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Previous Block of the Month:
Garden Medley
Series
Watering
Can
(Block #3 in a 6 part series)
by Sherry Bonnice
Tending your fabric garden
will be fun with this colorful watering can.
Watch in the coming months for the other 3 blocks. After all 6 blocks have
been revealed, instructions for assembling your quilted bouquet will be
provided.
BLOCK SIZE: 5" square
FUSIBLE METHOD:
MATERIALS
- Piece of fabric at least 6" square for the
background
- Assorted scraps of light, medium, and dark prints
- Fusible web
- Embroidery floss in assorted colors to match or
contrast with the fabrics
CUTTING
Pattern pieces are full size and do not need a seam allowance. Trace the
pieces on the paper side of the fusible web. (Flip the handle, spout, upper
nozzle and lower before tracing.) Rough cut around the shapes. Following the
manufacturer's directions, fuse the web to the wrong side of selected fabric
scraps. Cut the fused pieces out on the drawn lines.
- Cut 1: 6" square,
light or dark print background fabric
DIRECTIONS
- Lay the
appliqué pieces, fusible
side down, on the right side of the 6" background square. Arrange them,
using the Placement Diagram (link below) as a guide but altering placement
as desired. Keep the upper pieces at least 3/4" from the raw edges of the
square.
- Following the manufacturer's directions, fuse the
fabric pieces to the square.
- With 2 strands of matching or contrasting
embroidery floss, embroider around each piece with a buttonhole stitch.
- Trim the block to 5 1/2" square, keeping the design
centered.
NEEDLETURN METHOD:
MATERIALS
-
Piece of fabric at least 6" square for the
background
-
Assorted scraps of light, medium and dark
prints or solids
-
Fine cotton machine embroidery thread in
assorted colors to match the fabrics
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Freezer paper
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1/2" appliqué pins or basting glue (optional)
CUTTING
Pattern pieces are full size and do not need a seam allowance. Trace the
full size patterns on the dull side of the freezer paper. Cut on the drawn
lines. Iron the freezer paper templates to the right side of selected
fabrics. Use a pencil to lightly trace along the edge of the templates. This
line is your stitching line. Cut out the shapes adding a 1/8" to 3/16"
turn-under allowance.
- Cut 1: 6" square,
light or dark print background fabric
DIRECTIONS
- Use the tip of your needle to turn under the
allowance as you appliqué each piece in
place. There is no need to turn under the allowance where pieces overlap.
- Arrange the spout,
handle and watering can on the background square, using the Placement
Diagram (link below) as a guide but altering placement as desired. Keep
the pieces at least 3/4" away from the raw edges of the square. Remove the
watering can piece. Pin or glue the handle and spout in place. Appliqué
them to the background square, turning under the seam allowance as you
sew.
- Arrange the watering
can and lower nozzle piece on the background square, appliqué them in
place.
- In the same manner,
arrange the upper nozzle, band, lip and leaves as desired. Appliqué the
pieces in place.
- Arrange the flowers
and stitch, as before.
- Stitch the flower
center in place.
- Trim the block to 5
1/2" square, keeping the design centered.
To printout the
full-size Appliqué Patterns
and Placement Diagram and for
the Watering Can block, click here.
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