BIRD SONG
19
Pinandappliquétheheadin placeby
handormachine.Carefullytrimaway
excessbackgroundfabricfromunderthe
head,makingsuretoonly cut the
backgroundfabric.
PIECETHEHSTUNITS
20
Placea FabricA andFabricF 3insquare
RST.Drawa diagonallineonthewrong
sideof onesquare.Sew in fromeitherside
of thedrawnlineandcutalongtheline.
PresstheHSTunitsopenandtrimto 2 in
square.Repeattomakea totalof six HSTs.
PIECINGTHEDRUNKARD’S
PATHUNITS
21
TakeoneFabricC SmallDPCurveand
onebackgroundfabricSmallDPArc
piece.Foldin halfandfinger press to mark
thecentre of both arc.
22
PlacethecurveunitRSuponyour
worksurface.Placethearcpieceon
topRSdown,matchingthecentrepoints
andendsandpin.Easealongthecurves
andpin.Sewtogether,pivotingwiththe
needledownasyougo.Presstheseamto
onesideandtrimto 3 in square to
complete on small DP unit.
23
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.
14
Repeatsteps11–13toprepare the
followingappliquépieces:
QOneFabricC 2 in squareEye.
QFourFabricC 2 in squareNeckcircles.
QFourFabricC 2insquareNYBcircles.
QFourFabricD 2 in squareNeckcircles.
QTwoFabr icF 3inx 9inSideHeadFeat her s.
QFourFabricF 3inx 5inTailFeathers.
PREPARINGTHEHEAD
15
Followstep9–10topreparea template
forthehead,tracingonlythesolidlines.
Cutalongthelines,includingtheinnereye
feathershape.Note,theeyecircleis only
shownforreferencelater.Cutnotches
around the inner curve (Fig B).
16
Followsteps11–13usingtheFabricA
14 in x 9 in piecetostarchthefabric
aroundtheouteredge,leavingthebottom
straightedgeunturned,thenrepeatalong
theinneredgeof thefeathershape(FigC).Trim
thebottom flat edge to a in seam allowance.
17
PlacetheFabricF 4 in x 9inpiecebehind
thefeathercutout.Pinandthenglue
bastein place.Appliquéthepiecein place
aroundtheedgeofthecutoutbymachine
orhand.Addthepreparedeyepieceon
top,referringtothetemplateforplacement.
Basteand then stitch the piece in place.
18
Placethe 20 in x 24 in background
piecesothelongedgesareat thetop
andbottom.Marka in seamallowanceon
theleftedge.Placetheheadin thebottom
leftcorner,aligningtheleftedgewiththe
seamallowancemarkandthebottomraw
edge with the background bottom edge.
24
Repeatsteps21–22withtheFabricB
TallDPCurvesandFabricC TallDP
Arcstomakefourtall DP units, trimming
to 3 in x 5 in.
FPPTHENECKDIAMONDS
25
Placea FabricD 3 in x 5 in pieceon
theunprintedsideof oneNeck
Diamondtemplate,makingsureit coversall
of Section1, plus at least in extra all the
wayaround.
26
Placea FabricE 4intriangleRSTand
pinalongthelinebetweenSections 1
and2. Foldopenthefabricandcheckthatit
willcoverallof Section2, plusat least in all
thewayaroundandadjustasnecessary.
PlaceRSTagainandpinin place.Sewalong
thelinebetween Sections 1 and 2.
27
Foldthepaperalongthesewnlineand
trimtheseamallowanceto in. Unfold
thepaper and press open.
28
Repeatsteps26–27topieceSection
3 usingFabricE andSections4 and 5
usingFabricA.Trimalongtheouter
dashedlineandremovethepaper.Repeat
steps25–28topiecethe remaining Neck
Diamondtemplates
PIECINGTHENEWYORKBEAUTY
29
FPPsectionsC andE of theNYB
templatesusing the process outlined
in steps25–28.
30
SewNYBSectionsA andB following
theprocessin steps21–22.Thenadd
SectionsC,D andE. Sewtheremaining
backgroundfabricLargeDPArctothe
piecedNYBCurve.Trimto 12 in square.
ASSEMBLINGTHEQUILTTOP
31
Arrangethesewnunitsandremaining
backgroundpieces as shown in the
LayoutDiagram.
32
SewtheSmallDPunits, 3 in
backgroundsquare, 3 in x 6 in
backgroundpieceand 3 in x 9 in
backgroundpiecein rows.Sewthe rows
together to make a square.
33
SewtheHSTs,TallDPunitsand
diamondunitsin rows.Sewtherows
togethertomakea square.Sewthis
togetherin a rowwiththeSmallDPsquare
from the last step and the NYB block.