Transform richly colored wool into a beautiful and warm autumn lap quilt that can anyone would love on a chilly fall day. Use the Baby Lock Sashiko Machine to achieve the look of hand quilting. Download printable instructions.
Materials:
- 4 yards of black 100% wool 54” to 60” wide
- 3/4 yard of gold wool felt
- ¼ yard of rust wool felt
- 5/8 yard of crimson wool felt
- ¼ yard of moss green wool felt
- Scraps of tan wool felt
- 1/3 yard of black and gold star printed 100% cotton
- 3 yard of paper backed fusible webbing
- All-purpose thread
- Variegated thread to contrast fabrics
- Large eyed needle
- Water soluble marking pencil white
- #2 pencil
- Pressing cloth
- Large Teflon pressing sheet
- Large scallop radial ruler
- Rotary cutting system
- Zigzag blade for rotary cutter
Tools:
- Baby Lock Sashiko Machine
- Baby Lock Journey Sewing and Embroidery Machine
Steps:
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Begin by first felting the black wool fabric.
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This can be done in the washing machine by using the heavy duty setting and hot water in the wash cycle and cold water in the rinse cycle.
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After the wash cycle is complete place the wool in the dryer with high heat. This process can be repeated until the wool is very dense.
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From the black felted wool cut the following:
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One 46” x 46” square
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One 19” x 19” square
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From the paper backed fusible webbing cut the following:
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One 8” x 10” piece for the moss green leaves
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One 8” x 20” piece for the rust colored wool felt (leaves and acorns)
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Two 18” x 20” pieces for the gold and crimson wool felt (leaves and crescents)
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One 10” x 20” piece for black and gold star cotton (crescents)
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Following the manufacture’s recommendations fuse paper-backed webbing to the corresponding pieces of wool felt and cotton.
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Using the pattern templates draw each pattern onto the pieces of wool and cotton (paperbacked side) as follows using a pencil:
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Moss green - 2 leaf patterns each color
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Rust – 4 leaf patterns 4 acorns
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Gold and crimson – 2 leaf patterns each set the remaining aside for the crescent shapes to be cut later
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Black and gold star cotton – 8 crescents
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Carefully cut out each appliqué.
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Next prepare the center panel; mark the center lines of the 19” x 19” piece of wool using a water soluble pencil.
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Remove the backing from the two gold colored leaves.
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Place the leaves on one center line the stems of the leaves will face the center with 2 ½” between the leaf ends.
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Hint: to remove the paper backing from the appliqués use a pin to score the paper through the center and peel it away gently.
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Cover the leaves with a pressing cloth and fuse them to the black wool.
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Prepare the sewing machine for a blanket stitch length 3.5 and width 3.5.
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Use a variegated thread in shades of autumn and stitch carefully around the edges of the two leaves.
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Pull loose thread ends to the back of the panel using a large eyed needle.
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Next remove the paper backing from the crimson and moss green leaves.
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For proper placement the tips of the crimson and the moss green leaves should just overlap the gold leaf slightly.
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The space between the tips of the moss green leaves and the crimson leaves is 5/8”.
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When pleased with the placement fuse the leaves to the black wool.
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At the machine stitch around the four leaves again using the blanket stitch.
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Mark the veins on each leaf using a water soluble marking pen.
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Change the stitch pattern to stretch straight stitch length 3 and width 3.
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Stitch the leaf veins using the variegated thread. Pull loose thread ends to the back of the panel using a large eyed needle.
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Cut four 1” x 19” strips of fusible webbing. Fuse the strips to the edges of the black wool center panel.
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Using the rotary cutter with a zigzag blade trim ½” from each side of the black wool center panel making it measure 18” x 18”. Remove the paper backing from the webbing.
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Next prepare the gold and crimson “frames” for the black wool center panel.
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Cut and fuse one 4” x 20” strip of fusible webbing to the gold wool felt.
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Cut and fuse one 4” x 21” strip of fusible webbing to the crimson wool felt.
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Do not remove the paper backing from these strips at this point.
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Cut each of the above strips into four 1” wide strips.
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To make the small gold edging lay the black wool panel (right side up) on top of the Teflon pressing sheet.
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Slip the gold strips under each side of the panel allowing ½” to extend beyond the black. Press the black wool to the gold.
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Again using the rotary cutter with a zigzag blade trim the gold wool leaving about ¼” of the gold showing from under the black wool.
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Make the crimson edging in the same manner as the gold wool edging. Leave the paper backing on the crimson edging at this point.
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Center the black wool and leaf panel onto the 46” x 46” black wool quilt top. Baste the panel to the quilt top. The edges will be fused later.
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Prepare the crescent appliqués as follows:
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Fuse the black and gold star crescents to the gold wool. Cut the crescents out.
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Using the rotary cutter with a zigzag blade allow ¼” of gold felt to show around each crescent shape.
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Next fuse the above crescents to the crimson wool again trim 1/4” from the edge with the zigzag blade.
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Lay out the crescents on the quilt top. Two crescents per side 3” from the center panel.
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The crescents meet in the middle in relation to the center point of the panel.
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At the outside corners there will be a 4” distance between the ends of the crescents.
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Pin securely and then fuse in place.
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Prepare to stitch the black and gold cotton fabric part of the crescents with a blanket stitch width 3.0 and length 3.5 using black thread.
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Prepare the acorns as follows:
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Using a variegated brown thread and the stretch straight stitch stitch a 2” x 4” section of the tan wool with a cross-hatch pattern.
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Stitching lines should be about 1/8” apart.
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Fuse a piece of webbing to the back of the wool over the stitching copy four acorn caps onto the paper and cut out the caps.
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Remove the webbing from the caps only fuse to the top of the acorns.
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Change to a small blanket stitch; stitch the caps to the acorns.
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Lay out the acorns on the quilt ½” above the points of the crescents. Fuse to the quilt. Stitch the acorns to the quilt with the blanket stitch.
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Next place one rust colored leaf at each of the four corners.
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The stems will point towards the center 2½” from the corners of the center panel. Fuse the leaves to the quilt.
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Stitch the leaves to the quilt in the same manner as the leaves in the center panel.
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Cut the backing for the quilt from the black wool 48” x 48”.
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Lay the quilt top directly onto the quilt backing…no batting needed! Baste the layers together securely.
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Quilting for this quilt was done on the Baby Lock Sashiko machine with brightly colored variegated thread.
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Starting at the center of the quilt outline stitch the leaves on the center panel.
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Smooth out the center panel on the quilt top and fuse the edges of the panel to the quilt top.
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Make three rows of stitching around the panel: just to the inside edge of the black along the crimson edge and just to the outside edge of the crimson edge.
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Continue outline quilting acorns and crescents then the remaining leaves.
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Using the scalloped edge ruler and marking pencil mark the outside edge of the quilt.
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The scallops measure 9” across the width from point to point. The base of the scallops will measure 6” from the base of the crescents.
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Line the center of the scallops up with the centers of the crescents. Baste the two layers together along this marked line. Trim away the remaining black wool.
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From the gold wool cut strips with one zigzag side and one straight edge side that measure ½” wide.
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Baste these strips along the edge of the quilt clipping the strip as needed to lay smooth along the scallops.
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From the remaining black wool cut 1½” bias strips for the binding.
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Piece the strips together. The binding is applied as a single layer not folded in half as normal binding.
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Pin the binding to the quilt front. Stitch the binding to the quilt.
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Fold the binding to the back side of the quilt. Fold the raw edge under and pin to the back of the quilt. Hand-stitch the binding to the quilt.