Australian Homespun – August 2019

STITCHERY GUIDE

Design area Embroidery CottonAnchor Stranded Stitch Derwent Water Colour Pencil

Bud #11 petals Turquoise (168) Backstitch Kingfi sher Blue (38)

Bud calyx Light-Medium

Yellow Green (261)

Three detached chain

(lazy daisy) stitches

with a three-wrap French

knot in the centre

Flower #12 Light Turquoise (167) (lazy daisy) stitchesDetached chain

Flower #13 Light Shell Pink (894) (lazy daisy) stitchesDetached chain

Leaves Yellow Green (261)Light-Medium Fly stitch, with stem stitch stems

Bud #14 petals Shell Pink (895) Backstitch Crimson Lake (20)

Calyces on

both buds

Light-Medium

Yellow Green (261)

Three detached

chain (lazy daisy) stitches

with a three-wrap French

knot in the centre

Flower #15 Turquoise (168) lazy daisy) stitchesDetached chain

Flower #16 Shell Pink (895) (lazy daisy) stitchesDetached chain

Bud #17 petals Turquoise (168) Backstitch Kingfi sher Blue (38)

Leaves

Light-Medium

Yellow Green (261)

Fly stitch, with stem

stitch stems

Left fl owers

Right fl owers

referring to Step 17 and the Stitchery

Guide on page 42.

17

To embroider the appliquéd

fl owers on the front cover, the

heart pocket on the inner folder and

the pincushion, work two detached

chain (lazy daisy) stitches in each

petal in the thread indicated in the

Guide (or to suit the appliqué fabrics

you have chosen). Then add a cluster

of three-wrap French knots worked

in Medium Yellow (302) for the

fl ower centre.

18

When you’ve completed the

embroidery, remove the erasable

pen marks. Place the embroidery face

downona towelandlaya pressing

sheetora thinpieceoffabricontop

ofit.Presswitha hotiron.

INNERFOLDERASSEMBLY

19

Fusea 10^1 ⁄ 2 x 17^1 ⁄ 2 inrectangle

ofthinfusiblebattingtothe

wrongsideofthebluestripeprint

fabricrectanglecutthesamesize.

20

Measure 21 ⁄ 4 in, 41 ⁄ 4 in, 61 ⁄ 4 in,

111 ⁄ 4 in, 131 ⁄ 4 inand 151 ⁄ 4 in from the

left edge of the fabric and make marks

in theseamallowancealongthetop

andbottomedgesof thefabric.Use

lengthsof maskingtapebetweeneach

pairof marksasa guidetoquiltvertical

lines down the panel at these marks,

as shown in Diagram 1.

21

Oncethequiltingis complete,

measure 81 ⁄ 4 inand 91 ⁄ 4 in from the

leftedgeof thefabricandmakemarks

about^3 ⁄ 8 in long on the top and bottom

edges of the fabric at these points

using an erasable fabric-marking pen.

The space between these marks will

be the spine of the folder.

POCKET

22

Matchtheembroideredpocket

panelwiththe 31 ⁄ 2 x 8in blue

stripe print rectangle, right sides

together. Stitch around three edges,

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