Australian Homespun – August 2019

Centrea cookiecircleoneach

square,matchingcreases.Usea

fewdropsoffabricappliquéglueon

thewrongsideoftheshapetohold

it inplace.Thenlayertheicing

circleontopofit andglueit.

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RepeatStep 17 tostitch

aroundtheouteredgeofeach

circlebyhandormachine.

ASSEMBLY

26

LayouttheLayerCakeblocks

infourrowsofthreeblocks

each,leavingspacebetweenthem.

Movetheblocksarounduntilyou

haveanarrayofcoloursandprints

thatyoulike.Adda verticalRolling

PinblockbetweentheLayerCake

blocksineachrowandatthe

beginningandendoftherows.

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Join the blocks in each row

together. Press seams towards

theRolling Pin blocks.

28

Layout four Cookie blocks and

three horizontal Rolling Pin

blocks.Join them together, pressing

seamstowards the Rolling Pin blocks.

Repeattomake another four rows like

this.Addthem to your layout between

theCake+Rolling Pin block rows and at

thetopand bottom edge of the layout.

29

Join the Cookie+Rolling Pin

rows and the Cake+Rolling Pin

rowstogether, carefully matching

seams.Press.

FINISHING

30

Cutthe backing fabric into

twoequal lengths and remove

theselvedges.Sewthepieces

togethersidebysidewitha^1 ⁄ 2 in

seam and press it open.

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The backing, batting and

quilt top are ready for a

longarm machine as they are. If

you’re doing the quilting by hand

or on a domestic machine, refer

to Step 24 on page 96 to layer

and baste the quilt.

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Quilt as desired. This quilt

was machine quilted on a

long-arm machine by Michelle

Vince in an edge-to-edge design.

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Refer to Steps 26-28 on

page 96 to trim and bind

yourquilt,usingtheremaining

ninemid-green 21 ⁄ 2 in strips you

cut in Step 4.

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