Here's how to read your templates and sew them together. If anything doesn't make sense, or you get stuck, just send me an email. I'm always happy to help.
If your printer shows an error or asks to shrink the page, it's usually trying to print the landscape guide pages. Just print from the first piece page onwards. Printing from a phone can change the size, so a computer is safest.
I've drawn the fabric see-through, like holding your template up to a window or light box.
Cut your fabric pieces about ½" (1.3cm) bigger than their shapes on the template. Scraps are perfect for this! Hold the template printed side down and lay the first fabric (the fabric number shown in A1) right side up on the blank side, so it covers A1 with at least ¼" (0.6cm) to spare all round. Holding it up to a window or a light box helps you check, and a dab of a washable school glue stick or water-soluble fabric glue keeps it in place.
Lay the second fabric (the fabric number shown in A2) on top, right sides together, with its edge reaching at least ¼" (0.6cm) past the line between A1 and A2. Flip the template over and sew right on the line with a short stitch (1.5mm or less). Go 2–3 stitches past each end of the line, so the seam stays put when the paper comes off.
Fold the paper back along the line you just sewed (a postcard can help make a nice crisp fold), then trim the fabric to ¼" (0.6cm) beyond the fold. An add-a-quarter ruler makes this really easy. Leave the outside edges of the section for now.
Flip the second fabric over so it covers A2, and press it flat with a dry iron, or just your finger. Hold it up to the light again. If A2 isn't fully covered, don't worry! Unpick it and try again with a slightly bigger piece. It happens to all of us.
Add the rest of the pieces in number order in just the same way, A3 and then A4, until the whole section is covered.
Trim all the way round on the dotted line. That leaves your ¼" (0.6cm) seam allowance in place. Turn it over and you'll see it's a mirror image of the template. That's exactly right!
Follow the Assembly Instructions to put your sections together. Place two sections right sides together, push a pin through the matching alignment markers on both papers, then sew on the solid outer line. Pressing these seams open keeps things flat where lots of seams meet.
Once all sections are joined, carefully tear away the paper and give your quilt top a final press. Then stand back and admire your work!
I push a straight pin through matching alignment markers to line them up perfectly, then clamp them with alligator clips. Once a seam is sewn, I take the paper off that seam before adding the next section. It makes the final paper removal so much easier, and lets me make little adjustments as I go.
Some sections are just one piece, so there's nothing to sew. Glue it right side up on the blank side with a washable glue stick or water-soluble fabric glue, ¼" (0.6cm) to spare all round. Keep the glue off the lines. You can also stitch just outside the solid line for extra hold, then trim on the dotted line.