| Embroidered bird quilt is full sized bed which measures | | | | your wish. There should be white border around the |
| around 72-1/2 by 82-1/2 inches. This quilt is made up of | | | | whole parameter. Make the vertical strips by sewing |
| 26 plain squares and 30 embroidered squares which | | | | squares together. When it is done you will have 7 |
| are incorporated with each other to form a border. | | | | strips of 8. These strips should be facing towards right |
| Main materials required to make this quilt are white | | | | side and then you should press open the seams. |
| linen fabric, linen fabric with contrasting colors for | | | | After that you should sew strips to each other. You |
| border and back, transfer paper and embroidery | | | | should sew 2 adjacent strips to each other. First of all |
| thread. Other important materials include rotary club, | | | | pin the points where horizontal seams meet to align |
| embroidery hoop and square quilting ruler. First of all, | | | | the square corners. Sew together the one set of 3 |
| cut out the thirty squares of fabric. Choose the bird | | | | and two sets of 2. After sewing these 2 sets to each |
| patterns of your choice from the internet or make it | | | | other sew it to 3 piece set. |
| yourself. To enlarge the bird patterns, use a | | | | Next step in making embroidered bird quilt is cutting out |
| photocopier. For thirty squares you have to use one | | | | the 5 yards of fabric across the width. With right sides |
| bird twice. | | | | facing, sew long sides together. Starting with green |
| Place linen square top with a sheet of dark transfer | | | | fabric wrong side up; carefully lay out the quilt parts. |
| paper and also place it right side up. With ballpoint pen | | | | Inside each side of each square, pin a safety pin. You |
| trace the lines of bird pattern, and place bird pattern on | | | | should pierce the pin through the quilt and green cloth |
| top. The paper's ink will be transferred into fabric by | | | | backing. Trim batting carefully to the size of front |
| the applied pressure. Make use of chain stitch to | | | | piece. Remove pins after stitching along each of the |
| embroider all your designs. Each square should be | | | | square's seams. You should top-stitch all around the |
| embroidered carefully. In the embroidery hoop, secure | | | | quilt. |
| linen square. With one strand of embroidery floss, | | | | In this way you can make the embroidered bird quilt. If |
| thread your needle. | | | | you follow all the above steps then making a quilt can |
| Carefully place the square quilting ruler over an | | | | be quite easy. You can also use sewing machine for |
| embroidered square, as soon as you finish stitching. | | | | this purpose, if you want to make quilt in large amount. |
| Trim each of the edges with the help of rotary cutter | | | | You can create fully custom quilts by adding |
| to a length of 121/2 inches. Repeat the same | | | | embroidery to your fabric squares. You can add |
| procedure with rest of the squares. Cut out 26 plane | | | | names, logos, unique symbols or whatever strikes your |
| square pieces for border. Lay out a 7 columns wide | | | | fancy. You can make more than one and each one |
| and 8 rows long quilt. Arrange all birds according to | | | | can be unique. |