Today's Quilter - UK (2020-01)

PROJECTl manor cross

Assemblingtheblock

15

Tomakethesidecolumns,join

thefabricC unitsmadeinsteps

13 and 14 toeachsideofa fabricB

‘plus’unit(seeFig 8 ) pressingthe

seamstowardsthecentre. Make two

(2) matching rows.

18

Finally,jointherowstothe

topandbottom,againpressing

towardsthecentre.Yourblock

shouldmeasure 10 insquare

(Fig 11 ). Make sixteen (16).

Piecingtheborder

19

Tomaketheborderstripset,

joina 2inx WOFbackground

striptoeachsideofa 2incontrast

strip,pressingtowardsthecontrast.

Makefive(5).Subcutintoeighty-

eight (88) 2in sections(Fig 12 ).

20

Osettingthesectionsso

thattheseamsnest,asshown

below,jointwenty-one(21)together,

pressingtowardsoneside,tomake

thesideborders.Adda 2in x 3in

neutral piece to each end.

21

Whenyouarereadytoaddthe

borderstoyourquilt,trimthe

sidesinawayfromthediamond

points(Fig 13 ). Make two (2).

Fig 8

Fig 9

Fig 10

Fig 12

Fig 13

Fig 11

16

Jointhecolumnstoeachsideof

thefabricA blockcentre,made

instep9, againpressing towards the

centre(Fig 9 ).

fabricB ‘plus’unit.Thenjoina

sectionofthestripsettoeachend,

asshowninFig 10 , pressing towards

the centre.

17

Tomakethetopandbottom

rows,jointhefabricC units

made in step 12 to each side of a

22

Jointwenty-three(23)

sectionstogether,as

demonstratedinstep20,tomake

the top and bottom borders.

23

Whenyouarereadytoaddthe

borderstoyourquilt,trimthe

sidesinawayfromthediamond

points. Make two (2).

Assemblingthequilt

24

Assemblethequiltcentreas

showninFig 14 , adding3in

backgroundsashingstripsbetween

theblocksandthentherows.Join

stripstomakelongerlengthswhere

neededandpress the seams towards

the sashing.

25

Add3ininnerborderstothe

sidesfirst,thentothetopand

bottom, joining strips to make longer