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Americana Quilt XVIII - PDF

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Americana Quilt XVIII - PDF

$13.60

Celebrate a Valiant Heritage

Difficulty: Beginner: Machine Reverse Applique with Applique; Intermediate: Hand Reverse Applique with Applique

Reverse appliqué with applique pattern – instructions for hand or machine and machine piecing

(52" x 52")

Celebrate your valiant heritage each patriotic holiday with the Ameircana Quilt XVIII. Its awash with the 8” reverse applique Shooting Star block with red inset applique stars that swirl and twirl across this quilt like sparklers and firworks on the 4th of July. Make it as a fun picnic blanket, table cloth, or lap quilt for watching fireworks as you celebrate your patriotic heritage. Give it in honor of the heroics of a veteran in your life. It’s bordered with swag buntings and stars appliqued all around.

Want a bigger quilt? Its easy. Just make more shooting star blocks and sashings and watch your quilt grow.

You get:

  • Complete creation instructions for hand or machine reverse applique with applique and machine piecing and quilt assembly.

  • Full-size pattern pieces for all blocks (8" x 8"; 4” x 4”; 4” x 8”)

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    What is a Pattern PDF and how do I print it?

    A Pattern PDF is a digital file of the complete pattern instructions and full-size pattern pieces. You will also be emailed Welcome Notes.

    After purchase, a link to the Pattern PDF will be sent to you automatically – click the link to get your pattern. This link expires after 24 hours, but we can re-send it to you if you have any trouble. Just email us at admin@eobquiltdesign.com

    • For all printing, at home or at your local copy shop: Be sure to print all pattern pieces at “ACTUAL SIZE” or “FULL SIZE”. DO NOT print to fit.

    • Pattern booklet prints on 8.5” x 11” paper and can be printed on an in-home printer.

    • The full-size pattern pieces will need to be put on a USB stick and taken to a copy shop that can print in large format.

    • This will be an additional expense for you. However, a Pattern PDF is priced at 25% off the print pattern price because of this additional expense to you.

    • Please check in your area that you have a copy shop that can print the pattern for you before purchasing.

    • These patterns print on paper that is: 11" x 17" and 9” x 12”.

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Americana was designed for Island Batik, using their Sail Away collection, spring/ summer 2021. The pattern can be made by hand or machine reverse appliqué with appliqué. 

A word about the fabric: The blue fabric in this collection has a nap, or direction. This was taken into consideration in the cutting and making of the pattern. As you are making this quilt you will want to take some time to get acquainted with the blue fabric and how the nap is used in relationship to the pattern design.

 Fabric Requirements: (Based on 42” wide fabric with nap)

Top & Binding:

3 1/4 yard             Blue (Swirlies-Harbor Blue: 112119521)

1 1/8 yard              White 1 (Mini Dots-Coconut: 112138007)

1 Fat Quarter      White 2 (Swirls-Whip Cream: 112115010)

½ yard                  Red 1 (Swirls-Paprika: 112115365)

¼ yard                  Red 2 (Mini Dots-Barn: 112138396)

5/8 yard                Red 3 (Net-Cranberry: 112124390)

1 Fat Eighth         Red 4 (Splash-Currant: 112116397)                                                                                           

Backing: 3 ½ yards (60” x 60”) Blueberry

Batting: 60” x 60” square

For Machine only: Soft Fuse (double-sided, paper-backed, iron-on fusible): 18” wide x 3 yards or 37” wide x 1 ½ yards.