A Letter to My Daughter PART 2 Just Be Yourself and Bee Humble, Bee Kind

Finished size:

188 x 162.5cm (74 x 64in)

Stitches used:

Backstitch, cross stitch, detached chain (lazy daisy) stitch, French knot, running stitch, satin stitch

Note: Materials required for the entire project were listed in  Part 1, published in Homespun #200, Vol 22 No 1. They are from the Heartstrings and Birdhouse Basics fabric ranges designed by Natalie herself. Requirements are based on fabric 107cm (42in) wide. To make your quilt unique and to achieve a scrappy look, select fabrics from your set of fat quarters at random to sew the patchwork units in each block. Use the photos of Natalie’s quilt as a guide or just pick and choose as you like. The appliqué method used is needleturn, but you can adapt the instructions to your preferred method. Seam allowances of 1/4in are used throughout for the piecing. Two strands of embroidery thread are used throughout, unless otherwise stated. Instructions are given for working from the printed Pattern Sheet in the magazines, but you can download the digital patterns from www.homespun.net.auand print them out instead.

BLOCK 3: JUST BE YOURSELF

APPLIQUÉ BLOCK

1 From the cream spot print fabric, cut:

• One rectangle, 6 x 12 1/2in. This fabric has been cut oversized and will be trimmed back once the appliqué has been completed.

2 From a coordinating print fabric, cut:

• Two rectangles, 1 1/4 x 12in

• Two rectangles, 1 1/4 x 7in (appliqué block frame).

3 Decide what fabrics you’re going to use for each appliqué shape. Lay the Pattern Sheet with the ‘Just/2in between them. Cut the shapes out by eye a scant 1/4in outside the traced lines.