Today's Quilter - UK (2020-01)

Youwillneed

QAssortedaqua to turquoise scraps

• 7yds
  QAssortedneutralscraps– 10yds
  QBindingfabric(aquastripe) – yd
  QBackingfabric– 7yds
  QBatting– 102insquare
  QFoundationpaper– one-hundred-
  seventeen(117)sheets 8 inx 11in
  QTemplates (see pages 17 and 18)

Finishedblock

Q12in square

Finishedquilt

Q 94in square

BEHIND THE QUILT

SHIMMERING SEASCAPE
“TheStraitsof Mackinacarea seriesof narrowwaterwaysinMichigan,USA.
Everyyear,theGrandHotelhostsa needleartseminar,andI’vebeenlucky
enoughtoteachthereonmultipleoccasions.AftermylastvisittoMackinac
Island,themainstarblockinthisquiltwasfeaturedunderthesamenamein
QuiltmakerMagazine’sQuiltmaker’s 100 Blocksvol 14. Aftermakingjustone
blockI knewthatI hadtokeepsewinguntilI hadenoughfora fullquilt.For
quiltersfamiliarwiththeEZQuiltingTri-RecsTools,youmayalsousethese
fortrimmingthestring-piecedcentretrianglesandstarpoints to the shapes
required in lieu of paper piecing.”– Bonnie K Hunter

STRING-PIECEDPROJECT

STR AITS OF MACKINAC

TECHNICALTIP

Toc utt heh a l f- s q u a r e

trianglesneededinthis

quilt,Bonnieused 2 in

stripscutfromyardage

anda specialistrulerfor

cuttingHSTsfromstrips.

Bylayeringtwostrips,

rightsidestogether,pairs

oftrianglesarecutatonce

andarealreadylinedup

ready for chain piecing.

Cuttingout

1

Fromaquatoturquoise scraps, cut

asfollows:

QThree-hundred-sixty(360) 2 in

squares.Subcuteachsquareon

thediagonaloncetoyieldseven-

hundred-twenty (720) half-square

triangles.

QForty-nine(49) 2 in squares for

cornerstones.

2

Fromneutral scraps, cut out as

follows:

QTwo-hundred-eighty-eight(288)

2 insquares.Subcuteachsquare

onthediagonaloncetoyieldfive-

hundred-seventy-six (576) half-

squaretriangles.

QThirty-six(36) 3 in squares for

blockcentres.

QOne-hundred-forty-four(144)

rectangles3inx 6in.Placetwo(2)

rectanglesrightsidestogetherand

cutonthediagonaloncetoyield

two-hundred-sixty-six (266) mirror