Bird song: Patchwork templates

Embrace negative space with a quilt that mixes appliqué and curved piecing with this beautiful quilt, designed by Allison Richter

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Zoe Williams

Published: February 13, 2020 at 7:54 pm

Download our appliqué and foundation paper piecing templates to make this wow-inducing folk-art bird quilt below – you can find the full project instructions in issue 81 of Love Patchwork & Quilting magazine for how to make this quilt!

Alison Richter's stunning Bird Song Quilt combines bold appliqué shapes on a simple white backdrop, with a foundation-paper-pieced New York Beauty wing for a quilt with high dramatic impact.

The coloured fabrics we've used here are from the Grunge collection by Basic Grey for Moda in Turquoise, Heritage Blue, Surf the Web, Aruba, Amazon, Pool and Navy.

Download our bird templates from Love Patchwork & Quilting issue 81

Applique Bird Quilt Detail

Launch Editor, Gathered.how

Zoe launched Gathered.how as editor in 2019. A keen crafter, quilter and sewist, she has worked with the UK’s best-selling craft magazines – from Today’s Quilter to Love Patchwork & Quilting, Simply Sewing and The World of Cross Stitching. With over a decade of craft publishing experience under her belt, she loves crafting with her kids and curling up on the sofa with a spot of hand patchwork. Zoe has previously written for radiotimes.com, Simply Knitting and The World of Cross Stitching and was previously Deputy Editor of Papercraft inspirations magazine. She has guest-lectured at Bath Spa University. She’s a keen quilter with 5 projects in progress at any one time and another 12 or so planned. Specialist skills include hand modelling for YouTube craft tutorials and fabric foraging (she has an inbuilt radar for local haberdasheries and community craft gatherings).