Today's Quilter - UK (2020-03)

PROJECTl rosewood whorls

MakingBlock 2

Therearefour(4)Block2sin the

finishedquiltandtheyareallmade

in exactlythesameway.Followthe

instructionsformakingoneblock,then

repeatto makefour(4)blocksin total.

Eachblockis madeupof threepieced

sections,consistingof unit1 (using

templates),unit2 (Flying Geese) and a

Snail Trail block.

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Toassembleunit1, stitcha

templateA triangletoone

sideofthebackgroundC triangle,

pressandthenstitchthetemplateB

triangletotheoppositeside(Fig 6 ).

Trim this unit to 2in x 9in.

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Tom a k eu n i t2 ,s t i t c ha

5 inbackgroundtriangle

toeithersideofa colourA 7in

triangle.TrimthisFlyingGeese

blockto5inx 9in(Fig 7 ).

Note: Thiscolourshouldmatch

oneofthecoloursintheSnailTrail

block in the following step.

Fig 6

Fig 7

Fig 8A Fig 8B

Fig 8C

Fig 8E

Fig 8D

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TomaketheSnailTrailblock,

stitchthetwo(2)background

andone(1)ofeachcolourA and

B 2insquaresintoa four-patch.

Thenaddtheroundsoftrianglesin

thesamewayasforblock1 inthe

followingorder(Figs8A-8E):

QOne(1) 3 in triangleof eachcolour

onoppositesidessothatmatching

colourstouchandrotateclockwise.

QTwo(2)background 3 in triangles

onoppositesides.

QOne(1)4intriangleof eachcolour

onoppositecorners, working

clockwise.

QTwo(2)background 4in triangles on

oppositesides.

QOne(1) 5 in triangleof each

colouronopposite sides, working

clockwise.

QTwo(2)background 5 in triangles

on opposite sides.

Fig 9

Same colour

Fig 10A Fig 10B

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TrimeachSnailTrailblockto

9 in.Jointhethree(3)pieced

unitstogetherasshowntomake

Block2.RotatetheSnailTrailblock

sothatthematchingcolour(colour

B) is next to unit2 (Fig 9 ).

MakingBlock 3

Therearefour(4)Block3sin the

finishedquiltandtheyareallmade

in exactlythesameway.Followthe

instructionsformakingoneblockthen

repeat to make four (4) blocks in total.

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MaketheSnailTrailblockin

thesamewayasforBlock 2

(seestep12).Addone 7 intriangle

of each colour to opposite sides.

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Attachthebackgroundstrips

withthetrimmed45-degree

angletothebottomandleftofthe

block(Figs10Aand10B). Then

addthetwo(2) 9 inbackground

trianglestosquareotheblock.It

should measure 15in square.

Assemblingthe

quilt centre

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Layouttherowsasshownin

Fig 11. Sewtheblockstogether

inrows,thenjointhethree(3)rows

together to complete the quilt centre.

Adding Border 1

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Stitchassorted 2 inprint

squarestogetherintofour-

patches,thenjointheseinpairsto

make eight (8) rectangle blocks.

Block 3

Block 2