McCall’s Quick Quilts – October 2019

18 McCall’s Quick Quilts October/November 2019

Cut

Measurements include ¼ ̋ seam allow-
ances. Border strips will be pieced and
cut to exact length needed. You may
want to make them longer to allow for
piecing variations.

• Blue stars print
  6 strips 2½ ̋ x WOF


• Medium blue eagles print
  6 strips 2½ ̋ x WOF
  6 strips 2½ ̋ x WOF for border 2


• Tan stars, light blue eagles, tan words,
  red stars, and multicolored stars print
  cut from each:
  4 strips 2½ ̋ x WOF


• Flag print
  8 strips 2½ ̋ x WOF


• Navy tone-on-tone
  2 strips 22½ ̋ x WOF
  6 strips 3¾ ̋ x WOF for border 1


• Red tone-on-tone
  8 strips 2½ ̋ x WOF for binding

Sew

1 Referring to Diagram I, join strips to

make band as shown. Make 2 bands

total.

2 Fold each band in half as shown in

Diagram II. Sew short ends together

to create a tube.

3 Working with 1 tube at a time, position

tube on a fl at rotary cutting surface.

Referring to Cutting Chart and Dia-

gram III, cut tube at width shown and

then cut at indicated place to create

each unit (Diagram IV).

4 Note: Refer to Assembly Diagram for

following steps, watching unit place-

ment carefully. Sew units together to

make quilt center.

5 Refer to Borders in Quilt Basics. Join

navy border 1 strips and cut to sizes

shown in Assembly Diagram. Match-

ing centers and ends, sew border 1

side strips to quilt. Repeat to add

border 1 top and bottom strips.

6 In the same manner, join border 2 to

quilt.

7 Layer, baste, and quilt. Patti machine

quilted a wave motif across the quilt

surface. Bind the quilt.

DiagramI

Band

Make 2

Strip #1 2 ½ ̋ x WOF

Strip #2

Strip #3

Strip #5

Strip #6

Strip #7

Strip #10

Strip#11

Strip#12

Strip#14

Strip#15

Strip#16

Strip #19

Strip #20

Strip #21

22 ½ ̋ x WOF

MultiStars

RedStars

TanWords

LightBlue Eagles

Flags

TanStars

Med.BlueEagles

Blue Stars

Navy