Creative Quilting and Applique ideas

Introduction
As I look out of the window on to the garden and see how the sunlight
casts shadows on the plants I marvel at the different colours, shapes,
subtleties and harmony. Rustic scenes such as these inspire me to
create my quilts and my work is a sort of homage to the earth, a
remembrance of times when life was simpler and slower, when we were
children lying on our tummies, looking up through the grass at the
insects or watching the birds in the trees. Appliqué allows me to recreate
scenes like these in a way that plain piecing does not.
Whether using cotton fabric or felt, my appliqué designs try to
capture the innocence and wonder of those times, and I find that
my ideas are conveyed more readily through a folk-art style. Layering
appliqué shapes, adding embroidery by machine or hand and then
quilting, all play a part to create something beautiful. Drawing on a
palette of soft, country colours there is sure to be something here to
brighten up your home throughout the year. Appliqué is very forgiving
and you will be amazed and pleased at what you can achieve. You
don’t need to be too precise as to where the pieces are placed – that’s
also the beauty of a folk-art look. Keep a healthy balance between
perfection and slapdash, and above all enjoy what you create.

Contents
Daisy Table Runner

Little House Doorstop

Daisy Table Mats and Coasters

Basket on a Shelf Wall Hanging

Hanging Heart Decorations

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Daisy Table Runner

YOU WILL NEED Preparing the background and
templates
• Background fabric 42in x 12½in (106.7cm x 31.8cm) 1 Trace the design from the table runner templates
• Yellow fabric 10in (25.4cm) square for flower centres, birds, on to tracing paper or greaseproof paper, making
some petals, windows and doors sure that the line on the template is drawn ½in
• Scraps of various white/cream fabrics, amounting to (1.3cm) above the bottom edge of the paper. This
19½in x 28in (49.5cm x 71.1cm) for stems, houses, petals, will be placed over the background fabric and used
flower bases, fencing, ground, butterfly and bird wings as a guide for placing the different pieces and also
• Wadding (batting) 50in x 16in (127cm x 40.6cm) to protect the iron from the fusible web.
• Backing fabric 50in x 16in (127cm x 40.6cm)
• Binding fabric 124in x 2½in (315cm x 6.4cm) 2 Start with a piece of background fabric 42in x
• Darning foot for sewing machine if possible 12½in (106.7cm x 31.8cm). Draw a line ¼in (6mm)
in from the raw edge at each end. Both ends of the
runner are made in the same way (see layout in Fig
1 below). The following instructions are for one end so
Finished size: 45½in x 12½in (115.6cm x 31.8cm). repeat the process to make the other end.
Techniques used: fusible web appliqué, blanket
stitch edging, machine quilting, hand embroidery,
binding Appliquéing the stems
If using needle-turn appliqué additional fabric will 3 On the paper side of the fusible web, draw five
be needed for seam allowances. The runner can be parallel lines with a ruler 12in (30.5cm) long and ¼in
made longer by using a longer piece of fabric and (6mm) apart. Cut the whole area out leaving space
adding more circles and quilting in the centre around the outer drawn lines. Place the web paper
Use ¼in (6mm) seams throughout side up, diagonally across the weave of the fabric
Templates: Daisy Table Runner chosen for the stems and iron on. Cut out the four
strips.

Fig 1 Table runner layout

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4 Place the background fabric right side up on the 7 Using the tracing paper as a placement guide, ease the
ironing board. Place the tracing paper with the fence uprights into position, placing them 1/8in (3mm) below
template drawing on top, lining up the base line on the base line. Iron in place, remove the paper and blanket
the tracing paper with the line on the fabric. Pin the stitch around the uprights. Add the cross pieces in the same
paper to the fabric, making sure it is well aligned way, making sure there is a small edge that overlaps into the
and central. house area.

