Lovebird Wall Quilt with embroidery - Advanced Embroidery Designs

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Lovebird Melody Wall Quilt

Create a charming Lovebird Melody Wall Quilt with this step-by-step tutorial. You'll learn how to sew the quilt top, embellish it with cheerful machine embroidery, and add quilted details for a polished finish. This project is perfect for adding a heartfelt touch to your home or gifting to someone special.

We used the designs from the Lovebird Set.
The finished size of the quilt is about 17" x 21".

You can purchase this wall quilt from our Etsy store!

A small light-colored quilt with embroidered birds and phrases in pink tones

You will need :

embroidery threads either polyester or rayon;
about 1/2 yard of light-colored solid fabric for the central part and borders and backing;
small amount of salmon pink fabric for the borders and binding;
light-weight cut-away embroidery stabilizer;
batting;
quilter's ruler;
rotary cutter;
iron;
#12 universal needle;
quilting threads of matching colors;
#12-#14 quilting needle.

Cutting:

Out of the light-colored fabric, cut

a piece measuring 11 1/2" x 15 1/2";
4 strips measuring 2 1/2" x 17 1/2";
12 squares measuring 1 1/2" x 1 1/2".

Use the remaining fabric for the backing, you will need a piece of about 18" x 21".

Out of the salmon pink fabric, cut

12 strips measuring 1 1/2" x 3 1/2"; and
4 strips measuring 1 1/2" x 2 1/2".

Use the remaining fabric for the binding.

Assembly:

Note: seam allowance is 1/4" if otherwise recommended, press the seam immediately after you make it.

Sew the 2 squares and 3 pink 1 1/2" x 3 1/2" strips together in the following order: strip - square - strip - square - strip.
Repeat for a second strip.

Sew these new strips to the upper and lower edges of the 11 1/2" x 15 1/2" light-colored piece.

Sew the two 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" strips, three 1 1/2" x 3 1/2" strips and 4 squares together in the following order: 2 1/2" strip - square - 3 1/2" strip - square - 3 1/2" strip - square - 3 1/2" strip - square - 2 1/2" strip.
Repeat for a second strip.

Sew these strips to the left and right edges of the working piece.

Sew the 2 1/2" x 17 1/2" borders to the left and right edges of the working piece.

Sew the 2 1/2" x 17 1/2" borders to the upper and lower edges of the working piece.

Embroidery

Upload the files of the Lovebird Set to the embroidery machine.

Mark the position of the embroidery on the central part. If you have a printer and embroidery software, print-outs of the designs can be helpful. If you do not, you can cut out rectangles of the same size as the designs and arrange them on the fabric to determine the position of the embroidery.

Select threads. Stabilize the central part.

Hoop the fabric tightly and embroider the designs in the center one by one.

Remove the excess stabilizer.

Quilting and Finishing

Now place the backing on a flat surface (table) face down. Cover with batting. Spread your working piece over it.

Pin all layers together.
We quilted in a free-motion style all over the working piece. Start from the central part, echo-quilt the emboidery, then fill in the parts around.
Then procced to the borders.

A close-up of the embroidery and quilting stitches.

Press with heavy steam. Square the piece - all angles should be 90 degrees and opposite sides of the same length.
Finish the raw edges with the binding.