Today's Quilter - UK (2020-01)

PROJECTl manor cross

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Notes

QPleasereadthroughthepattern

beforeyoubegin,assumingain

seamallowanceanda fabricwidth

(WOF)of 42in.Nicolarecommends

makinga testblock.

Q* Nicolacombinedprintsfrom

two(2)LayerCakesforherquilt,

choosingtheprintsthatoeredthe

best opportunities for fussy-cutting.

3

FromeachfabricB,cutfour(4)

2 inx 3inpieces and eight (8)

1 i n squ a r e s.

4

Fromeachfabric C, cut

asfollows:

QFour(4)3insquares.

QFour(4) 2 in x 3inpieces.

QOne (1) 1in x 9in piece.

5

Fromthecontrastborderfabric,

cut five (5) 2in x WOF strips.

6

Fromtheneutralbackground

fabric,cutasfollows:

QFifteen(15)3inx WOFstrips.

Setasidetwelve(12)fortheouter

bordersandhorizontalsashing.

Subcuttheremainderintotwelve

(12)3inx 10in pieces.

QEleven(11) 2 in x WOFstrips.Set

asideten(10)forthepiecedborder

stripsets.Cuttheremainingstrip

intoeight(8) 2 in x 3inpieces.

QFour(4)2inx WOFstrips.Subcut

intosixteen(16)2inx 9inpieces.

QTen(10) 1 in x WOFstrips.Subcut

intotwo-hundred-and-fifty-six (256)

1 i n squ a r e s.

7

Fromthebindingfabric,cut

seven (7) 2in x WOF strips.

Piecingthecross units

8

Marka diagonallineonthe

backoftwo(2) 1 infabricB

squaresandpin,rightsidestogether,

tooppositecornersofa 3infabric

A square,takingcarewiththe

placementandrotationif youhave

fussy-cutyourfabric.Stitchonthe

line, flip ‘open’ and press the seam

allowancesasdirectedto‘snowball’

thecorner(Fig 2 ). Then,trimaway

theexcesstoin.Make four (4)

matching units.

Piecingtheplusunits

10

Snowballbothcornerson

theshortsideofthe 2 in

x 3infabricB piecewithtwo(2)

1 inbackgroundsquares,pressing

theseamallowancetowardsthe

background.Make four (4) matching

units(Fig 4 ).

9

Jointheunitsintwo(2)rowsof

two(2)– yourseamsshouldnest

beautifully– tomakethecentreof

theblock,pressing the seams open,

asinFig 3.

Piecingthecornerunits

11

Tostrip-piecethecornerunits,

joina 1inx 9infabricC piece

toa 2inx 9inbackgroundpiece,

pressingtowardstheprint.Then,

subcutfour(4) 2in x 3in sections,

asinFig 5.

12

Snowballonecornerofa 3in

fabricC squarewitha 1in

backgroundsquare,flippingand

pressingtheseamallowancetowards

theprint.Makefour (4) matching

units(Fig 6 ).

13

Snowballthetopright-hand

cornerofa 2inx 3infabric

C piecewitha 1inbackground

square.Flipandpresstheseam

allowancetowardstheprint(Fig 7 ).

Make two (2) matching units.

14

Repeatstep13,mirroringthe

placementtosnowballthe

topleft-handcorner. Make two (2)

matching units.