5 For each stem remove the paper side of the fusible

web and ease the stem between the tracing paper Appliquéing the house
and the fabric, using the tracing paper template 8 Use fusible web on the fabrics for the house, roof, door and
as a placement guide. Cut the stem to size, making windows. Use the tracing paper template as a guide to plac-
sure the end reaches 1/8in (3mm) below the base ing the shapes. If the edges of one piece touch another,
line with only a small amount of stem under where allow a small overlap, e.g., the roof pieces need to be a little
the petals will go, to avoid stems showing through bigger to tuck under the house wall. Appliqué the pieces in
the cream fabric. Iron the strip down, ironing through this order: roof, house, door and windows. Remove the paper
the tracing paper. Blanket stitch by hand or machine and blanket stitch around the shapes.
around the edge of each stem.

Appliquéing the flowers, leaves,

Appliquéing the fence butterfly and bird
6 Draw two parallel lines 8in (20.3cm) long and ¼in 9 There are five flowers, each with four different petal fabrics
(6mm) apart on the paper side of the fusible web. but not all used in the same order, and some flowers have
Cut the area out roughly leaving space around the one yellow petal. Number the petals on the template and on
drawn lines. Iron on to the back of the chosen fence the fusible web to keep track of them. Using the chosen fab-
fabric along the grain. Cut into four 2in (5.1cm) rics, prepare all the petals so they are ready to attach to the
strips. background. Check the template for which petal to fuse on
first, as the order is different for each flower. Fuse the yellow
centres and petal bases in place. Add the large leaves at
the base of the house, remembering that the leaves should
overlap the base line by 1/8in (3mm).

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10 Using three different cream/white fabrics prepare the

large and small butterfly wings and the body. Fuse the
pieces in position in this order: large wings, small wings,
body. Fuse the yellow bird’s body and then the wing in
position. Fuse five little circles in place (but not those in
the centre of the runner yet). When all the shapes are
fused, remove the paper and then blanket stitch around
the shapes. Repeat the process from step 3 to appliqué
the other end of the table runner.

Adding the ground and embroidery

11 Place the runner on a cutting mat and trim off excess
length. You will need a ¼in (6mm) seam allowance
below the base line. Cut two pieces of fabric from your
white fabrics each 12½in x 2¾in (31.8cm x 7cm). Using
¼in (6mm) seams, join one of these pieces to one end
of the table runner and one to the other end.

12 Hand embroider the bird’s wing (backstitch), beak

(two little stitches parallel to each other), the eye
(French knot) and the butterfly antennae (stem stitch
with a French knot on the end).

Quilting and binding

13 Using wadding (batting) and backing fabric,
prepare for quilting. Use the template to mark the
quilting pattern (the dashed lines on the template),
using a marker that is water soluble or can be rubbed
out. Trace the lines on to your background fabric, using
a light box or window. If you have chosen to make your
table runner longer, you will need to adapt the quilting
pattern appropriately.

14 Machine quilt some lines in yellow on the cream

and white flower petals and veins on the leaves. Ma-
chine quilt in the ditch around all the appliqué shapes,
keeping the stitches right up against the shape edges.
After quilting remove all drawn lines with water or an
eraser before appliquéing the remaining yellow circles
in place. This is because some markers are fixed by the
heat
of an iron.

15 Cut the excess fabric and wadding so the runner

measures 46in x 12½in (116.8cm x 31.8cm). Bind the
outside of the runner – you will need a strip 124in x 2½in
(315cm x 6.4cm). Your runner is now finished and ready
for teatime.

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Little House Doorstop

YOU WILL NEED

• Background fabric 42in x 9in (106.7cm x 22.9cm)
• Fabric for roof 10in x 5in (25.4cm x 12.7cm)
• Scraps of three different fabrics for windows and door
• Wadding (batting) 31in x 13in (78.7cm x 33cm)
• Thread for blanket stitch and window panes
• Machine quilting thread for the climbers
• Embroidery thread for French knots
• Darning foot for sewing machine if possible
• Small marble chips or clean silver sand

Finished size: 12in high x 4in wide x 3in deep

(30.5cm x 10.2cm x 7.6cm) approx. Working the appliqué
Techniques used: fusible web appliqué, 4 Use the tracing paper as a guide for placing the
blanket stitch, machine embroidery, hand appliqué shapes. Using the technique Appliqué using
embroidery Fusible Web, appliqué the windows and door to the
Use ½in (1.3cm) seam allowances throughout front and back walls. Appliqué the window to the side
Templates: Little House Doorstop walls. Blanket stitch around the edges of the shapes
but leave the bottom of the door unsewn.

