Today's Quilter - UK (2020-03)

BLOCK OF THE MONTHl spoondrift quilt

planthepositionof theprintscarefully

onthefoundationif youwanttokeep

thedirectionof theprintconsistent

acrosstheblock.Tohelpthisprocess,

takethefoundationpapersandlay

themoutintheirrespectivepositions

intheblockandlabel(Fig 3 ). This

willhelpwhenyoupinyourfabricsin

placeonthefoundationpriorto

stitching.Themethodforpiecingis

thesameforbothtemplatesA andB.

Youcanhandormachinesewasyou

prefer.Fabricsareplacedfromthe

centreoutwardsandtheseamsare

always sewn in numerical order.

MakingtheFPPunits

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Placea pieceof fabric(CowesSky

fortemplateA,CowesSandfor

templateB)largeenoughtocoverthe

centraltriangleontherightsideof the

foundationsquare.Ensurethatboth

thedrawnlinesarecoveredwith the

usual in seam allowance.

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Ta ket he6 i nsqu a r e s(St r ip ePe a rl

fortemplateA,StarfishPearlfor

templateB).Fordirectionalfabrics,

placethesquaressidebysideandcut

oneinhalffromtoptobottom,and

oneinhalffromlefttoright(Figs4A

andFig4B). Then cut the rectangles

ontheoppositediagonals.Carefully

laythemoutonthetemplates in

preparation for piecing.

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Pinthetriangleforfoundation

piece2 RStogetheragainstthe

centretrianglealongsidethedrawn

linebetweenpieces1 and2 (Fig 5 ).

Thereshouldbeenoughfabricfora

inseamallowance.Flipoverthe

templateandstitchonlyonthisline,

securingthebeginningandendof

each line of stitching(Fig 6 ).

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Fig 4A Fig 4B

Fig 5

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Fig 6

EbbandFlowfabricswatches

Keep this safesoyou canreferback tothefabric grid

1.CowesPearl2.CowesDarkOcean3.CowesOcean4.CowesSky

5.CowesSand6.WovenTextureOcean7.SeabirdsPearl8.SeabirdsSky

9.SeabirdsSand10.SeaweedPearl11.SeaweedOcean12.WovenTexture

Pearl13.SeaweedSky14.SeaweedSand15.StarfishPearl16.Starfish

DarkOcean 17. StarfishOcean18.WovenTextureSand19.StripePearl

20.StripeDarkPearl21.StripeDarkOcean22.StripeSand23.ShipsPearl

24.WovenTextureSky25.ShipsDarkOcean26.ShipsSand27.Whales

Pearl 28. Whales Ocean 29. Whales Sky30.Woven Texture Dark Ocean

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Turnthefoundationtemplate

overandflipthefabricbackto

layflatonthefoundationsquareand

presswell.Repeatthisprocesstoadd

foundation piece3 (Figs 7 and 8 ).