| This charming little wall quilt is pretty easy to make and uses some
interesting piecing techniques. We embellished it with the design Chicken
with Easter Egg. It works great as a table topper, too!
The finished size is about 20" x 20" |
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| You will need: white, dark green, yellow, and red fabrics for the top,
polyester felt and fabric for backing and binding..
For embroidery, we used embroidery polyester threads, and polyester
felt as stabilizer and batting. |
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Cutting:
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| Out of white fabric, cut a square measuring 10 1/2" x 10 1/2";
Out of dark green fabric, cut 8 strips measuring 2 1/2" x 7 1/2"
Out of yellow fabric, cut
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8 strips measuring 3 1/2" x 8 1/2";
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2 squares measuring 3 1/2" x 3 1/2", then cut them diagonally to get 4
triangles.
Out of red fabric, cut 1 strip measuring 2 1/2" x 30 1/2". Subcut
the strip into 8 diamonds. See the diagram below.
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Assembling the Top
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| Take a green strip. Place it on a cutting mat. Measure 2 1/2" along
the long upper edge from the upper right corner. Use a ruler to connect
this point to the lower right corner and cut along this line. Do this to
4 of the 8 strips. |
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| Sew 4 red diamonds to the cut edges. |
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| Take the remaining green strips and repeat the procedure, but this
time working with the left end of the strip. |
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| Sew the remaining 4 diamonds to the cut edges. |
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| Sew the yellow strips to the green-red parts as shown: |
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| Sew the red diamonds together. |
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| Sew the yellow triangles between the diamonds. |
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| Fold the white square in half horizontally, align all sides and lightly
press. The crease will mark the centers of the left and right edges. Unfold.
Now fold the square in half vertically, and again lightly press. This will
mark the centers of the top and bottom edges. |
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| Working with one strip at a time, align the tip of the diamonds with
the middle of the side of the white square. Pin. Sew the strips, starting
from the middle. Finish stitching 1/4" from the edge of the white square. |
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| Make the mitered corners. |
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Embroidery
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| Place the top on a piece of polyester craft felt. The piece of felt
should be slightly larger than the quilt top. The felt will work as the
stabilizer and batting. Baste the quilt top to the felt in the ditch along
the colored borders. Embroider the Chicken
with Easter Egg. After the embroidery is finished, rip the baste and
cut away the excess felt around the embroidery. |
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Quilting:
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| Now place the backing on a flat surface (table) face down. Spread your
working piece over it.
Pin all three layers together with 1" pins and start quilting. We quilted
around the embroidery and made stippling all over the quilt.
After the quilting is finished, press the work with heavy steam and
square the work -- all corners should be 90 degrees and opposite sides
should be of the same length.
Finish the raw edges with the binding. |
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The quilt is ready. Enjoy!
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Happy Stitching!
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