Joining the roof, wall and chimney

Preparing the templates and 5 Make two tracings on to freezer paper of the roof
background template. Cut out the shapes along the drawn line
1 Trace the wall templates on to tracing or greaseproof and iron them on to the back of the roof fabric. Cut
paper. This will be placed over the background fabric and out with a ½in (1.3cm) seam allowance and remove
used as a guide for placing doors and windows and to the paper.
protect the iron from fusible web.
6 Put one of the roof pieces and one of the 9in x 4in
2 Make a tracing on to freezer paper of the template with (22.9cm x 10.2cm) background fabric pieces right
the point at each end (front and back walls). Cut out the sides together. Machine sew together along the 4in
shape along the drawn line and iron the freezer paper (10.2cm) edge of the roof to the background. To get
on the back of the background fabric. Cut the shape out the ½in (1.3cm) seam allowance, draw a line with a
with a ½in (1.3cm) seam allowance. Remove the paper. ruler on the back of the fabric where the seam will go.
Line up the raw edges and then machine along the
3 From background fabric cut out two pieces 9in x 4in drawn line.
(22.9cm x 10.2cm) to correspond to the side wall templates.
From background fabric cut out two pieces 2in x 2½in 7 Put the roof right sides together with one of the 2in x
(5.1cm x 6.4cm) to correspond to the chimney template. 2½in (5.1cm x 6.4cm) chimney pieces. Draw a line for
the ½in (1.3cm) seam on the chimney and roof and
machine the pieces together along the 2in (5.1cm)
width. Repeat with the other roof, wall and chimney.

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Applying the wadding Sewing the house together

8 For this project there is no need for a backing 12 Pin the two pieces right sides together at the point
fabric, as the house pieces are just tacked where the roofs meet (see arrows on Fig 1). Starting at the
(basted) on to wadding. Cut out three house corner at the bottom of the walls, place right sides together
shapes in wadding using the house pieces as a and machine stitch along the edge towards the roof.
guide. Trim the wadding smaller by ½in (1.3cm)
all the way round. Spray fabric glue on to the
back of the house pieces right up to the edges
and then place the wadding centrally on top.
Fold the raw edges over the wadding. The glue
should be enough to secure the folded fabric
but if not tack (baste) down or use a fabric glue
stick to hold the edges down.

Working the embroidery and

quilting
9 Take the large house piece, fold it in half, (back
to back) so the two points meet, and draw a
line 1½in (3.8cm) away on either side of the fold.
These lines represent the bottom of the walls.
Fig 1
10 Hand or machine embroider along these two
drawn lines and then embroider the rambling 13 Machine sew up to the point where the walls meet the
roses, starting the embroidery at the base of roof and, leaving the machine needle down in the fabric,
each piece. Look at the templates for details of ease the pieces round so that you can machine the roof
the pattern. Similarly, embroider together (Fig 2). Continue all the way round. Sew up the
the side walls, adding French knots. other sides but for the moment leave the bottom unsewn
on one side.
11 Quilt the roof. I used machine quilting in a
scallop pattern to represent old shingles – see
picture below.

Fig 2

14 Fill the doorstop with small marble chips or clean silver

sand. Finish by sewing up the unsewn side with small, neat
hand stitches.

