3½in 3½in 3½in 3½ininDiagram2.Jointhepatchesand
unitstogether.14
JointheremainingA triangles
tothetopedgeoftheothertwo
units,asshowninDiagram3.Then
joinoneshortedgeofa B quarter-
squaretriangletotheleftandright
edgesoftheunits.15
SewtheunitsfromStep 14
tothetopandbottomedges
oftheunitfromStep13,asshown
inDiagram4.Yourblockshould
measure 171 ⁄ 2 insquare from raw
edgetorawedge.16
Foldtheblock in half
horizontallyand vertically and
fingerpresssomecreases in the centre
square.Foldthelarge cookie and large
icingcirclesinhalf horizontally and
verticallyandfinger press creases on
theirouteredges.Centre the cookie
circleonthecentre square, matching
creases.Usea fewdrops of fabric
appliquéglueonthe wrong side of the
shapetoholdit inplace. Then layer
theicingcircleontop of it and glue it.17
Stitcharoundtheouteredge
of eachcirclebyhandor
machine. Deirdremachinestitched
her appliquéusinga blindhemstitch
with a stitchlengthandwidthof0.5,
worked inclearmonofilamentthread.
She workedthestraightstitchonthe
backgroundfabricrightnexttothe
edge of theappliquéshapes,withthe
swing stitcharcingacrossontothe
appliqué shapetoholdit inplace.18
RepeatSteps10–17tomakea
totalof 12 LayerCakeblocks.
Each of yourassortedprintfabrics
will be usedinfourdifferentblocks,
and in eachofthoseblocks,it willbe
used for differentpatches.Thatis,in
one block itwillbeusedforA andB
triangles; inanotherblockit willbe
used for theC rectanglesandthe
icing; in athirdblockit willbeused
for the C andD rectanglesandthe
cookie; andinthefourthblock,it
will be usedfortheE centresquare.ROLLINGPINBLOCKS
19
Layouttwo 21 ⁄ 2 instripsof
yellowprintfabric,one 31 ⁄ 2 in
stripofyellowprintfabricandtwo
21 ⁄ 2 instripsofmid-greenprintfabric
asshowninDiagram5.Sewthe
stripstogetheralongtheirlong
edges.Pressalltheseamsinone
direction.Thestripsetshould
measure 111 ⁄ 2 inhigh,fromrawedgeto raw edge. Repeat to make another
two strip sets exactly the same.20
Crosscutthestripsetsinto
segments 31 ⁄ 2 in wide. You
willneed 30 segmentsinall.21
Sewa 1^1 ⁄ 2 x 11^1 ⁄ 2 in pale red
strip to both long edges of
each segment, as shown in Diagram- Pressseamsoutwards.
22
Joina 1^1 ⁄ 2 inpaleredsquare
tooneendofeach 11 ⁄ 2 x 2^1 ⁄ 2 in
yellowprintrectangle.Thensewa
palered 21 ⁄ 2 x 3^1 ⁄ 2 in rectangle to both
long edges of this unit to make
handle units, as shown in Diagram 7.23
Join a handle unit from Step 22
to each end of the rolling pin
unit from Step 21 to complete the
Rolling Pin blocks, as shown in
Diagram 8. Check that you have
rotated one of the handle units in
each block so that at each end, the
yellow print rectangle is adjacent to
therollingpinunit.YourRollingPin
blocksshouldmeasure 51 ⁄ 2 x 17^1 ⁄ 2 in
from raw edge to raw edge.COOKIEBLOCKS
24
Foldeachofthe 51 ⁄ 2 in squares
of mid-green fabric in half
horizontally and vertically and fi nger
press creases. Fold the small cookie
and small icing circles in half
horizontally and vertically and fi nger
Diagram 3 press creases on their outer edges.Diagram 4 Diagram 5AB B07
PROJECT106 Homespun