Patchwork & Quilting UK – August 2019

30 British Patchwork & Quilting AUGUST 2019

PROJECT // welsh-style quilted cushion

Stitch slowly as you work along the

curves. Stop at regular intervals

with needle in the down position,

lift presser foot and move fabric

around the curve.

EDITOR'S TIP

CUTTING

1. From solid pale lilac cut:
   six, 1½" strips cut along the bias.
   You will need enough strips to make
   length to go around all four edges of
   cushion front plus 4"

PREPARATION

1a. Press 18" pale lilac square.

b. Fold square in half and press crease.

c. Open out, refold square and press

crease again to divide square into

quarters.

2. Tack along lines with coloured
   thread.
   3a. Starting from centre, divide each
   quarter into four, 4" squares to make
   grid of sixteen squares.
   b. You should be left with a 1" border
   around outside edges, dia. 1.

MARKING YOUR FABRIC

1a. Quilt design is created by drawing

semicircles.

3a. Working from centre of cushion,

stitch along drawn curved lines.

b. Once curves are stitched, add a

second line of stitching ¼" inside first

line of stitching, illust. 1.

4a. Continuing with machine quilting,

stitch shorter lines within shapes

created by curved lines.

b. Note some of these lines are straight

and some slightly curved, illust. 2.

HAND QUILTING

1a. Using embroidery thread, add

additional infill quilting by hand.

b. Lines can be straight, slightly curved

or as desired and each shape can be

filled differently, illust. 3a and illust. 3b.

COMPLETION

1a. Remove any remaining tacking

stitched together with any marking lines

if necessary.

b. Trim wadding and backing squares so

they are same size as cushion front.

2a. Take 1½" solid pale lilac strips and

join strips together end to end.

b. Press seams open to reduce bulk.

3a. Lay joined strips wrong side up on

work surface and place piping cord

centrally on fabric.

b. Fold fabric over so piping cord is

enclosed by fabric strips and pin along

length.

c. Using zipper foot, machine stitch

along length of strips stitching close to

piping cord.

4a. Place piping along outside edges of

cushion front with raw edges of fabric

strips covering piping cord level with raw

edges of cushion front.

b. Starting partway along bottom edge

of cushion and stitch with ½" seam

allowance.

c. Snip into seam allowance of piping at

corners to ease it around the corners,

dia. 3.

5a. Remove approx. 1" of piping cord

from ends to reduce bulk at join.

b. Overlap ends so they fall within seam

allowance before stitching over to join

ends, dia. 4 and illust. 4.

6a. Place quilted cushion front right side

up on work surface.

b. Lay 18" cream square right side down

on top so pieces are right sides together.

b. The interlocking curves create

additional patterns which are in-filled

with different quilting designs.

2. Trace semicircle template given full
   size on Pattern Sheet onto template
   plastic or card and cut out carefully
   on lines.


3. Using stitched gridlines as a guide
   for positioning and using removable
   fabric marker, draw around curved
   edge of semicircle template to create
   interlocking design, dia. 2.

MACHINE QUILTING

1a. Make quilt sandwich with marked

cushion top and 20" wadding and thin

cotton or muslin squares.

b. Pin or baste layers.

2a. Using a walking foot, machine quilt

along gridlines, removing those tacking

stitches as you stitch.

b. Next machine quilt diagonally from

corner to corner.

illust. 1. Add second line of machine

stitching

illust. 2. Add slightly curved machine

stitched lines

illust. 3. Hand quilting detail

a. Straight line quilting b. Curved line quilting