Today's Quilter - UK (2020-05)

PROJECTl paved with gold

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Takethefour(4) 12 in setting

trianglesof yellowfabricand

stitchtwo(2)to oppositesidesof the

block.Presstowardsthetriangles.

Repeatwiththeremainingtwo(2)

triangles.Pressas before. Trim to

23 in square.

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Stitcha 4inx 23in cream

border1 stripto oppositesides

of yourpatchwork.Presstowardsthe

borders.Stitchtheyellowfloral4in

squaresto eitherendof theremaining

twoborders.Presstowardstheborder.

Attachtheseto theremainingsidesof

thepatchwork(Fig 4 ). Press towards

the border.

Fig 3

Fig 4

Makingthepieced

settingtriangles

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Pairupforty(40)lightand

forty(40)dark 5 in triangles

andstitchtogetheralongthelongside

to makehalf-square triangles. Press

seams open.

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ArrangetheHSTsintorows

as showninFig 5 , addingthe

remainingdarktrianglesto theendsof

eachrowas shown.Stitchintorows,

thenjointherowstogether.Press

seamsopen.Makefour (4) of these

pieced triangles.

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Stitchtwo(2)to oppositesides

of thecentralsquare.Press

seamsopen.Then, repeat on the

other corners.

Addingcreamborder 2

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Stitchtwo(2) 5 in x 43in

creamstripsto eithersideof

thepatchwork.Addtheyellow 5 in

squaresto eitherendof theremaining

borderstripsandaddtheseto thetop

andbottomof thequilt.Yourquilt

topshouldmeasure53in square at

this stage(Fig 6 ).

Fig 5

Fig 6

Fig 7

Makingthesquares-on-

pointborder

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Stitchtogetherfifty-four(54)

pairs of dark 1in squares for

eachsideof thequilt,(two-hundred

andsixteen(216)in total)usingascant

in seam.Nowstitcha pairto either

sideof a creamsquare(Fig 7 ). There

willbetwenty-seven(27)of thesefor

eachsideof thequilt, for the main part

of the border.

Make 4

Make 108