FINISHED SIZE: 12” x 12”

FABRIC & WOOLS NEEDED: #12 THREADS14” x 14” Background Fabric3” x 4” MD Natural - poinsettia 54” x 4¾” Sage - holly leaves 05753” X 6½” Greenfield - ivy leaves 05197” x 7” Christmas - letters 3SF-07757” x 7” Christmas - berries 0775

DIRECTIONS:Trace appliqué shapes onto fusible web. Cut out just outside of drawn lines. Cut out shapes as a group to save time and fusible web. Iron fusible shapes to correct wools. Cut out on drawn lines. Using a light box, draw in the words and stems, and proceed in laying out the wool shapes onto the 14” x 14” background fabric. Iron, using lots of steam and tiny little presses, always keeping the iron moving.

Blanket stitch around appliqués using #12 perle cottons listed above. Use long blanket stitches for the berries and 1 strand of 3SF for the letters. Stem stitch Ivy stems and leaves using #12-0519 and details in the holly and poinsettia leaves with #12-0575. French or Colonial knots on the poinsettia is done in #12-M81. Stem stitch the words using #12-0775 for the words “the” and #8-0775 for the “&”. Trim block to 12½”x 12½”.

If you would like to order a kit for this block for $18.95, please visit our website: www.primitivegatherings.us. We also have thread kits available for $35.

Primitive Gatherings850 Racine St., Menasha, WI 54952 • Phone: 920-722-7233 retail • 920-585-8923 wholesale

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NOTIONS NEEDED: (not included in kit)Valdani Perle cotton in the following colors: #12-0575, 0519, 0775, 5 & M8 #8-0775 and 3SF-0775Lite fusible web#22 & #24 Chenille needleWhite Clover marking pen

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Primitive Gatherings850 Racine St., Menasha, WI 54952 • Phone: 920-722-7233 retail • 920-585-8923 wholesale

Website: www.primitivegatherings.us • Email: primitivegatheringsquiltshop@yahoo.com • Blog: lisabongean.com

Thank you for supporting our shop so we can bring you more great patterns and books.©2020 No part of this pattern can be photocopied or reproduced with out the consent of Primitive Gatherings. Protected by Federal Copyright Laws.

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