Stitching Directions
Please read the following carefully!
Fabric - Light colour aida - white, off white, cream or ecru. NO COLOURS.
Count size -11,14,16 or 18 count 100% COTTON AIDA (no linen please)
Dimensions - 13 x 13 inches, if you have a piece that is 12 x 18 inches, feel free to cut the long side down to 13" and use it, but make sure your pattern is central.
Pattern size - can be NO LARGER than 9x9 inches, but can be less. If it is too small please put a border round it.
Maximum stitches are: 99 stitches (11 count), 126 stitches (14 count), 144 stitches (16 count) and 162 stitches (18 count).
Please feel free to make the pattern unique in other ways (colours, borders etc). Making the pattern personal helps
if there is accidental duplication of the pattern.
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Stitches - Please DO NOT use any LONG stitches. Little fingers get trapped in them!
Theme squares - When signing up to stitch a square for a particular child, please choose a pattern to
fit the theme required and fill out the 'Sign Up' link found on each child's page. PLEASE WAIT for a confirmation
email before you start just in case two people have signed up to stitch the same pattern for that quilt. Please remember
these squares have a DUE DATE listed on the child's page. Any squares received after the date will be used in an
'Any Child or 'Emergency' quilt.
Any child squares - you don't need to notify us when doing these squares, just send them in any time. When you send your square(s) just enclose a
note saying it is for Any Child.
Signing squares - please stitch your name and location on your work at the bottom close to your stitching. Name and Location is fine.
If you live outside the UK please add your country.
Square care - Please state whether your square is washed or unwashed when you send it to us.
5 square signup maximum
Please do not sign up for more than five squares at any one time. We appreciate the support, but if a stitcher becomes ill or injured and is unable to
complete their signups, it can make things difficult for us. Also, we would like to give as many people as possible a chance to sign up.