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Debra's Block Party
Berry Wreath
Debra Feece designed
"Berry Wreath"
especially for a Christmas issue of Quiltworks Today. Make one block using
this beautiful wreath design and turn it into a pillow for the holidays or
make more for a stunning wallhanging.
Block Size: 10" square
Materials
-
11" square of background
fabric
- Assorted green print scraps
- Red print scrap
- Freezer paper
- Fine point permanent marker
Directions
The appliqué patterns are full size and do not include a seam allowance.
Trace the patterns on freezer paper, leaving 1/2" between them and cut the
pieces out on the lines. Trace the large leaf 8 times, the small leaf 4
times, and the berries 12 times.
- Fold a 9" square of paper in quarters diagonally.
Using a fine point black marker, trace the patterns on each quarter of the
paper, aligning the dashed lines with the folds of the paper.
- Center the paper pattern, right side down, on the
wrong side of the 11" square of background fabric. Hold it in place with a
couple small pieces of masking tape or a few pins.
- Turn the fabric and pattern over and, using a
pencil, lightly trace the design on the right side if the fabric. NOTE:
Trace slightly inside the pattern lines to ensure the pencil marks will be
covered by the appliqué shapes.
- Press the leaf shapes, shiny side down, on the
right side of assorted green print scraps. Trace around the edge of each
paper shape. Cut out the fabric shapes 1/8" to 3/16" outside the traced
lines.
- Press the berry circles on the wrong side of the
red print scrap. Cut out the berries 1/8" outside the drawn lines.
- Remove the paper from the leaves and pin them to
the background squares. Appliqué them in place, turning the edges under as
you go.
- Sew a running stitch around a berry in the center
of the turn-under allowance, as shown. Leave a tail of thread at the
beginning and at the end.
- Pull the thread tails to gather the fabric around
the freezer paper circle. Tie the ends in a knot.
- Appliqué the berry to the background square,
stopping about 3/4" of the way around the circle. Using tweezers, remove
the paper then continue4 stitching the berry to the background.
- Appliqué the remaining berries in the same manner.
- Press the block on the wrong side then trim it to
10 1/2" square.
For full-size appliqué pattern for this block
click here.
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