Today's Quilter - UK (2020-01)

PROJECTl manor cross

Youwillneed

QForty-eight(48) 10in squares for

theblocks*

QNeutralbackgroundfabric– 2yds

QContrastborderfabric(aqua) – yd

QBackingfabric– 4yds

QBatting– 70insquare

QBinding – yd fabric

Finishedsize

Q 62 in square

Fabricsused

QHandmadeandLittleSnippetsby

Bonnie & Camille for Moda.

BEHIND THE QUILT

CROSS MY HEART
“ManorCrossis a machine-piecedquiltinspiredbyLucyBoston’sPatchwork
of theCrosses– oneof themosttreasureddesignsof the20thcentury.The
designincludessomeof thefussy-cuttingelementsthatmakeLucy’sendlessly
adaptableblocksucha favouriteforfabriclovers.YoucanreadmoreaboutLucy’s
workin DianaBoston’sbookThePatchworksof LucyBostonandseethequiltsby
appointmentat thehometheywerecreatedfor,TheManorat HemingfordGrey.
I hadenormousfunchoosingfabricforthisquilt.I mixedtwo
complementaryLayerCakesbyBonnie& CamilleforModa,cherrypickingthe
bestprintsforfussy-cuttingandsavingtheblenderprintsfortheouterportions
of theblock.Stripedfabric,likethefunmeasuringtapeprint,workparticularly
wellforthecentres.I madesimpletemplatesfromclearplasticto helpmechoose
whichmotifto highlight,markingthequarterinchseamallowancewitha
permanentmarker.So,basically,I’mgivingyouan excuse to stare at lovely fabric
for hours... you’re welcome!”–Nicola Dodd

HERITAGEPROJECT

MANOR CROSS

Fig 1

Sortingthefabrics

1

Beforeyoustartcutting,you

willneedtochoosethree(3)

contrastingprintsforeachofthe

sixteen(16)blocks– fabricA forthe

centre‘cross’,fabricB forthe‘plus’

(bothcanbeprintssuitableforfussy-

cutting)andfabricC forthecorners,

whichshouldbea solidorsmall-

scaleprint.AsyoucanseeinFig 1 ,

fabricplacementcancompletelyalter

theappearanceofeachblock,which

is what makes it so fun to piece!

Simplyput,fussy-cutting

is deliberatelycuttinga

patchworkpiecethat‘captures’

a repeatedmotifordesign

element in a piece of fabric.

Whatis

fussy-cutting?

Cutting out

2

FromeachfabricA,cutfour(4)

3insquares.Nicolaadvises fussy-

cutting these if possible.

A

BC

A

BC

A

BC