MATERIALS

(FOR BOTH PILLOWS)

u Embroidery/sewing machine with a
hoop capacity of 360mm x 350mm or
360mm x 200mm or 225mm x 140cm
u Design software, transfer device and
Sharman’s Vintage Garden Free CD that
comes with the book of the same name
u Fabric:

− 1m x 114cm (1¹/8yd x 45in) quilter’s muslin for embroidery and pillow back

− 30cm x 114cm (12in x 45in) each of yellow
floral and plain lime green cotton fabric for
borders and frill
u Quilt Magic lightweight fusible batting
u Sheer Magic Plus
u Hoop Magic or Tearaway Magic stabiliser
to back embroidery
u Template Magic printable sheets to print
placement templates
u Jenny’s rayon 40 embroidery threads:

Bright Lime No 1021 (stems and leaves), Nutmeg No 620 (stems), Medium Metallic Gold G3 (flower centre), Positively Pink No 1672 (small flowers), Daisy No 109,

Band of Gold No 191, Angel Food No 107
and Sunny No 72 (yellows for main flowers)
u Fine pre-wound bobbins
u Construction thread for needle and bobbin
u Microtex- 80 needle
u Machine feet: open-toe, embroidery,
¹/4in patchwork
u Rotary cutter, quilting ruler, self-healing
cutting mat
u Fabric-marking pen
u Glass headed pins
u Small sharp scissors
u Two, 35cm (14in) square pillow inserts
u General sewing requirements

PREPARATION

1 Use the rotary cutter, quilting ruler and self-healing cutting mat to cut from: Quilter’s muslin, Quilt Magic and Sheer Magic Plus

− two, 15in squares for embroidery cut to 14in square for piecing

 

Quilter’s muslin only:

− four, 14in x 21in rectangle for overlapping pillow backs

 

Yellow floral cotton fabric only:

− two, 3in strips across the width of the fabric for the frill (pillow No 2)

 

Yellow floral cotton fabric and Quilt Magic:

− four, 3in x 16in strips for wide flange (pillow No 1)

− four, 3in cornerstones

 

Plain lime green cotton fabric backed with Quilt Magic:

− six, 1¹/2in x 14in strips for narrow borders (both pillows)

− two, 1¹/2in x 16in strips (pillow No 1)

− four, 1¹/2in cornerstones (pillow No 1)

 

Plain lime green cotton fabric only

− two, 4¹/2in strips across the width of the fabric for frill (pillow No 2)

 

2 Iron the Sheer Magic to the back of the 15in muslin squares and then iron the Quilt Magic to the back of all the matching sized fabric pieces.

 

3 Use the design software and transfer device to transfer:

From Sharman’s Vintage Garden Free CD: 360mm x 350mm hoop

− svgbk14 (pillow No 2), svgbk02

(pillow No 1)

360mm x 200mm or 225mm x 140mm hoops

− svg03, svg04, svg05 (pillow No 2), svg35, svg36 (pillow No 1)

4 Use the Template Magic printable sheets to print templates for designs: svg03 (one), svg04 (four), svg05 (four) for pillow No 2; svg35 (two), svg36 (four), svg37 (four) for pillow No 1.

5 Use the fabric-marking pen and quilting ruler to mark the 15in muslin squares with vertical, horizontal and diagonal lines that intersect through the centre of the squares.

 

EMBROIDERY 6 Use the embroidery foot, fine pre-wound bobbins, Jenny’s rayon-40 embroidery thread as listed in the materials in the Micotex- 80 needle and either Tearaway Magic hooped with the fabric or Hoop Magic self-adhesive tear-away stabiliser for the embroidery.

360mm x 350mm hoop

7 Hoop the 15in muslin square (centred in the hoop) with the Tearaway Magic and clip it in place. Use the basting/stay/set stitch to baste the fabric to the stabiliser in the hoop to embroider svgbk14 (pillow No 2) and svgbk02 (pillow No 1).

360mm x 200mm and 225mm x 140mm
hoops

NOTE: If using a 360mm x 200mm hoop you can use your software to either split the large designs or combine the individual designs to reduce the number of fabric hoopings.

8 Roughly cut out each embroidery design printed on the Template Magic and then use the photo as a guide to place the templates on the 15in square of muslin. Remove the protective backing from the Template Magic to stick the templates centred over the relevant divide lines on the 15in square of muslin, so the designs just touch and replicate the combination embroidery. Once you are satisfied with