Oriental Treasures

By Annette Janca

#420 000 678

Oriental TreasuresBy Annette Janca, National Education Manager for Canada

Approximate Size: 64” x 74” (163 x 188 cm)

Sewing Supplies:

Skin tone Cotton 10” x 10” (25 cm x 25 cm) for Appliqué (S)

Black Cotton 8” x 8” (20 cm x 20 cm) for Appliqué (B)

Dark Print 1/2 yard (0.5 m) for Appliqué and Crazy Patch (D)

Medium Print 1/2 yard (0.5 m) for Appliqué and Crazy Patch (M)

Light Print 1/2 yard (0.5 m) for Appliqué and Crazy Patch (L)

Red Print 1/2 yard (0.5 m) for Appliqué and Crazy Patch (R)

10 Assorted Prints 1/4 yard (0.25 m) of each for Crazy Patch

Blue Cotton 3 1/3 yards (3.2 m) for Sky and Embroidered Blocks

Turquoise or Blue Cotton 1/3 yard (0.3 m) for Water

Green Cotton 1/2 yard (0.4 m) for Grass

Dark Blue Cotton 1 1/4 yards (1.2 m) for Border and Binding

Medium Turquoise Cotton 1 yard (0.9 m) for Narrow Borders

Cotton Batting 2 1/3 yards x 90” wide (2.1 m x 2.3 m)

Cotton Fabric Backing 5 yards x 42” wide (4.7 m x 106 cm)

Fusible Webbing 1 1/4 yards (1.25 m)

Sulky Totally Stable 1 yard x 20” (0.9 m)

Husqvarna Viking Embroidery Disk/d-Card 109, Oriental Treasures

Husqvarna Viking Embroidery Disk 120, Words from Japan

Husqvarna Viking Tear-Away stabilizer

Neutral sewing thread

3 cones neutral Huskylock thread

Sulky 40-wt rayon embroidery thread

60-wt Bobbin thread

Sulky invisible thread

6” x 24” (15 x 61 cm) Husqvarna Viking ruler (412 66 1415-01)

12” (30.5 cm) square Omnigrid ruler

Husqvarna Viking Dual Feed Foot (not necessary for Designer I, II and Quilt Designer)

Husqvarna Viking Sensor-Q foot for Designers or Open Toe Stippling Foot (for all other Husqvarna Viking

models)

Husqvarna Viking Edge/Joining Foot 412 28 02-45

Husqvarna Viking Open Toe Foot 412 27 70-45

Husqvarna Viking Quilter’s 1/4” Piecing Foot 412 37 08-45

Tefl on Pressing Sheet

1” (2.5cm) safety pins

Wash away fabric marker

Cutting Instructions:

Blue Cotton 1 - 22” x 30” (56 x 77 cm) Sky

22 - 10” x 15” (25.5 x 38 cm) Embroidered Blocks

Turquoise or Blue Cotton 1 - 8 1/2” x 30” (21.5 x 77 cm) Water

Green Cotton 1 - 12” x 30” (30.5 x 77 cm) Grass

Medium Turquoise Cotton 12 - 2 1/2” x 42” (6.5 x 110 cm) Narrow Borders

Dark Blue Cotton 4 - 6” x 42” (15 x 110 cm) Wide Border

7 - 2 1/2” x 42” (6.5 x 110 cm) Binding

10 Assorted Prints Cut into strips varying in widths from 2” to 4” (5 to 10 cm) for the crazy patch

piecing.

Dark, Medium, Light and Red Print: After the appliqué pieces have been cut from these fabrics, cut the remaining

fabric into strips varying in widths from 2” to 4” (5 to 10 cm) for the crazy patch

piecing.

Backing and Sleeve: 2 - 8” x 42” (20 x 106 cm) Sleeve

2 – 82” x 42” (210 x 106 cm) Back

Assembly Instructions:

1. Trace the pattern pieces from the pattern sheets onto the paper side of fusible webbing. Label each piece

for easy identifi cation.

2. Cut out these pieces roughly.

3. Fuse the pieces to the wrong side of the appropriate fabric. Refer to the letters marked on pattern pieces

and the code for the fabrics in the sewing supplies list.

4. Cut out the pieces exactly on the drawn line.

5. Place a Tefl on pressing sheet on your ironing surface. Use the Assembly

Guide to arrange the pieces and fuse the pattern pieces following the

numbering guide onto the Tefl on pressing sheet (be sure pieces overlap in the

indicated spots on the pattern sheets). When the completed piece is cooled

remove from the sheet gently.

6. Set up your Husqvarna Viking sewing machine for a straight stitch and

attach the Quilter’s 1/4” Piecing Foot. Stitch together the Sky, Water and

Grass pieces along the 30” (77 cm) length using a 1/4” seam allowance.

Press seam to one side.

7. Fuse the completed design onto the background, checking its placement with

the picture of the quilt.

8. Fuse Totally Stable tear away stabilizer to the wrong side of the background.

9. Attach the Open Toe Foot to your Husqvarna Viking sewing machine. Thread the top of the sewing

machine with 40 wt. Rayon thread to match the appliqué piece and 60wt thread in the bobbin. Select a satin

stitch with machine settings of Stitch Length: 0.3 and Stitch Width: 2.5 - 3.0.

10. Satin Stitch around appliqué pieces, changing your thread color to match the appliqué fabrics. When

stitching around the appliqués the majority of the zig zag stitch should fall onto the appliqué. When all of

the appliqué pieces are stitched, remove the tear away stabilizer.

11. Press the quilt center.

12. Measure and mark with a water-soluble marker a rectangle on the quilt center measuring 25 1/2” x 35 1/2”

(64.8cm x 90.2cm) with the appliqué piece centered. This will be the cutting line for trimming the quilt

center after the embroidery is complete.

