American Patchwork & Quilting - USA (2020-02)

Sharpen your piecing skills and

practice mitered corners by making

mug rugs from Something Old &

Something New. Add 1"-wide cut

borders to pieced blocks to make

the 5½"-square coasters.

If you need a last minute gift,

make one and combine it with a

mug and packets of hot chocolate.

FABRICS are from the Wild Birds

collection by KG Art Studio for P&B

Textiles (pbtex.com).

2

Sew together rows and red print

1 1 ∕ 2 × 14 1 ∕ 2 " sashing strips to make

quilt center. Press seams toward

sashing strips. The quilt center should

be 14^1 ∕ 2 " square including seam

allowances.

3

Sew red dot 1^1 ∕ 2 × 14 1 ∕ 2 " border strips

to opposite edges of quilt center.

Add red dot 1^1 ∕ 2 × 16 1 ∕ 2 " border strips to

remaining edges to complete quilt top.

Press all seams away from quilt center.

FINISH QUILT

1

Layer quilt top, batting, and

backing; baste. (For details, see

Complete Quilt, page 102.)

2

Quilt as desired. Designer Ann

Hermes machine-quilted a

diagonal grid across the quilt center

and border, creating an X in the center

of each block (Quilting Diagram).

3

Bind with black print binding

strips. To use double-fold binding,

see Complete Quilt. To use single-

fold binding, follow instructions in

Complete Quilt, but do not fold binding

strip in half lengthwise. Fold raw

edge under^1 ∕ 4 " before hand-stitching

binding in place.

Designer: Ann Hermes (on Instagram

@notesfromthequiltlab)

AllPeopleQult.com/804

Free Pattern

Quilting Diagram

80 APQ • February 2020