Christmas is a social time to bring the cheer together in villages everywhere. Our quilter shares the spirit with her wall hanging featuring a festive village along with bells, stockings and baubles. Appliqué is stitched in place with wadding so little or no quilting is necessary on this wall hanging back free of stitching.
Design: Christmas Town Designer: Frances Latham Finished Size: 27½” x 42” (69.85cm x 106.68cm) Level:
Note Please read the entire pattern carefully before cutting and sewing. Seam allowances are ¼” throughout. Fat quarter is based on 18” x 22” of fabric. WOF means width of fabric based on 40” width.
MATERIALS
1yd (.9m) red for background, sashing and binding ⅔yd (.6 m) blue for background ½yd (.45m) beige for background fat quarter of red for bells, baubles, stockings and houses fat quarter of white for ribbons, stockings, baubles and detail scraps of cream for appliqué scraps of cream stripe for appliqué scraps of blue for house appliqué 31½” x 46” (80cm x 116.8cm) backing 31½” x 46” (80cm x 116.8cm) wadding
CUTTING
2 4” x 21” red for borders 2 4” x 42½” red for borders 4 1” x 21” red for sashing 4 2½” x WOF red for binding 2 9½” x 21” blue 3 5½” x 21” beige
Colour Tip When selecting colours, consider what Frances did. For her appliqué and accents, she used darker hues of her background colours to keep the style throughout. For example, the blue background is a lighter hue of the blue houses and the red background is a lighter hue of red houses and accents.
PIECING
Our quilter pieced the background piece and applied appliqué afterward. 1. Sew 1” x 21” strips below two blue and two beige sections. 2. Sew sections together according to photo illustration. Press.
APPLIQUÉ
Prepare and affix appliqué before stitching in place. 1. Trace the shapes to the paper side of fusible web. Draw each element separately with adequate spacing. 2. Cut out beyond the line and fuse to the wrong side of chosen fabric. 3. Cut out on the line; this ensures the adhesive applies to the edge of the patches. Follow fusible web manufacturer’s instructions for best results. 4. Layout shape on the appropriate background. When happy with layout, fuse in place. 5. Layer the background with wadding–to be in place as stability for stitching appliqué in place. 6. Stitch hand or machine buttonhole stitch around all raw edges of appliqué.