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Zelda: The Quilt-Along — Link (Part 1)

Posted Sunday, November 1st, 2015 in QAL, Quilting | Tags: , ,

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After a little hiatus we are back and tackling the big man and main character of the Zelda Games, Link himself, in our tenth block of our Zelda: The Quilt-Along. As a reminder, our full list of fabric and tool requirements are located here, which includes yardage for fabric for the entire quilt. For this particular block, you’ll need the following fabrics and supplies:

Fabric & Thread Requirements

Light Green
Kona: Sour Apple
Brown
Kona: Earth
Yellow-Orange
Kona: Cheddar
Black
Kona: Black
Interfacing
Pellon 911FF
Thread
White Thread

Tools Needed for this Block

And finally, make sure to download our complimentary pattern for the Link (Part 1):

Our Tenth Block: Link (Part 1)

The tenth block that we will be making is Link, our main hero and the character that is played by the individual gamer. Link is typically depicted as a young boy or teen in green clothing that is called upon to leave his home and save Hyrule (the world within our Zelda games) and Princess Zelda.

As Link is the main character of the Zelda games, we are making him significantly larger compared to the other items and characters on our quilt. For that reason, Link’s quilt block has been divided up into four separate blocks to be sewn together after they are individually completed. Find all of the blocks associated with Link here: Link (Part 1), Link (Part 2), Link (Part 3) and Link (Part 4).

The Link block will be constructed in the same manner as the other blocks, The Candle, The Fairy, The Key, The Bomb, The Blue Wizrobe, The Red Darknut, Princess Zelda, Sword and Shield, and Bow and Arrow however the size is different. The Link (Part 1) block grid is 15 squares across and 16 squares down and it uses the following number of 1.5 inch squares:

Color Usage in this Block Squares Needed
Light Green
Kona: Sour Apple
Link’s Clothing 42
Yellow-Orange
Kona: Cheddar
Link 64
Black
Kona: Black
Background 96
Brown
Kona: Earth
Link’s Hair, Belt, Sword & Shield 38

Cutting and Laying Out Our Fabric

Cut your fabric into 1.5″ squares using the totals specified above for the Link (Part 1) block. To make the Link (Part 1) block, you will be placing the correct color fabric square on the fusible side of the interfacing (cut 22.5” wide by 24″ long, covering blocks A1 through P15 on our grid) following the pattern for the Link (Part 1), which can be found here. The numbers and letters on your grid will correspond with the numbers and letters on each block’s pattern. You can download the pattern which contains the layout of the individual squares for the Link (Part 1) (Block 10) here.

Additional Steps

Further information and photos for these additional steps can be found within our first block’s instructions (located here at The Candle).