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Daisy Table Mats and Coasters

YOU WILL NEED
(For four table mats and four coasters)
• Background fabric 39in x 25in (100cm x 63.5cm) Finished size of table mat: 16in x 11½in
• Yellow fabric 20in x 7in (50.8cm x 17.8cm) for flower centres, (40.6cm x 29.2cm).
birds, some petals, windows and doors Finished size of coaster: 5in (12.7cm) square.
• Scraps of various white/cream fabrics totalling 20in x 29in Techniques used: fusible web appliqué,
(50.8cm x 73.7cm) for stems, houses, large petals, flower blanket stitch edging, machine quilting, hand
bases, fencing, ground, butterfly and bird wings embroidery, binding
• Wadding (batting) 38in x 35in (96.5cm x 88.9cm) If using needle-turn appliqué additional fabric
• Backing fabric 38in x 35in (96.5cm x 88.9cm) will be needed for seams
• Binding fabric 330in x 2½in (838.2cm x 6.4cm) – can be cut Use ¼in (6mm) seams throughout
from a piece 22in x 42in (55.9cm x 106.7cm) Templates: Daisy Table Mats and Coasters
• Darning foot for sewing machine if possible

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Preparing the background 5 Hand embroider the bird’s wing (backstitch), beak
1 Make all four mats in the same way. The method (two little stitches parallel to each other), the eye (a
is similar to the table runner so refer back to those French knot) and the butterfly antennae (stem stitch
instructions where necessary. Start by cutting a piece with a French knot on the end). Machine embroider or
of background fabric 16in x 11½in (40.6cm x 29.2cm). quilt some lines in yellow along the flower petals.

2 Trace the template for the mat on to tracing paper

or greaseproof paper. Quilting and binding
6 Using wadding (batting) and backing fabric,
prepare the quilt sandwich. Use the template to mark
Working the appliqué and out the quilting pattern (shown as dashed lines on
embroidery the template), using a removeable marker. Draw the
3 Follow steps 3–5 of the table runner to make the lines and machine or hand quilt the flower shapes
stem (only one stem is needed here) and fuse it and in the ditch around all appliqué shapes, as for
in place, using the tracing paper as a guide to the table runner.
placement. You need a strip about 12in (30.5cm).
7 Bind the mat – you will need a strip 60in x 2½in
4 Using fusible web appliqué as for the table runner, (152.4cm x 6.4cm) for each mat.
fuse the fence, house, windows, door, flower, butterfly,
bird and circles, using the tracing paper as a guide
to placement.

Daisy Coaster

All four coasters are made in the same way

using the same techniques as the table runner
and mat. Use the coaster template. Start with a
piece of background fabric 5in (12.7cm) square
for each coaster. Work the appliqué, making
one flower, one bird and one stem about 4in
(10.2cm) long. Hand embroider the bird as in
step 5 of the table mat. Make a quilt sandwich
and machine quilt in the ditch around the
appliqués. Trim the coaster to 5in (12.7cm)
square and bind it to finish.

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Basket on a Shelf Wall Hanging

YOU WILL NEED

• Background fabric 42in x 19½in (106.7cm x 49.5cm)

• Fabric for basket body 11½in x 6½in (29.2cm x 16.5cm)
• Basket top, handle, sides and base 12in x 8½in
(30.5cm x 21.6cm)
• Warp and weft of basket fifteen strips of different fabrics
each 11½in x ¾in (29.2cm x 1.9cm)
• Stems (cut on bias) from 9in x 9in (22.9cm x 22.9cm)
• Fabric for leaves 19½in x 7in (49.5cm x 17.8cm)
• Scraps of seven different fabrics for flowers
• Scrap of fabric for heart in basket
• Shelf fabric 16in x 8in (40.6cm x 20.3cm)
• Decorations hung from shelf:
pink fabric for birds, medium heart, star and bird’s wing
19½in x 5in (49.5cm x 12.7cm);
red fabric for bird, large heart, small heart, birds’ wings
10in x 7in (25.4cm x 17.8cm);
blue circles 6in x 6in (15.2cm x 15.2cm)
• Border fabric 42in x 4in (106.7cm x 10.2cm)
• Toy stuffing
• Backing fabric 42in x 19½in (106.7cm x 49.5cm)
• Wadding (batting) 40in x 20in (101.6cm x 50.8cm)
• Binding fabric 8in x 42in (20.3cm x 106.7cm)
• Thread for embroidery and hand quilting thread (ecru)

Finished size: 38in x 17½in (96.5cm x 44.5cm)

Techniques used: appliquéd strips, appliqué using
freezer paper, appliqué using templates, stuffed
appliqué, hand embroidery, shadow quilting, binding
The project is made as two separate panels of a basket
and a shelf with hanging decorations. Use ¼in (6mm)
seams throughout
Templates: Basket on a Shelf Wall Hanging

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Making the basket

1 Cut a piece of background fabric 17in (43.2cm)
square. Cut out the basket body. Cut out the basket
top strip, the handle and three strips for the sides
and base. Cut out the strips to form the warp and
weft of the basket 11½in (29.2cm) long.

