Love Patchwork & Quilting - UK (2020-03)

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pieces.PressseamstowardsFabricB and
trimeachHSTto5insquare(Fig1).Repeat
withtheremainingA andB squaresto
makethirtytwoHSTs.Youwillonly need
thirtyHSTs, so discard two.

6

SewoneHSTtothetopofa FabricC
square,aligningtheFabricB triangle
withthesquareasshownin Fig2. Press
openand repeat to make thirty units.

7

Takeonewhite5inx 9in rectangleand
one5insquareofFabricD.Drawa
diagonallineonthewrongsideofthe
FabricD squareandplaceat thebottom
oftherectangleasshownin Fig3. Sew
alongthemarkedlineandtrimwithain
seamallowance.Presstheseamtowards
Fabric D. Repeat to make thirty units.

8

Takeoneunitfromstep6 andonefrom
step7. Sewtogetherasshown in Fig 4.
Repeattomakethirtyblocks.

ASSEMBLINGTHEQUILTTOP

9

Arrangetheblocksintosixrowsoffive
blocks.Sewtheblocksintorows,then
sewthesixrowstogether to complete
thequilttop.

QUILTINGANDFINISHING

10

Cutthebackingfabricin halfacross
thewidth.Removetheselvedgesand
sewthetwopiecestogetherusing a in
seam. Press the seam open.

11

Pressthequilttopandbackingwell.

Makea quiltsandwichbyplacingthe

backingfabricrightsidedown,thebatting

ontop,thenplacethequilttopcentrally

andrightsideup.Bastethelayers

together using your preferred method.

12

Quiltasdesired.Kelliquiltedan

intricatewavedesignusingher

longarmmachine.Trimofftheexcess

battingandbackingfabricand square up

thequilt to 45in x 54in.

13

Sewthebindingstripstogether

end-to-end using diagonal seams. Press

theseamsopen.Foldin halflengthways,

wrongsides together, and press.

14

Sewthebindingtotherightsideof the

quilt,creatinga neatmitreat each

corner.Foldthebindingovertothebackof

the quilt and hand stitch in place to finish.