Party with Patrick Lovebirds 12 x 18 wall hanging

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Party with Patrick Lovebirds 12 x 18 wall hanging A fabric kit for creating this quilt is available at PatrickLose.com.

Background Dark Blue: Fat Quarter or 14 x 18" Heart block background & birds Medium Blue: 6 x 16" Flower background & bird s wings Light

& small flowers Light Pink: 4 x 9" Backing: 1/2 yard Batting: 14 x 20" Lite Steam-a-Seam 2 fusible adhesive: two 9 x 12" sheets Sulky

2 Party with Patrick Lovebirds 12 x 18 wall hanging A fabric kit for creating this quilt is available at PatrickLose.com. These requirements are for non-directional prints. Background Dark Blue: Fat Quarter or 14 x 18" Heart block background & birds Medium Blue: 6 x 16" Flower background & bird s wings Light Blue: 6 x 14" Binding & leaves Green: 1/2 yard or 18 x 18" Tree Branch Medium Brown: 8 x 12" Hearts & large flowers Dark Pink: 8 x 8" Large & small flowers Light Pink: 4 x 9" Backing: 1/2 yard Batting: 14 x 20" Lite Steam-a-Seam 2 fusible adhesive: two 9 x 12" sheets Sulky Tear-Easy stabilizer: 14 x 18" piece Perle Cotton-Yellow, light blue & black Buttons-Two 7/8" light pink buttons and three 3/4" dark pink buttons. 12"-wide Wall or Table Hanger (optional) Additional supplies and tools - I used coordinating Sulky 40wt rayon thread for quilting and satin stitching. - You ll also need an iron, fabric and paper scissors, and a fine point marker for tracing the templates. Sulky is a registered trademark of Sulky of America. patricklose@gmail.com Please visit PatrickLose.com and PatrickLose.blogspot.com

3 Party with Patrick Lovebirds 12 x 18 wall hanging Instructions 1. Refer to the cutting page for cutting instructions. 2. Trace the templates onto the paper side of your fusible adhesive leaving approximately ½" between tracings. 3. Roughly cut the templates from the adhesive just outside of the traced line. 4. Place the adhesive templates onto the wrong side of their corresponding appliqué fabrics and fuse in place according to manufacturer s instructions. 5. Neatly cut the appliqués from the fabrics on the traced template lines. 6. Peel the paper backing from the appliqués and arrange birds, tree limb, large flowers, small flower, leaves, and heart on the 12 x 13¼" dark blue curved top background piece. Fuse one large flower on the 3½ x 4¼" light blue background rectangle, make two. Fuse heart on 3½ x 4½" medium blue background rectangle. 7. Place the Sulky Tear-Easy stabilizer behind the appliqué sections and blanket stitch the raw edges of the appliqués, using Sulky Premium 40 wt rayon thread. We used variegated colors. Remove the stabilizer after stitching. If you perfer, finish edges by hand using perle cotton and a blanket stitch. 8. Piece the three applique blocks, as shown on the cutting and piecing page. 9. Sandwich batting between top and backing with wrong sides of fabrics against batting. Quilt as desired. My friend Jessica Gamez quilted this piece using a straight stitch, in matching thread, around each appliqué and next to binding. She quilted the sky background using an all-over curlycue design. In the bottom section of the background, she quilted with a repeating heart motif. 9. Trim backing and batting even with edges of the quilt. Embellish: Sew buttons to the center of each flower. Using yellow perle cotton thread and a single stitch for each line, stitch bird beaks and legs. Use the blue perle cotton for the birds tails. For their eyes, make french knots with black perle cotton thread. 10. Hem straight edge of hanging pocket piece as instructed on template page. Place hanging pocket on back of quilt (wrong side of hanging pocket on quilt backing) matching the curve and side edges and stitch in place. 11. Bind as usual, using the 2¼" strips cut from the bias binding fabric. Visit

4 Party with Patrick Lovebirds 12 x 18 wall hanging All seams are stitched at ¼". Cutting 1. From the dark blue/blueberry fabric, cut one 12 x 13¼" and one 2¼ x 12" rectangles for the quilt background. 2. From the medium blue/marine fabric, cut one 3½ x 4½" rectangle for heart appiqué background piece. 3. From the light blue/rain, cut two 3½ x 4¼" rectangles for flower appliqué background pieces. 4. From the green/celery, cut one 15" square for binding. 5. From backing fabric cut one 12 x 7" rectangle to be used for the hanging pocket. The remaining fabrics will be used for appliqués and backing. Piecing

5 tail is hand stitched with light blue perle cotton Trace Line Placement Line Stitching Line legs and beak are hand stitched with yellow perle cotton 4 leaf veins are hand stitched with light green perle cotton x marks button placement 4

6 Trace Line Placement Line

7 Fold the 12 x 13¼" dark blue background piece in half (folded piece measures 6 x 13¼"). Use the quarter round template to cut a rounded end on one 12" side, making the arched-top background piece. Cut away the are above the arc. Fold a 12 x 7" backing fabric piece in half (folded piece measures 6 x 7"). Use quarter round template to cut one hanging pocket piece. Cut this away fold Background fabric 12 inch quarter round template Use this to cut the arched top of the background and the hanging pocket to be sewn to the back of the quilt for displaying on an arched top hanger place on fold Roll this edge of the hanging pocket ¼" and press. Roll another ¼" and stitch to hem.

8 Lemon Pound Cake INGREDIENTS 3 cups all-purpose flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1 cup butter flavored shortening 2 cups white sugar 3 eggs 1/2 cup sour cream 1 1/4 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 1/4 teaspoons lemon extract 1 cup milk Recipe from allrecipes.com 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease and flour a 10 inch tube pan. Sift together the flour, baking powder, salt and nutmeg. Set aside. 2. In a large bowl, cream together the shortening and sugar until light and fluffy. Beat in the eggs one at a time, then stir in the sour cream, vanilla and lemon extract. Beat in the flour mixture alternately with the milk, mixing just until incorporated. Pour batter into prepared pan. 3. Bake in the preheated oven for 45 to 50 minutes, or until a toothpick inserted into the center of the cake comes out clean. Let cool in pan for 10 minutes, then turn out onto a wire rack and cool completely. Artwork 2012 Patrick Lose Macerated Strawberries Makes 6-8 servings INGREDIENTS 2 pounds strawberries, hulled and sliced 1/3 cup sugar 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice Toss the strawberries with the sugar and lemon juice and allow them to marinate in the refrigerator for up to 24 hours. Serve over sponge cake, pound cake, ice cream, or yogurt. Splash of limoncello (optional) This macerated strawberries recipe makes 6 to 8 servings. Artwork 2012 Patrick Lose

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Materials needed for 15" placemat. Materials needed for 12" Candle Mat. Additional supplies and tools

Materials needed for 15 placemat. Materials needed for 12 Candle Mat. Additional supplies and tools Crocus Garden 15 inch placemat 12 inch candle mat For machine embroiders-an optional machine embroidery appliqué design to help in making this project is available at www.patrick Lose.com under Party with