Finished quilt size: 65" x 74½"
PROJECT LEVEL OF DIFFICULTY
ADVANCED
MATERIAL REQUIREMENTS
□ 4 ¼ yards light tan tone on tone for background
□ ⅓ yard each of four small blue prints for flowers (one light blue with brown, two medium blues, and one dark blue)
□ ¼ yard medium blue tone on tone for door and bird bodies
□ ⅙ yard dark blue solid for bird wings
□ ⅓ yard medium brown print for potting shed
□ ⅛ yard cream solid for windows
□ 4" x 8" light tan tone on tone for sign
□ ¼ yard dark brown tone on tone for potting shed and pots
□ ⅛ yard medium brown tone on tone for pots
□ ⅓ yard each of 3 brown with blue prints for potting shed, pots, and leaves
□ ⅝ yard sepia tone on tone for stems and leaves
□ Fat eighth each of three golds with small print for sun and bird beaks (one light, one medium, one dark)
□ ⅝ yard brown print for binding
□ 4 yards fabric of choice for backing
□ Threads to match appliqué
□ Brown and blue perle cotton for words and pot
□ Freezer paper
□ Sulky Tear-Easy interfacing
□ Foundation paper for paper piecing
□ Cardstock paper
□ Add-a-Quarter ruler
APPLIQUÉ PREPARATION AND CUTTING INSTRUCTIONS
See Page 95 for general appliqué preparation instructions. Since there are so many pieces to cut, it is highly recommended you organize them into groups. For example: paper-pieced large and stacked pots, pieced flowers and leaves, Star Block sun, potting shed, appliqué flowers and birds, and border flower and leaves. Cutting from the background print is listed to get the best use from each strip. Because of this, not all units for a section are cut within the same strip.
From light tan tone on tone, cut:
• 1 – 21 ½" x WOF strip, then sub-cut into:
1 – 21 ½" square for background below sun block
1 – 9 ½" x 12 ½" rectangle for background at right of sun block
1 – 6 ½" x 8 ½" rectangle for below stacked pots
1 – 5 ¼" square for sun block QST units
• 1 – 15 ½" x WOF strip, then sub-cut into:
1 – 15 ½" square for flower background above potting shed
2 – 5" x 15 ½" strips for each side of square above potting shed
1 – 10" x 15 ½" rectangle for background at right of third large pot
• 1 – 8 ½" x 30 ½" rectangle for top of right quilt section
• 1 – 7 ½" x WOF strip, then sub-cut into:
1 – 7 ½" x 12 ½" rectangle for left of bottom large flower
1 – 2 ½" x 7 ½" strip for right of bottom large flower
1 – 2 ½" x 6 ½" strip for right of bottom small flower
1 – 5 ½" square for below far right leaf
1 – 4 ½" x 5 ½" rectangle for below middle leaf
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