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Goldenrod Fairy Quilt with Machine Embroidery
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| In this small quilt we used the designs of the Little
Blue
Fairy, Goldenrod
I and Goldenrod
II. The finished size of the quilt is about 23 1/2" x 25". |
You will need: a fat quarter of sky blue patterned fabric (we used
fabric with a small butterfly pattern), scraps of green and blue fabrics,
fusible 2" grid, batting, fabric for backing and binding, and blue and
green cotton threads for sewing and quilting. For the embroidery you will
need embroidery threads and your favorite tear-away stabilizer.
Note: You can buy fusible grid in any quilt store or at www.junetailor.com. |
Step One: Assemble the quilt top first.
For the central part cut a piece 15 1/2" wide and 16 1/2" long.
To make the pieced borders, you will need to cut four pieces of the
2" x 2" fusible grid: two pieces measuring 3 x 10 grid squares for the
upper and lower borders, and two pieces measuring 3 x 16 grid squares for
the left and right borders.
Out of scraps of blue and green fabrics, you need to cut 2" x 2" squares.
You will need a total of 156 squares. About 90 of them should be blue and
the rest green. |
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Step Two: Place the four pieces of fusible grid on a flat surface
and lay your 2 " x 2" squares over them to form sky and greenery.
When you are satisfied with your layout, follow the manufacturer's instructions
to fuse the squares to the grid and stitch along the grid lines. Iron the
finished pieces.
Attach the upper and bottom borders to the central piece first, then
attach the left and right borders. Press. |
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Step Three: Now the top is ready for the embroidery. Out of
your embroidery software, print the snapshots of the designs and
with their help decide on where exactly you want to make the embroidery.
Cut out a piece of stabilizer -- it should extend 4"- 5" beyond the area
which you will be embroidering.
First do the digitized embroidery.
Then, either manually or using your regular sewing machine, embroider
stems and leaves for the goldenrods to make them longer. Use free motion
mode. |
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Step Four: When you're finished with embroidery, make a sandwich
out of the backing, batting and top, and machine quilt the work.
Note: though the fusible grid is very soft, it's very difficult to
hand-quilt works that use it, so it's better use your machine. |
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| Step Five: After quilting, press the work with heavy steam,
square it and finish the raw edges with binding. Our binding is two-colored,
we pieced it of blue and green strips, then attached it so
that the green part is along the bottom of the quilt and the blue part
is along the sides and top. |
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| We hope that you like our idea and will come up with many of your own. |
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