Today's Quilter - UK (2020-01)

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TECHNICALTIP

Thequarter-square

triangleis alsoknownas

anhourglassunit.Squares

fora QSTusingthemethod

here,arecut 1 inlarger

than thefinishedunit.

PROJECTl scrappy triplet

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Presstheseamstowardsthecentre

oftheblock.Thiswillmeanthat

whentheblocksareplacedinthequilt

design,theseamswillbutttogether

nicelyandeliminatebulk. Make two

(2) blocks(Fig 9 ).

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Intotal,makesixty-four(64)

blocks from your fabrics.

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Layouttheblocksineight(8)

rowsofeight(8)blocks.Note

howtheblocksinthisquilt alternate

in direction(Fig 10 ).

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Stitchtherowsofblocks

together.Pressseamsopen.

Stitchtherowstogethertocomplete

the quilt top. Press seams open.

Quiltingandfinishing

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Layoutthequilttopwith

battingand backing and baste

ready to quilt.

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Thisquiltwasmachinequilted

inanall-overdesign.Youcould,

forexample,usebigstitchquiltingas

alternative,keepinginawayfromthe

seamalongtheverticalandhorizontal

lines, for a dierent finish.

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Oncequilted,removeany

bastingandtrimreadyto bind.

Bind and label your quilt.