A Letter to My Daughter PART 6 A Leap of Faith and Pick Fresh Flowers
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 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 11: A LEAP OF FAITH
APPLIQUÉ BLOCK
1 From the cream spot print fabric, cut:
• One rectangle, 9in wide x 8in high. This fabric has been cut oversized and will be trimmed back once the appliqué
