Today's Quilter - UK (2020-03)

PROJECTlrosewood whorls

Colourto

Fig 12 match Block 2

Fig 14

Fig 11

Fig 13A Fig 13B

18

Takethe 5 intriangles,and

joinonebackgroundandone

printtriangletogethertomakea

HST.Presswell.Makesixteen(16)

HSTs.Note: Pairsofthesemust

matchtheoutermostcolourofeach

block2 (colourA).Trim‘dog-ears’.

Each should measure 5in square.

19

Sewalltheborderunits

togetherasshownwiththe

background 2 inx 5inrectangles

(Fig 12 ). Makefour(4)borderstrips

intotal.Sewtwo(2)ofthe border 1

strips to the quilt sides.

20

Tomakethecorners,stitch

matching 3 intrianglesto

oppositesidesofa 3insquare,press

backandthenstitchtwo(2)more

totheremainingsides(Figs13A

and13B). Makefour (4) economy

squares in total.

21

Sewtheeconomysquaresto

each end of the remaining

bordersfromstep19,andsewthese

to the quilt top and bottom(Fig 14 ).

AddingBorder 2

22

Stitchtheshorterborder 2

stripstothesidesofthequilt

top.Stitchthelongerborder 2 strips

to the top and bottom.

MakingBorder 3

23

Takeonebackgroundand

oneprint 6 intriangle,and

joinalongtheshortedges.Sewa

print 5 intriangletothepairto

makea splitQST(Fig 15 ). Make

forty(40)oftheseintotal,twenty

(20)inoneorientation, and twenty

(20) mirrored.

24

Sewten(10)blockstogether

(fiveineachdirection)for

eachsideofquilt,withcentreblocks

forminganarrow.Addtwo(2)

borderstoeithersideofthequilt

topwiththebackground fabric

facing outwards.

Fig 15

25

Tomakethecornersquares,

sewa printanda background

3insquaretogetherandthensewthe

3inx 5inbackgroundrectangleto

this(Fig 16 ). Make four (4) in total.

26

Sewthecornersquarestoeach

end of the remaining border 3

Fig 16