Today's Quilter - UK (2020-05)

PROJECTl paved with gold

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Tojointhemitres,foldthequilt

in halfdiagonally,RST,sothe

45-degreecornersmeet.Startingat the

in pointin theinnercorner,stitch

theborderstogetheralongtheangled

edge,matchingtheseams(Fig11C).

Pressthisseamopen.Pressthelong

borderseamstowardsthequiltcentre.

Repeatin allfour(4)corners(Fig 12 ).

Yourquilttopshouldmeasureapprox.

64 in square at this point.

Makingthe Pavement

border

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Makeeight(8)rowsof

seventeen(17) 4 in squares.

Pressseamsin onedirection.Pair

uptheborderrows,osettingthem

byapproximately1-1in,to createa

staggered ‘pavement’ eect(Fig 13 ).

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Measurethelengthof your

patchworkthroughthecentre

andtrimtwo(2)pavementbordersto

fit. Sew to either side of your quilt top.

Fig 13

Fig 12

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Stitcha 2in lighttriangleto

eithersideof the 5 in dark

triangleto makea flyinggeeseunit

(Fig 14 ). Trimdog-ears.Repeatto

makesixteen(16).Addtwo(2)to

either side of each light 4in square.

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Add 2 in darksquaresto the

endsof eachof theremaining

unitsandaddto thetopandbottom.

Makefour(4) Sawtooth Star blocks

(Fig 15 ).

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AttachtheSawtoothStar

cornersto eitherendof thetwo

remainingpavementborders,then

addtheseto thetopandbottomof the

quilt. Press towards the frame(Fig 16 ).

Quiltingandfinishing

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Layerthequilttopwithbatting

andbackingready for quilting.

Quilt as desired.

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Oncequilted,remove basting,

bind, and label.