Love Patchwork & Quilting - UK (2020-03)

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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QTwolimelargeleaves.

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MAKINGTHETULIPCUSHION

4

Folda cushionfrontpiecein half

verticallyandthenhorizontallyand

fingerpresstofinditscentrepoint.

Arrangethetulipcentre,positioningthe

bottomapproxin downfromthecentre.

Positionthestemin 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.