A Letter to My Daughter PART 1 Make Time for a Hobby and The Road Less Travelled

MATERIALS

• 1.1m (1 3/8yd) cream spot print fabric (Birdhouse Basics DVW18871)

• 1.8m (2yd) blue spot on cream print fabric (Birdhouse Basics DV3404)

• 23 fat quarters of coordinating prints in light and medium values. Natalie used a variety of fabrics from her Heartstrings and Birdhouse Basic Spots ranges

• 1.2m (1 3/8yd) cream folk-art border print (Heartstrings DV3273)

• Scraps of solid fabrics in pink, brown, tan, burnt orange and yellow

• 3.7m (4yd) backing fabric

• 25cm ( 3/8yd) cream linen (DV4100) OR Natalie’s pre-printed stitchery panel designed especially for this project (DV3288)

• 60cm ( 3/4yd) binding fabric (optional) — see Note

• Batting at least 200 x 180cm (80 x 70in)

• Lightweight fusible interfacing/stabiliser (optional); Natalie uses Vlieseline H410/316

• Cosmo Stranded Embroidery threads in Tan (308), Dark Brown (311), Salmon Pink (425), Light Pink (652), Pink (653), Red (655), Dark Green (685), Warm Grey (715), Gold (772), Charcoal (895), Dark Blue (983), Light Blue (2981)

•¹/2in hexagon papers or template plastic, fine permanent-marking pen and stiff paper to make your own. You will use 91 hexagons in this project

• Lightbox (optional)

• Needle/s for appliqué and embroidery — see Note

• Neutral coloured thread (hexagon rosettes)

• Cotton threads to match the appliqué fabrics

• Blue water-erasable fabric marker

• Appliqué pins or basting glue

• A4 sheet of cardboard

• Rotary cutter, ruler and mat

• Sewing machine with 1/4in foot

• General sewing supplies

Stitches used:

Backstitch, chain stitch, cross stitch, detached chain (lazy daisy) stitch, French knot, running stitch, satin stitch, straight stitch

Finished size:

188 x 162.5cm (74 x 64in)

Note: Materials listed above are for the entire project. They are from the Heartstrings and Birdhouse Basics fabric ranges designed by Natalie