FLOWER POWER
CUTTINGOUT
1
Fromthewhitefabricusethecircle
templatetocutthefollowingpieces.
Cutthreewholecircles.Trimyourtemplate
alongthegreenline,andusethelarger
sectiontosubcutoneof yourcircles.Trim
yourtemplatealongtheredline,anduse
thelargersectiontosubcutanotheroneof
yourcircles.Thesetwopartialcircleswill
formtheenvelopebackof yourcushionand
thewholecirclewillbethecushionfront.
PREPARINGTHEAPPLIQUÉPIECES
2
Traceonetulipcentre,twosmallpetals,
twolargepetals,onestem,twolarge
leaves,twosmallleavesandthreesmall
dotsontothepapersideofthefusible
webbing,leavingspacebetween each
one. Cut out roughly.
3
Fusetothewrongsideofyourfabrics,
followingthemanufacturer’s
instructions.Letcool,thencutoutthe
piecesalongyourdrawnlines,andpeel
awaythepaper.You should have the
followingpieces:
QOnepurpletulipcentre.
QTwo pink s mall p et als.
YOUWILLNEED
Tulipcushion:
QLimefabric:5insquare
QYellowfabric: 1 in x 5in
QGreenfabric:4inx 5in
QPinkfabric:6inx 7in
QPurplefabric: 3 in x 4in
QLightpurplefabric:6inx 7in
QFusibleWeb:8inx 20in
QWhitecottoncanvasfabric: yd
QOne(1)copyeachof theTulip
Centre,SmallPetal,LargePetal,
Stem,LargeLeaf,SmallLeafand
Small Dot appliqué templates
FINISHEDSIZE
Q 14in diameter
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QTwolightpur plelarge p et als.
QOnegreenstem.
QTwolimelargeleaves.
QTwogreens mallleaves.
QThreeyellowsmalldots.
MAKINGTHETULIPCUSHION
4
Folda cushionfrontpiecein half
verticallyandthenhorizontallyand
fingerpresstofinditscentrepoint.
Arrangethetulipcentre,positioningthe
bottomapprox in downfromthecentre.
Positionthestem in belowthe tulip
centre. Fuse in place (Fig E).
5
Appliquéin place,leavingtheareas
whichwillbeoverlappedunstitched,
andfinishingthreadstotheback,as
described in step 5 of the daisy cushion.
6
Repeatthelaststep,positioningand
sewingthelargepetalsandlargeleaves
(FigsF–G).Thenaddthepinkpetalsand
smallgreenleaves.Finishbypositioningthe
threeyellowdotsabovetheflower.Usea
tapemeasuretochecktheyareevenly
spaced (Fig H). Appliqué in place.
7
Finishthetulipcushionfollowingthe
processin steps10–12 of the daisy
cushion instructions.
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TOP TIP
Thebackgroundfabricshouldbe
thesameweight,or heavier,thanthe
appliqué fabrics to avoid puckering.