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Seam allowance is already included. In all of the sewing steps, sew with the pressure foot along the edge of the fabric. That is approximately a 7mm or 1/4” seam allowance.
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1. Take your bias fabric and pin it along the long edges of your quilt. Sew in place and remove the pins.
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2. Then you will sew the bias fabric onto the two short edges. For the beginning and end of these edges, fold about 1 cm bias fabric under to give it a neat edge.
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3. Now you will be stitching a line down the middle of the quilt where the blocks join. This is called “stitching-in-the-ditch”. Also do this to between the rows. This process holds the quilt together invisibly.
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4. Set your sewing maching to a tight zig-zag stitch and now stitch around all of the details of the butterfly. Start with the wings and finish with the body.
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5. This is how the finished applique looks.
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6. Cut 3 equal pieces of bias fabric and create equal length loops. Pin the center loop behind the center of the top.
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7. Pin the other two loops to the outer edge the same way.
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8. Sew the loops on by stitching over the stitching used to sew the bias fabric onto the edges.
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