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Baby Chick Paper Pieced Pattern
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Baby Chicken Quilt Block Pattern

Block sizes included: 5" and 6" (left and right facing templates are included for both sizes)
Difficulty: Medium / Confident Beginner.

A separate file with a foundation paper piecing tutorial is also included for beginners!

This quilt pattern includes easy to follow instructions, so that you can easily construct the quilt block.

My patterns are designed to be user friendly and include:
 - Colour foundation templates for easy fabric placement
 - 1/4" seam allowances on all templates.
 - Easy to understand instructions and a beginner guide to paper piecing
 - Diagrams to assist you constructing your quilt block and putting the foundation templates together.
 - No Y seams or curves
You will get the following files:
  • PDF (2MB)
  • PDF (974KB)

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