| This quilt is pretty simple and easy to make, but it looks great. It's
perfect to use as a summer wallhanging to decorate your room or give away
as a gift. |
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| The finished size is about 19 1/2" x 24 1/2". The embroidery designs
used are from the Autumn
Leaves Set. |
| We used a fat quarter of blue batik for the central part, a fat quarter
of light brown batik for the tree trunks, green fabrics for the borders
and binding. We used different pieces of different green fabrics from the
stash.
You will also need a piece of batting and fabric for backing.
For embroidery, we used embroidery polyester threads. For appliqued
tree trunks we used Steam-a-Seam adhesive film.
For coloring, we used water-resistant wax pastels. Fabric markers will
also work well. |
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Cutting:
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| For the cental part, out of light blue batik, cut a piece of about
16" x 18". |
| Out of paper, cut out templates of the tree trunks and arrange them
on the blue piece. Play around with them until you are satisfied.
When you have worked out how to arrange the "trees", place the brown
fabric over a sheet of Steam-a-Seam and cut the tree trunks out according
to your templates.
Do not cut the green fabrics yet. |
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Assembly:
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| Position the tree trunks on the blue piece. With a hot iron, attach
the the trunks to the background. |
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| Now attach the left and right borders. You can make them regular -
cut out strips measuring 18" by 3-4". We made the borders slightly irregular,
by trimming the central piece at a slant. |
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| Attach a green strip to the right edge. |
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| Attach another green strip to the left edge. The strip should be 18"
long, the width not less than 3". Press the seam. |
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| Trim the lower edge of the working piece and attach the lower border,
make it of a darker green fabric, approximately 5" wide. |
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| Trim the upper edge of the working piece. Attach a lighter green strip
on top. make the upper strip about 5" wide. You'll trim the quilt after
quilting. |
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Embroidery
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| Mark the position of each leaf on the top. You can use embroidery print-outs.
Stabilize with polyester craft felt instead of stabilizer and embroider
the leaves.
After the embroidery is finished, cut away the excess felt around the
embroidery.
We embroidered the designs from the Autumn
Leaves Set. |
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Quilting and finishing:
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| Now place the backing on a flat surface (table) face down. Cover with
batting. Spread your working piece over it.
Pin all three layers together with 1" pins and start quilting. |
| We quilted in a free-motion style all over the wall hanging. |
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| After the quilting is finished, press the work with heavy steam and
trim the edges. In this case, we are not trying to achieve a perfectly
rectangular quilt. A little bit of irregularity just adds to the charm.
Finish the raw edges with the binding. |
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| Now take the water-resistant pastels or fabric markers and highlight
the leaves. If your fabrics are not bright enough, add some color. |
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The wall quilt is ready. Enjoy!
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Happy Stitching!
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