Australian Homespun - February 2016_

Preparation and cutting

1

From the spot print fabric, cut:

• One square, 34^11 ⁄ 2 in (roof).

2

From the aqua pinstripe fabric, cut:

• Four strips, 28^1 ⁄ 2 in across the width
  of the fabric. Trim three of them to
  35x28^1 ⁄ 2 in (exterior walls). Crosscut
  the fourth strip to yield two rectangles,
  281 ⁄ 2 x 19in (front door panels).

3

Repeat Step 2 with the red floral

print fabric (interior of wall and

door panels).

4

From large scraps of print fabrics, cut:

• Two pairs of rectangles, 5 x 13in
  (windowpanes)


• Two strips, 2^1 ⁄ 2 x 15in from different
  fabrics (door ties).

5

Refer to Rachel and Sarah’s Fusible

Web Economy Tip first to determine

whether to cut the centre out of the

fusible-web shapes. Trace the appliqué

shapes from both sides of the Pattern

Sheet onto the paper side of the fusible

web, leaving about^1 ⁄ 2 in between them.

6

Use the compass to draw circles

on the fusible web with:

• a radius of 1^1 ⁄ 8 in (diameter of 2^1 ⁄ 2 in)
  for the centres of the large daisies on
  the Door and Bird panels (draw 2)


• a radius of 1^3 ⁄ 8 in (diameter of 2^3 ⁄ 4 in)
  for the centre of the red flower on the
  Cat panel


• a radius of 1^1 ⁄ 2 in (diameter of 3in)
  for the centres of the circle flowers
  on the Door and Bird panels (draw 2)


• a radius of 3in (diameter of 6in) for
  the middle petals of the circle flowers
  on the Door and Bird panels (draw 2)


• a radius of 3^3 ⁄ 4 in (diameter of 7^1 ⁄ 2 in)
  for the outer petals of the circle flowers
  on the Door and Bird panels (draw 2).
  You also need to draw a circle with a
  radius of 6^3 ⁄ 4 in (diameter of 13^1 ⁄ 2 in) for
  the tree foliage on the dog panel. As
  this is too large for most compasses,
  improvise as follows: cut a long strip
  of cardboard about 1in wide. Pierce
  a small hole^1 ⁄ 2 in from one end and

another, slightly larger, hole 6^3 ⁄ 4 in away

from it. Working on a cutting mat or

surface that you can pierce, put a pin

through the small hole in the end of the

cardboard and then through the fusible

web. Insert the point of a pencil in the

other hole and hold the pin while you

move the cardboard around with the

pencil to draw the circle on the fusible

web. See Diagram 1.

Dog panel

Diagram1

63 ⁄ 4 in

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