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Retail Price: $9
This pattern is designed for the intermediate quilter who wishes to thrill a very special kid or just loosen up and have some fun. Fabric selection for this quilt will be great fun because the snakes can be as colorful as you like. ...maybe try a solid background with printed snakes. That would be great!
Full size patterns for the snake heads and eyes, foliage, and rocks are included as well as a full-size pattern for the sun portion of this quilt. Experience in the following areas are necessary: rotary cutting, sewing triangles, and applique (any method you choose).
Instructions covering the following concepts are written so they can be learned during the making of this quilt:
- Sewing squares into triangles without cutting triangles
- Using partial seams to avoid set-in seams
- Fitting pieced borders
- Using freezer paper to simplify piecing difficult point
- (Finishing instructions are not included.)
Supply List (note: yardages are based on fabric at least 42” wide)
- 3 ½ yds background
- 1/3 yd each for dark hot pink, purple, and green border snakes
- ½ yd each for other 10 snakes
- 1 ¼ yd black for thin borders and binding
- ½ yd total of various yellow/gold for rays of sun, body of sun, rocks, flower
- ¼ yd orange for partial rays of sun, rocks, flower
- ¾ yd light green for tops of leaves, bush, flower stem
- ¾ yd dark green for bottoms of leaves and bush
- ½ yd white fabric with 1/2”-5/8” dark polka-dots for eyes OR ¼ yd white and ¼ yd black
- permanent marker
- thread
- sewing machine
- rotary cutting equipment
- freezer paper (found at grocery stores)
- 4 ¾ yds backing fabric
- twin size batting
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