Quiltmaker - CA (2020-01 & 2020-02)

28 Quiltmaker • January/February ’20

Bright colors and stars
connect and shine.

1

About This Quilt
There is so much movement
in this cheerful quilt by Charisma
Horton. While it might look com-
plex, we break the blocks down into
simple units so you can be success-
ful. Each block is different. Study
the photo to see how the blocks are
colored prior to choosing fabrics. It
looks great in solids, but batiks or a
soft print would work well too!

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Making the Units and
Blocks
Refer to “Stitch-and-Flip” in Basic
Lessons. Use lime A’s and white B’s
to make 96 unit1’sasshown.

Refer to“Triangle-Squares”in

Basic Lessons.Pair1 matching

assortedC and1 whiteC tomake

2 unit 2’s.PairremainingC from

the matchedsetwithassortedC to

make 2 unit3’s.

Markdiagonallineonwrongsideof

unit 2, intersectingseamsasshown.

Place markedunit2 onunit3, right

sides togetherwithcontrasting

colors facingoneanother.Sew^1 ⁄ 4 ”

seam onbothsidesofthemarked

line. Cutonthemarkedline,open

and presstomake1 setof4 match-

ing unit4’sasshown.

Unit 1

Stitch & Flip

Make 96

A

B

B

Unit 3

Make 24 sets

of 2 matching

Unit 2

Make 24 sets

of 2 matching

Unit 2

Unit 3

Unit 4

Make 24 sets

of 4 matching

Sew units and patches together as

shown to make block Z.

Repeat previous steps, making

matching sets of units 2–4, to make

24 block Z’s total.

Sew the patchestogether as shown

to make block Y. Make 24 block Y’s

total.

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AssemblingtheQuilt

Center

Refer to the Assembly Diagram.

Sew 6 block Y’s together as shown

to make a row 1. Make 2. Sew 2

block Y’s and 4 block Z’s together

as shown to make a row 2. Make 6

row 2’s. Sew the rows together as

shown.

A

Block Z

E

G

D

F D

Block Y

Make 24