– youcanusethem

morethanonce,whennecessary.

2

Fromthelightbluetone-on-tone

printfabric,cut:

• Onerectangle, 91 ⁄ 2 x 10^1 ⁄ 2 in(folder
  backcover)


• Fourstrips, 11 ⁄ 2 x 8^1 ⁄ 2 in (folder
  front cover)


• One Template C (pincushion front)


• Two Template D (pincushion back).

3

From the light blue stripeprint

fabric,cut:

• Onerectangle, 101 ⁄ 2 x 17^1 ⁄ 2 in
  (innerfolder)


• Onerectangle, 31 ⁄ 2 x 8in (pocketlining).

4

From the off-white handkerchief

linen,cut:

• Onerectangle, 61 ⁄ 2 x 8^1 ⁄ 2 in(folderfront)


• Onerectangle, 31 ⁄ 2 x 8in (folderpocket)


• One Template B (pincushion).

5

From the pale pink tone-on-tone

printfabric,cut:

• Onerectangle, 21 ⁄ 2 x 5in (tape-
  measure strap)


• Two Template F (heart pocket)


• Two Template G (scissor holder).

6

From the white felt, cut:

• One Template A (needleholder).

7

From the thin fusiblebatting,cut:

• Two rectangles, 101 ⁄ 2 x 171 ⁄ 2 in.

8

Fromthelightinterfacing,cut:

• Onerectangle, 61 ⁄ 2 x 8^1 ⁄ 2 in
  (folderfront)


• Onerectangle, 31 ⁄ 2 x 8in (folder pocket)


• One Template B (pincushion).

EMBROIDERY AND APPLIQUÉ

9

Centre each of the rectangles of

handkerchief linen and the B

hexagon shape over the appropriate

stitchery design on the Pattern Sheet

and trace the embroidery lines onto

the fabric using a fabric-marking pen.

10

Fuse the shapes cut from the

light interfacing to the wrong

side of the handkerchief linen shapes.

11

Trace all the appliqué shapes

fromthePatternSheetonto

fusibleweb,leaving^1 ⁄ 2 in between the

shapes. (They have been printed in

QMaskingtape(optional)

QFreezerpaper

QFusibleweb

QFibrefill

QPressingsheet

QLightbox(optional)

QRotarycutter,rulerandmat

QSewingmachinewith^1 ⁄ 4 in

and zipper feet

Q General sewing supplies

Stitches used:

Backstitch, blanket stitch,

bullion stitch, chain stitch,

detached chain (lazy daisy)

stitch, fly stitch, French knot,

running stitch, satin stitch,

stem stitch, straight stitch

Finished size:

folder – 25.5 x 21cm (10 x

81 ⁄ 4 in)(closed);pincushion–

14 x 16cm(5^1 ⁄ 2 x 6^1 ⁄ 4 in)

Note:Readalltheinstructions

beforestartingtheproject.

Requirementsarebasedon

fabric,battingandinterfacing

107cm(42in)wide.A^1 ⁄ 4 in seam

allowance is used throughout.

Use two strands of stranded

cotton unless stated otherwise.

There are photo tutorials of

all the embroidery stitches on

our website. Instructions are

provided for using the printed

Pattern Sheet in the magazine,

but you can also download

the digital patterns from http://www.

homespun.net.au and print

them out.

Inner folder

Homespun 41