Drafting for the Creative Quilter

CIRCULARDESIGNS 37

16. Lay your protractor over the
    square, exactly as shown in the
    diagram. Line DC should be in
    line with the 0° marking, and line
    BC should be in line with the 90°
    marking.


17. Use your pencil to mark points
    at 25°, 35°, 45°, 55°, and 65°, exactly
    as shown in the diagram.

A B

D C

E

F

G

H

Position the protractor and mark

degree markings.

18. Position your C-Thru ruler
    to intersect with the 25° mark and
    point C and beyond the farthest arc.
    Then, draw a straight line between
    the 2 farthest arcs, exactly as shown
    in the diagram.

A B

D

C

E

F

G

C-Thru rule

r

H

Draw a line between 2 arcs.

19. Next, position your C-Thru
    ruler to intersect with the 35° mark
    and point C, and mark a straight
    line in the upper arc. Repeat this
    step with the 45°, 55°, and 65° mark-
    ings to complete the shapes within
    the arc section, exactly as shown in
    the diagram.

A B

D C

E

F

G

H

Complete the shapes within the arc.

20. Repeat Step 16 in the upper
    left-hand corner of the square. It
    may be helpful to rotate your graph
    paper so that point A is in the lower
    right-hand corner.


21. Repeat Steps 17–19, placing
    the protractor at point A, to mark
    straight lines in the opposite arc
    section.


22. Notice that the line joining
    the post to the end of the pieced
    arc is curved. When sewing these
    2 pieces together, the curves will
    be opposing and will require some
    maneuvering to sew smoothly. You
    can easily avoid this situation if you
    mark straight lines from the tip of
    the melon section to points E and
    F, exactly as shown in the diagram.
    Do this again at the opposite set of
    posts.
    E B
    F

Straighten the curved lines.

23. Use the eraser to eliminate the
    points made in Steps 17 and 21.


24. At this point you have drafted
    one-quarter of the ring and all of
    the shapes required to make the
    Double Wedding Ring. However,
    if you would like to draft the entire
    ring or view the entire pattern, you
    can repeat the previous steps 3 more
    times. Or you may choose to trace

the block or make photocopies of

it and tape the sections together to

form the complete ring, exactly as

shown in the diagram. Otherwise,

this completes the Double Wedding

Ring. There are 5 templates shapes:

#1 the inner segments of the pieced

arc, #2 and #2R the ends of the

pieced arc, #3 the melon shape, #4

the post, and #5 the large back-

ground piece. Note that template

shape #5 is only one-quarter of the

entire shape. To achieve the full

shape, the 2 straight sides must be

placed on the fold when cutting the

fabric shape. Indicate this on the

template shape. Do not add seam

allowance to these 2 sides when

making your plastic template.

Entire ring pattern

(^512)
11
2R^1
4
3
4
5 template shapes