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Instructions
Step 1 Getting Started
If this quilt will be used rather than just displayed, you'll want to wash the fabrics before cutting. To wash scraps, place them in a mesh bag and toss them into your washing machine on a gentle cycle. While damp, iron the fabrics to remove any wrinkles.
The bugs are presented as fusible applique and are finished with a machine blanket stitch. You do not need to add any turn-under allowance to the applique patches. Also note that these patches are presented in reverse for this technique.
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Step 2 Making the Blocks
On an accurate copy machine or by tracing, make 20 copies of the foundation pattern.
In numerical order, piece each foundation. Trim the excess fabric and paper on the outside line. Make 10 green Y blocks and 10 blue Z blocks.
Choose an assortment of bugs for your quilt and then prepare the patches for fusible applique. In alphabetical order within each, fuse a bug in the approximate center of each block.
Carefully remove the foundation papers.
With contrasting thread, machine blanket stitch the raw edges. Add antennae and eyes as desired with a permanent-ink fabric pen.
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