A Letter to My Daughter PART 5
It’s time to enjoy your garden! Sow seeds and stitch flowers in this issue. You will also stitch a sweet memento to how important our friends are. There is a lot of sewing in this part, from appliqué and stitcheries to Shoo Fly blocks and Cross blocks to sweet rosettes, so let’s get started!
Designed and stitched by Natalie Bird, The Birdhouse Patchwork — Email: thebirdhouse@bigpond.com; Website: www.thebirdhouse.com.au
Machine quilted by Fiona Bell, Quilting Fairy — Phone: 0419 713 644, Instagram: fbell1_quiltingfairy
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Homespun 2021 Block of the Month: A Letter to My Daughter
Finished size: 188 x 162.5cm (74 x 64in)
Stitches used: Backstitch, chain stitch, cross stitch, detached chain (lazy daisy) stitch, French knot, running stitch, satin stitch, straight 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