13. Embroider the fl owers Menu 2, Design 1 from Embroidery Disk 109 cascading down from the top corner

(refer to the quilt picture for placement). Use tear-away stabilizer under

the embroidery.

14. Embroider the following words “Fall, Winter, Spring, Summer” from the

Embroidery Disk 120 Words from Japan. Remove the stabilizer.

15. Trim down the quilt center on the marked line as shown.

16. Measure the length of the quilt and cut 2 Dark Blue wide borders that

length. Sew to the sides

of the quilt and press

towards the border.

17. Measure the width

of the quilt and cut 2

Dark Blue wide borders

that length. Sew to the

top and bottom of the quilt and press towards the border.

18. Measure the width of the quilt and cut 2 narrow

Medium Turquoise border strips that length. Sew to the

top and bottom of the quilt and press.

19. Measure the length of the quilt and cut 2 narrow

Medium Turquoise border strips that length. It may be

necessary to piece some strips together to get the desired

lengths. Sew to the sides and press.

20. Embroider twenty-two center blocks using Husqvarna

Viking Embroidery disk/d-card 109. Stabilize the fabric with Husqvarna Viking Tear-Away stabilizer.

Embroider using 40 wt. Rayon Embroidery thread. Embroider the following designs:

Description Menu Design Quantity Regular Quantity Mirror

Image

Peacock 1 1 2 1

Bird 1 2 1 2

Lantern 1 6 3

Fan 2 4 3

Crane 3 1 1 2

Mountain 3 2 1 2

House 3 3 2 2

Note: For Crane, Mountain and House omit the black border.

21. Once the embroideries are complete, tear away the stabilizer and press. Cut the blocks into irregular 5 or

6-sided shapes. The size of the center will be determined by the size of the embroidery. Be sure to leave 1”

(25 mm) of fabric around the embroidery.

22. Huskylock Set Up: Set your Huskylock for a balanced three-thread wide overlock stitch. Remember to test

for best results. For an exact 1/4” (6 mm) seam, you may have to adjust the stitch width.

23. Strip Piecing Technique: The piecing method used in this quilt is similar to the piecing used to create Log

Cabin blocks. Place the fabric strip right side up on the Huskylock. Put an embroidered block right side

down. Serge along the edge; allow the overlock blade to barely trim off the fabric whiskers. Continue

adding embroidered blocks and strips until all the blocks are used (be sure to leave a 1” (25 mm) gap

between the blocks). After serging, press the seams fl at and then press towards the strip. Align an acrylic

ruler along the angle of the embroidered block. Cut the strip using a rotary cutter. It may be necessary to

straighten the block if the angle becomes too sharp.

24. Place another fabric strip right side up on your Huskylock. Put the block right side down and serge along

the strip. Press towards the strip added. Trim the block. Continue adding strips repeating until the block

measures larger than

10 1/2” x 10 1/2” with the embroidery in the center. With a 12” (30.5 cm) acrylic square ruler, center the

embroidery and cut out a 10 1/2” square block. Repeat for all 22 blocks.

25. Serge the pieced border blocks together into 2 rows of

5 blocks for the side borders and 2 rows of 6 blocks for

the top and bottom border. Refer to the completed quilt

photograph for the placement of the blocks. Add the

block strips to the side borders fi rst and then to the top

and bottom.

26. Outer Narrow Borders: Add the narrow Medium

Turquoise borders to all four sides of the quilt top in the

same manner you did to attach the narrow inner borders.

27. Backing: Piece the backing by stitching the two backing pieces together. Press.

Sandwich the Quilt• Lay the quilt backing wrong side up on a table and tape down to hold it in place.

• Place the batting on top.

• Center the completed quilt top right side up on the batting.

• Pin through all the layers with 1” (2.5 cm) safety pins to baste, start from the center and work your way out

pinning every 3” to 4” (7 cm to 10 cm).

Machine QuiltingThread your Husqvarna Viking with Sulky invisible thread on top and cotton thread to match your backing in the

bobbin. Attach the Dual Feed foot on Husqvarna Viking models other than the Designers. Designer I & II and

Quilt Designer do not need the Dual feed foot because the Exclusive Sensor System feeds the layers smoothly

and evenly. Stitch-in-the-ditch (the seam line) and along the decorative stitched lines. Be sure to touch “fi x” at

the beginning and at the end of each seam to secure your threads. Quilt all lines. Attach the Husqvarna Viking

Free Motion Guide Foot and drop the feed teeth. Free motion quilt around the appliqué pieces and stipple quilt

the grass, water and sky. Remove the safety pins as you come to them.

Select the special wave quilting stitch or the 3-step zig zag stitch and stitch around the perimeter of the

quilt. Trim away the excess batting and backing.

Binding• Sew the binding strips together end to end to form one long strip. Fold the strip in half lengthwise, wrong sides

facing and press.

• Start at the side of your quilt, pin the binding and the quilt raw edges together; leave 3” (7cm) free at the start.

• Stitch towards the fi rst corner and stop a 1/4” (6mm) from the corner. Fold the end of the binding along the edge

of the quilt and tuck the fabric under the corner. Continue stitching to the next corner until you have completed

all 4 corners. At the point where the binding ends meet fold one end of the binding strip up and the other strip

down, matching the diagonal line that the folding creates, trim excess and stitch in place.

• Turn the binding to the back of your quilt and pin. Tuck in the extra fabric at the corners. Straight stitch in place

from the right side using the Edge/Joining Foot. The fl ange of the foot rides in the ditch to keep your stitching

straight.

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