This quilt is a slow stitching, hand appliqué project made from reproduction fabrics, a collection of different hues of a variety of colours — blues, purples, greens, browns, caramels and reds. There are two background colours and the darker border and the binding ground the finished quilt. Linda has used a fairly new product — water-soluble appliqué paper — to prepare her appliqué shapes. Visit her website for a detailed tutorial on how to use it.
Finished size: 148cm (58½in) square
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Materials
• 1.3m (1½yd) solid light tan fabric (centre background)
• 1.1m (1¼yd) beige tone-on-tone print fabric (Border 2 background)
• 80cm (⅞yd) solid dark brown fabric (Border 1 and binding)
• Assorted fabric scraps to total about 2m (2¼yd)
• 70cm (¾yd) cream tone-on-tone print fabric (petals)
• 3.4m (3⅞yd) backing fabric
• Batting at least 165cm (66in) square
• 1.2m (1⅜yd) lightweight fusible interfacing
• Semi-water-soluble fusible appliqué paper
• Glue pen
• Appliqué glue
• Fine thread in a neutral colour and hand appliqué needle
• Fine fabric-marking pen and pencil
• Cardstock
• Template plastic and fine permanent-marking pen
• Teflon appliqué mat or baking paper
• Spray starch
• Rotary cutter, ruler and cutting mat
• Sewing machine with ¼in foot
• General sewing supplies
Preparation and cutting
1 Trace all the shapes for this project except the 9½in circle from the Pattern Sheet onto template plastic using a fine permanent-marking pen. Label them and cut them out on the traced lines. The wedge shape includes a ¼in seam allowance. The appliqué templates do not include a seam allowance.
2 Trace around all four circle templates on cardstock and cut them out.
From the solid light tan fabric, cut:
• three strips, 12½in x width of fabric. Cross cut them to yield nine squares, 12½in (background of centre blocks)
• one strip, 10in x width of fabric. Cross cut it to yield four squares, 10in (Border
