Today's Quilter - UK (2020-05)

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Fromthebindingfabric,cut eight

(8) 2in x WOF strips.

MakingtheRedBlocks

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Drawa diagonallinecornerto

corneronthebackoften(10)of

the 2 inaquabackgroundfabric

squares.Placeoneofthesesquares

RSTontopofa 2inx 4inred

strip.Lineit uptoa cornerwith

thedrawnlinecuttingacrossthe

corner.Sewalongthedrawnline,

trimawaythefabricbeyondthein

seamallowance(Fig 1 ) andpressthe

triangleopen.Repeatwithanother

2 inbackgroundsquareandthe

oppositecorneroftheredstrip

(Fig 2 ). Press(Fig 3 ). Sewa 3inx

2 inbackgroundstrip to either end

of this unit(Fig 4 ).

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Usingthemethodfromthe

previousstep,makefour(4)more

unitsbyattachingtheremaining

2 inbackgroundsquarestothe

cornersofa dierentlengthofred

strip.Makethefollowingunits:

QOne(1)red 2 inx 6instripand

2 inx 2inbackground strips

eitherside.

QOne(1)red 2 inx 7instrip

and2inx 2in background strips

eitherside.

QOne(1)red 2 inx 9instripand

1 inx 2inbackground strips

eitherside.

QOne(1)red 2 inx 10instrip.

Makesurethediagonallinesall

slant in the same direction.

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Making the Hexagon

Blocks

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Takea darkblue 4 inx 4in

stripandplaceit onthebackof

onepapertemplateA withthewrong

sidefacingthebackofthepaper.

Makesurethatthefabriccoversthe

wholeofsectionA1plusat leastin

overlapping section A2 and A3.

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Pinoneendof a 2inx 15in

whitestripRSTwiththedark

bluepiecesothatwhenflippedover

at theseamline,thewhitefabricwill

coversectionA2includingtheseam

allowance. Flip the template so that

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Layoutthefive(5)stripsina

descendingorder,asshownin

Fig 5 andstitchtherowstogetherto

maketheblock,asshowninFig 6.

Makethirteen(13)moreblocks

using dierent red prints.