Birds in the Garden

DESCRIPTION

What stories can your quilt fabrics tell?  I noticed the bird fabric scrap sitting among some flower fabrics – perfect, it is a garden just needing worms and bugs to enrich it. Children will make up their own stories centred on these elements.

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Size

Approx. 35cm x 45cm (all layers cut 37 x 47cm)

Materials

• Pieced fabric for top
• Thin wadding if needed
• Backing fabric
• Medium size cotton or rayon cord
• Buttons

ORDER OF ASSEMBLY

• Piece the top
• Assemble and quilt the three layers.
• Add extra relevant details – in this case 10cm cord lengths for worms and 7 very small buttons for bugs.
• Trim and bind the quilts