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• Step 1

  Fabric quantities
  • Medium brown fabric A: 8 x 12 inches
  • Dark purple fabric B: 5 x 9 inches
  • Medium red fabric C: 3 x 3 inches
  • Medium yellow fabric D: 3 x 3 inches
  • White fabric E: 4 x 4 inches
  • Light blue fabric F: 13 x 18 inches
  • Dark purple fabric G: 13 x 18 inches

• Step 2

  Prepare the patches
  Rotary method
  • From fabric A, make one 2½-inch square
  • From fabrics A and C and fabrics C and F,
  make a 4½-inch corner square
  (see page 14) each
  • From fabrics A and F, make three 2½-inch
  half-square triangles (see page 12)
  • From fabrics A, B, and F, make a 4½-inch
  hexagon square (see page 15)
  • From fabrics A and E and fabrics B and F,
  make a 2½-inch half-square triangle
  (see page 12) each
  • From fabrics D and F, make a 4½ x 2½-inch
  right tapered rectangle
  • From fabric F, cut one 4½ x 2½-inch
  rectangle, two 2½-inch squares, and
  two 12½ x 2½-inch rectangles
  • From fabric G, cut two 2½ x 1-inch
  rectangles
  or
  Template cutting
  Using the 6 x 6 templates (pages 278–83):
  • From fabric A, cut 1 corner square, 5 small
  triangles, and 1 small square
  • From fabric B, cut 1 hexagon and 1 small
  triangle
  • From fabric C, cut 2 small triangles
  • From fabrics D and E, cut 1 small
  triangle each
  • From fabric F, cut 1 corner square, 1 right
  tapered rectangle, 2 full-length rectangles,
  1 short rectangle, 2 small squares, and
  5 small triangles
  • From fabric G, cut 2 narrow very small rectangles

• Step 3

  Template piecing
  With right sides together, sew a fabric C
  triangle to the fabric A corner square; press
  seam open. Repeat with a fabric C triangle
  and fabric F corner square.
  With right sides together, sew one fabric F
  triangle and one fabric A triangle to the fabric
  B hexagon to make the hexagon square;
  press seams open.
  With right sides together, sew the fabric D
  triangle to the fabric F right tapered rectangle;
  press seam open.
  With right sides together, sew a fabric F
  triangle to a fabric A triangle; press seam open.
  Repeat with two more sets of fabrics F and A
  triangles, a set of fabrics F and B triangles,
  and a set of fabrics A and E triangles to make
  half-square triangles.

• Step 4

  Make the block
  Sew the head and breast Arrange patches
  to make a robin. With right sides together,
  join the beak to the head; press seam open.
  With right sides together, join the fabrics A
  and E half-square triangle to a fabrics A and F
  half-square triangle, with the white and brown
  fabrics abutting; press seam open.
  Join the strip to the fabrics C and F corner
  square; press seam open. With right sides
  together, join the head and beak to the
  breast; press seam open.
  Make the body With right sides together,
  sew the fabrics B and F half-square triangle to
  a fabric F square, matching the background;
  press seam open. Join to the hexagon square
  to form the wing; press seam open. With right
  sides together, pin and sew a fabrics A and F
  half-square triangle to the short side of a fabric F
  short rectangle, matching the background; press
  seam open, then join to top of the wing. Right
  sides together, sew fabric A and fabric F squares
  to fabric A and F half-square triangle, matching
  the background and body; press seam open;
  then join to bottom of the wing.
  Complete the square With right sides together,
  pin and sew the wing to the head and breast
  patch; press seam open. Appliqué (see page
  20) the fabric G narrow very small rectangles
  to a fabric F full-length rectangle as the legs,
  then sew the strip to the bottom edge of the
  bird. With right sides together, pin and sew the
  remaining fabric F full-length rectangle to the
  top edge. Press seam open.

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