Weaving the warps and wefts

2 Put the three strips for the bottom and sides of the
basket aside. Choose eight of the other strips and
arrange them evenly across the basket body cut Fig 1

out earlier (these are the warps). I found it easiest

Leave space at the sides, the base and the
to pin the basket body to a padded mat. Pin the
top of the basket as these will be added later
warps as in Fig 1, with the pins out of the way above
and below the basket body.

3 Take another seven strips to form the wefts, and

weave them between the warps (Fig 2). Sew small
tacks along the edge of the basket, sewing roughly
but securely into place. These are important as they
hold the whole thing together at this stage. If you
want to do more tacking (basting) do so. Remove
the pins.

4 Starting at the top, sew the wefts to the basket

body using an over stitch. When you come to a Fig 2
warp, do a double stitch, slip the thread under the
warp, do another double stitch on the other side
and then continue (Fig 3). Carry on in this way until
all the wefts are sewn down. Sew down the warps in
the same way. Trim the excess from the ends of the
strips so they line up with the edge of the basket
body. Remove the tacking (basting).

Fig 3

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Adding the sides, top and bottom Appliquéing stems, leaves and
5 Take the strips saved for the sides of the basket and sew them on flowers
so they just cover the raw edges of the body. Trim the excess. Add 9 Make the bias strips for the foliage and flower
the strip for the bottom of the basket, with only one side of the strip stems (as you made the warps and wefts, but
turned under. The turned-under edge covers the raw edge of the cutting diagonally on the bias). Sew them on to
body. The other edge stays raw and lines up with the edge of the the background using the picture as a guide,
background fabric. tucking them behind the basket. Sew the top of
the basket to the background now. Note, you can
6 Add the basket top strip, leaving the top of the strip unsewn so trace the whole picture on to a fine interfacing such
that you can slip in the ends of the stems. Overlap the top of the as Vilene or Pattern Ease. Put the Vilene drawing
basket body by ¼in (6mm). over the background fabric to see where to place
everything.

Sewing the basket to the background 10 Make the appliqué leaves (I used template
7 Cut a 17in (43.2cm) square of background fabric. Pin and sew plastic) and sew them in place.
the basket centrally to this square, lining up the bottom of the
basket with the raw edge of the square. 11 Make all the pieces for the flowers (I used freezer
paper). Remember to draw on the back of the
8 Pin and sew the handle in place, using the same folding template in order to reverse the flower so that when
technique to make sure it is in the middle, and slipping the ends you sew on the pieces they are the right
under the basket top. way round. Number all the petals on the template
and on the freezer paper. Appliqué the flower bases
first, then the petals, then the flower centre. It helps if
you sew one flower at a time.

Adding the stuffed heart

12 Prepare the heart using template plastic. Remove
the plastic and press well. Sew in place, leave a gap
to insert some toy stuffing. Once stuffed, continue
sewing.

Appliquéing the shelf

13 Cut out a piece of background fabric 17in x
23in (43.2cm x 58.4cm). Machine sew to the basket
square, covering the raw edge of the bottom of the
basket.

14 Prepare the shelf, drawing it on to freezer paper.

Cut the freezer paper shelf out along the drawn line,
and the heart too. Iron the freezer paper shape on to
the back of your fabric. Cut out in the usual way with
¼in (6mm) seam allowance all round, fold over and
press into place. Snipping into the seam allowance
for the heart and on any curves before pressing will
help the edges fold over neatly.

15 Appliqué half the shelf to the background, just

covering the seam of the two background pieces
at the top. Check that the shelf is in the centre
of the background. Remove all the tacking and
freezer paper and then sew the rest of the shelf and
the heart.

