Today's Quilter - UK (2020-01)

Fig 1 DarkMake 2 per quarter-blockchainrow

Youwillneed

QDarkscraps– 4ydsforblocks

QLightneutral scraps – 4yds for

blocks

QBluescraps– 1yd for setting

triangles

QOrangeprint–ydforbinding

QBackingfabric– 7yds

QBatting – 85in x 98in

Finishedsize

Q 77in x 89in

Notes

QYardageis basedon

40in-wide fabric

BEHIND THE QUILT

TREASUREDDIAMONDS
“Ilovethepositive/negativeaspectof thistraditionalblock,andanyquiltthat
haschainsrunningthroughit is a definitefavoriteinmybook.BecauseI already
savedstripsinthe2inwidthrequiredforthisterrificallyfunandscrappyquilt,
I wassewinginnotime.Processingscrapsat theendof anyprojectis justpart
of theroutineforme.I don’twanta boxof randomanduntamedscrapsizes,
soI settoworkduringtheclean-upprocesstocutanythinglessthanhalfa fat
quarterintostripsina varietyof usablesizes.Havingthescrapsalreadycut

• readytogoinvariouswidthsandwithstripsonhandina varietyof colours–
  makesit easytodiverightintoa project.Quiltsrequiringhundredsof dierent
  fabricswouldbedauntingif I hadtotakethetimetoironFatQuartersandcut
  stripsbeforeI couldevenstarttocuttherequiredpieces– nottomentionhow
  long it would take before I could actually sew something.”– Bonnie K Hunter

Cutting out

1

Fordarkchain quarter-blocks, cut

asfollows:

QFromlightneutralscraps,cut

one-hundred-fifty-four(154)

matchingsetsof two(2)rectangles

2inx 3inandtwo(2)2in squares.

QFromdarkscraps,cut

one-hundred-fifty-four(154)

matching sets of three (3) 2in squares.

2

Forlightchain quarter-blocks, cut

asfollows:

QFromlightneutralscraps,cut

one-hundred-fifty-six(156)

matchingsetsof three (3)

2insquares.

QFromdarkscraps,cutone-

hundred-fifty-six(156)matching

setsof two(2)rectangles2in x 3in

and two (2) 2in squares.

3

Frombluescrapsforsetting

triangles,cutasfollows:

QEleven(11) 7 insquares.Subcut

eachonthediagonaltwicetoyield

forty-four(44)sidetriangles.

QTw o(2) 7 i ns q u a r e s .S u b c u te a c h

onthediagonalonceto yield four

(4) cor ner t r ia ngles.

4

Fromorangeprintforbinding,cut

nine (9) binding strips 2in x WOF.

ON-POINTBLOCKS

CAROLINA CHAIN