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posted: 2/25/2003
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Click here to download the Paper Pattern (pdf)
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- Remember that the printed pattern is a mirror image of the design.
You will be placing your fabric on the unprinted side and sewing on the
printed side of the letter pattern.
for general paper piecing instructions.
- Piece in numerical order.
- "B" means background fabric and "M" means main fabric that you
pick for the letter.
- Main Fabric:
- Cut one strip 3" x 33"
- Cut into one 6 ½", four 4", and two 2" lengths
- Background Fabric:
- Cut one 4" x 5" piece
- Cut four 2" x 2" squares
- Cut two 2 ½" x 2 ½" squares
- Make three (3) copies of letter C
- The pieces marked 8B, 9M, & 10B and 6B, 7M, & 11B need to be pieced
together before adding them to the whole letter.
- Cut the 8,9,10 and also the 6,7,11 as two separate pieces in the
paper pattern leaving a generous seam allowance around these extra
sections from two of your copies of the letter C.
- Sew the 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 together on your main paper letter.
- Sew 6B, 7M, and 11B together on one of the extra paper letter section.
- Sew 8B, 9M, and 10B together on the other extra paper letter section.
- Press well and trim to ¼" around the extra sections.
- Sew each of these sections to the main letter.
- Rip the paper seam allowance off of the extra two sections of the
seams you have just sewn.
- Now finish sewing the rest of the pieces in the letter in
numerical order, pressing as you go. Trim the block on the dotted lines.
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