Scallop Quilt Pattern: Temperance the Tortoise
- Part 1: Quilt Pattern Instructions for Temperance the Tortoise (.pdf format)
- Part 2: Printable Templates (.pdf format)
The key to sewing this tortoise quilt pattern is that you start at the top of the shell (the row with two scallops) and work down. Only on the third row of scallops do you need to sew down all the sides of the scallops; on the first two the raw edges are hidden by the next row.
Use the smaller scallop template to iron over the seam allowance. It makes it much easier to sew
The second row of scallops covers the raw edges on the first. You need sew only the top curved edge.
A detail from the stitching (machine blanket stitch).
Place the head, body, legs, and tail before sewing the third row of scallops for the tortoise shell.
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I absolutely adore Temperance! Great design!
Some funky tortoise! Thanks.