Love Patchwork & Quilting - UK (2019-12)

BIRD SONG

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Pinandappliquétheheadin placeby

handormachine.Carefullytrimaway

excessbackgroundfabricfromunderthe

head,makingsuretoonly cut the

backgroundfabric.

PIECETHEHSTUNITS

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Placea FabricA andFabricF 3insquare

RST.Drawa diagonallineonthewrong

sideof onesquare.Sewin fromeitherside

of thedrawnlineandcutalongtheline.

PresstheHSTunitsopenandtrimto 2 in

square.Repeattomakea totalof six HSTs.

PIECINGTHEDRUNKARD’S

PATHUNITS

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TakeoneFabricC SmallDPCurveand

onebackgroundfabricSmallDPArc

piece.Foldin halfandfinger press to mark

thecentre of both arc.

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PlacethecurveunitRSuponyour

worksurface.Placethearcpieceon

topRSdown,matchingthecentrepoints

andendsandpin.Easealongthecurves

andpin.Sewtogether,pivotingwiththe

needledownasyougo.Presstheseamto

onesideandtrimto 3 in square to

complete on small DP unit.

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Repeatsteps21– 22 tomake:

QFourFabricC SmallDPunits.

QThreeFabricB SmallDPunits.

QTwoFabr icE SmallDPunit s.

QOneFabricD SmallDPunit.

QTwoFabricA LargeDP units, trimming

to 12 in square.

Note:youwillhaveoneLargeDP Arc

background unit remaining.

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Repeatsteps11–13toprepare the

followingappliquépieces:

QOneFabricC 2in squareEye.

QFourFabricC 2in squareNeckcircles.

QFourFabricC 2insquareNYBcircles.

QFourFabricD 2in squareNeckcircles.

QTwoFabr icF 3inx 9inSideHeadFeat her s.

QFourFabricF 3inx 5inTailFeathers.

PREPARINGTHEHEAD

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Followstep9–10topreparea template

forthehead,tracingonlythesolidlines.

Cutalongthelines,includingtheinnereye

feathershape.Note,theeyecircleis only

shownforreferencelater.Cutnotches

around the inner curve (Fig B).

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Followsteps11–13usingtheFabricA

14 in x 9in piecetostarchthefabric

aroundtheouteredge,leavingthebottom

straightedgeunturned,thenrepeatalong

theinneredgeof thefeathershape(FigC).Trim

thebottom flat edge to a in seam allowance.

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PlacetheFabricF 4in x 9inpiecebehind

thefeathercutout.Pinandthenglue

bastein place.Appliquéthepiecein place

aroundtheedgeofthecutoutbymachine

orhand.Addthepreparedeyepieceon

top,referringtothetemplateforplacement.

Basteand then stitch the piece in place.

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Placethe 20 in x 24in background

piecesothelongedgesareat thetop

andbottom.Markain seamallowanceon

theleftedge.Placetheheadin thebottom

leftcorner,aligningtheleftedgewiththe

seamallowancemarkandthebottomraw

edge with the background bottom edge.

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Repeatsteps21–22withtheFabricB

TallDPCurvesandFabricC TallDP

Arcstomakefourtall DP units, trimming

to 3 in x 5in.

FPPTHENECKDIAMONDS

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Placea FabricD 3in x 5in pieceon

theunprintedsideof oneNeck

Diamondtemplate,makingsureit coversall

of Section1, plus at least in extra all the

wayaround.

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Placea FabricE 4intriangleRSTand

pinalongthelinebetweenSections 1

and2. Foldopenthefabricandcheckthatit

willcoverallof Section2, plusat leastin all

thewayaroundandadjustasnecessary.

PlaceRSTagainandpinin place.Sewalong

thelinebetween Sections 1 and 2.

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Foldthepaperalongthesewnlineand

trimtheseamallowanceto in. Unfold

thepaper and press open.

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Repeatsteps26–27topieceSection

3 usingFabricE andSections4 and 5

usingFabricA.Trimalongtheouter

dashedlineandremovethepaper.Repeat

steps25–28topiecethe remaining Neck

Diamondtemplates

PIECINGTHENEWYORKBEAUTY

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FPPsectionsC andE of theNYB

templatesusing the process outlined

in steps25–28.

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SewNYBSectionsA andB following

theprocessin steps21–22.Thenadd

SectionsC,D andE. Sewtheremaining

backgroundfabricLargeDPArctothe

piecedNYBCurve.Trimto 12 in square.

ASSEMBLINGTHEQUILTTOP

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Arrangethesewnunitsandremaining

backgroundpieces as shown in the

LayoutDiagram.

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SewtheSmallDPunits, 3 in

backgroundsquare, 3 in x 6in

backgroundpieceand 3 in x 9in

backgroundpiecein rows.Sewthe rows

together to make a square.

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SewtheHSTs,TallDPunitsand

diamondunitsin rows.Sewtherows

togethertomakea square.Sewthis

togetherin a rowwiththeSmallDPsquare

from the last step and the NYB block.