Today's Quilter - UK (2020-05)

PROJECTlMoroccan magic

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Makeanothernine(9)blocks

usingdierentfabricsbut

keeping the same colours.

Makingthe Centre Row

Blocks

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Sewa blue 3 insquaretoa

3 inx 4indarkbluestrip.

Sewa blue 4 insquaretoanother

3 inx 4indarkbluestrip(Fig 18 ).

Sewthesestripstogether,matching

points,tomaketheoutercorners

(Fig 19 ). Makeanother three (3)

identical units.

Layoutyourcornerandside

unitsalongsidea 6inred

centresquare asshowninFig 21.

Stitchtogetherinthree(3)rows

(Fig 22 ) andstitchrowstogetherto

completeblock.It should measure

19 i n squa re.

Assembling the

quilt top

Sewthefour(4)centreblocks

togethertomakea rowand

sewa 3inx 76inbackground

sashingstripalong the length on

either side.

Sewthe 1 inx 10in

backgroundsashingstrips

betweenandat eitherendofseven

(7)oftheredblocks.Maketwo(2)of

theseredblockrowsandsewa 2in

x 76inbackgroundsashingstrip

alongthelengthof either long sides

of both strips.

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Sewa 3inx 12in

backgroundsashingstrip

betweenfive(5)ofthehexagon

blocksanda 3inx 12instripat

eitherendtomakea longrow.Make

anotherthesame.Layoutyour

rowswitha redblockstripat the

topanda hexagonblockstripbelow

andsewtogether.Sewthecentre

blockstripbelowthisfollowedby

anotherhexagonblockstrip.Turn

theremainingredblockstripupside

downbeforesewingtothebottom to

complete the quilt top.

Quiltingandfinishing

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Piecethebackingfabricby

cuttingtheyardageinto

two(2)equallengths.Removethe

selvedgesandsewtogetheralongthe

lengthwithainseamallowance,

toforma centre seam. Press well

all over.

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Makea quiltsandwichof

yourbackingfabric(rightside

down),thebattingandthequilttop

(rightsideup).Basteorpinthelayers

togetherandthenquiltasyouwish.

Thequiltshownwasfree-motion

quilted using an overall pattern.

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Oncequilted,trimothe

excessbackingfabricand

batting and square up the quilt.

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Preparethebindingbysewing

theeight(8)stripsendtoend

toformonelonglength.Foldalong

thefulllength,WSTand press. Use

this to bind the quilt.

Fig 18

UsingtheFPPmethod

describedinsteps 11 and12,

placea 4inbluesquareoversection

1 oftemplateE.CoversectionsE2

andE3with 3 indarkbluesquare

andsectionE4with a 3in x 4in

white strip.

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Placea 3inx 4inwhite

stripoversectionF1and

coversectionF2witha 2inx 3inred

strip.Pressandtrimbothtemplates

andthensewtogetherasshown

inFig 20. Makeanother three (3)

identical side units.

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Makeanotherthree(3)blocks

evenlydistributingthefour

coloursofred,white,blueanddark

bluethroughoutthefourareasofthe

design to make four dierent blocks.

Fig 20

Fig 21

Fig 22

Fig 19