American Patchwork & Quilting - USA (2020-02)

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Using marked blue print 1^3 ∕ 4 "

squares and gray print 5" squares,

repeat Step 2 to make 90 gray

Snowball blocks (Diagram 2).

ASSEMBLE QUILT CENTER

1

Referring to Quilt Assembly

Diagram, page 52, alternate blue

and gray Snowball blocks in 15 rows.

Sew together blocks in rows. Press

seams in one direction, alternating

direction with each row.

2

Join rows to make quilt center.

Press seams in one direction.

The quilt center should be 54^1 ∕ 2 ×68"

including seam allowances.

ASSEMBLE AND ADD BORDERS

1

Use a pencil to mark a diagonal

line on wrong side of each gray

print 2^3 ∕ 4 " square.

2

Align a marked gray print square

with one end of a blue print 2^3 ∕ 4 ×5"

rectangle (Diagram 3; note direction

of marked line). Sew on marked line.

Trim excess fabric, leaving a^1 ∕ 4 " seam

allowance. Press open attached

triangle. Add a matching gray print

square to opposite end of rectangle;

trim and press to make a Flying Geese

unit. The unit still should be 2^3 ∕ 4 ×5"

including seam allowances.

3

Repeat Step 2 to make 108 Flying

Geese units total.

To bind curves,

cut your binding

strips on the

bias. Straight-

grain strips won't

have the bend

and give that

the bias strips

have.

Diagram 2

(^2) ×^3 / 4
5 "
(^2) s^3 q/ (^4) ."
Diagram 3
50 APQ ¥ February 2020