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Appliquéing the hanging decorations Quilting and binding

16 Prepare all the pieces for sewing on to the background. 18 Press the quilt and then follow the instructions
I used freezer paper for the birds, template plastic for in Making a Quilt Sandwich to fix the layers
the bird’s wings and the hearts and a metal washer for together ready for quilting.
the circles. Line them up by making two faint pencil lines
corresponding to the strings holding the ornaments. 19 Shadow quilt over the background, shelf,
Using two strands of embroidery thread, embroider two birds and heart. Quilt round the basket and
lines using stem stitch to represent the strings joining the weaving, tucking the stitches right up to the
the decorations to each other and to the shelf. appliqué and all round the flower, base, petals,
flower centre, stems and leaves.

Adding the border 20 Finish your wall hanging with a binding as

17 Trim the quilt to 38in x 16½in (96.5cm x 42cm). Cut described in Binding. You will need to join three
two pieces of fabric 38in x 1in (96.5cm x 2.5cm) and two strips each 42in x 2½in (106.7cm x 6.4cm) long.
pieces 17½in x 1in (44.5cm x 2.5cm) – or to sizes to fit
your quilt, and sew to the quilt top.

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Hanging Heart Decorations

YOU WILL NEED

• Fabric for large heart 10in x 5in (25.4cm x 12.7cm)

• Fabric for medium heart 9in x 4½in (22.9cm 11.4cm)
• Fabric for small heart 6in x 3in (15.2cm x 7.6cm)
• Fabric circles, ten 1½in (3.8cm) squares
• Perle No 8 embroidery cotton 90in (228.6cm) in total
• Buttons, four medium and two small
• Toy stuffing

Finished size: 21in (53.3cm) total length

Techniques used: using template plastic, simple three-
dimensional shapes
Use ¼in (6mm) seams throughout
Templates: Basket on a Shelf

Making the hearts

1 For each heart trace the templates on to template
plastic. Cut the shapes out along the drawn line. Fold
the heart fabric in half, right sides together. Put the heart
plastic template on to the centre of the doubled fabric
and draw round it. Machine along the drawn line, leaving
a gap unsewn on one side – for the largest heart this is
about 2in (5.1cm), less for the smaller hearts. Cut the heart
out with a ¼in (6mm) seam allowance around the sewn
line. Snip into the raw edge where the fabric curves. Turn
the heart out, and stuff with some toy stuffing. Hand sew the
gap.

Making the circles

2 For each circle trace the template on to template plastic.
Cut the shapes out along the drawn line. Place the circle
template in the centre of a 1½in (3.8cm) fabric square
and draw round it. Cut out the circle with a ¼in (6mm)
seam allowance. Sew a line of tacking (basting) halfway
between the drawn line and the raw edge all round. Pull
the thread to pull the fabric tight around the plastic. Finger
press, remove the plastic and press flat with an iron.

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3 Make another circle in the same way. Place the two circles
right sides facing outwards, and hand sew together leaving
a small gap. Stuff and sew up the gap.

Threading the hearts and circles

4 Decide on the hanging order. Take three strands of perle
thread about 30in (76cm). Knot them together at one end.
With a large embroidery needle pass these threads through
the top of the large heart. Plait the threads for ½in (1.3cm)
and make a knot.

5 Thread the perle through the centre of one of the circles

from one edge of the stitching to the other. Make another
knot close to the circle. Repeat until all circles and hearts are
threaded, separated by plaiting. Plait the rest of the perle.
Thread it back through the top of the top circle to make
a loop of about 3in (7.6cm) and knot the thread. Trim off
excess thread.
6 Sew on the buttons. Sew a medium button on either side
of the top of the large and medium hearts, to cover the
knots. Use the two smaller buttons on the small heart.

You can use this design idea to customize your own decorations,
perhaps for small gifts. For example, make single hearts and use circles
of bright felt and a pretty button to add further colour and dimension, as
shown here.

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Daisy Table Runner
Table Runner (part A) – one half of design,
repeat for the other half

Dotted lines indicate

quilting pattern

Join to part B

Join to part C
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