Beginner's Guide To Quilting - UK (2020-04)

LARGE HEXAGON Use at 100% to make a laptop case on page 90 PATCHES Enlarge both these shapes by 400% to make the recycled bedspr ...

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Get creative and build beautiful quilts. We’ll get you started with 5 basic block tutorials, show you how to arrange them in a q ...

All about... BLOCKS O nce you’ve mastered the basics of cutting and piecing fabric, you can now combine shapes to create hundred ...

your skill set. There are some simple block tutorials in this chapter. Why not start simple with a Nine Patch block find out ho ...

106 Working with Blocks W hen quilters talk about sashing (or ‘lattice’ or ‘setting strips’), they mean the narrow strips of fab ...

Guide to Quilting 107 Working with Blocks T he term ‘cornerstones’ refers to simple squares of fabric which can be sewn into eac ...

Cut the strip into segments, with the width of a segment equal to the width of the original single strip width. Take a pair of u ...

Working with Blocks Sew a log (2) from the first pile to the pieced unit you made in step 1, adding it along the long side as sh ...

Make this in just one evening! ...

Spiral cushion Stitch a dinky Log Cabin pincushion to keep your sewing supplies safe! By Rebecca Reid T his cute pincushion is a ...

Use a backstitch to stitch over all the traced lines of the scissors, keeping your stitches small and even. Step 6 C o nt i n u ...

Working with Blocks Sew the squares together with a ¼in seam allowance, placing the contrasting square in the middle, to form a ...

Pre-cut fabric sizes will save you cutting time ...

Sunny days quilt Get ready for summer with this colourful block quilt by Carolyn Forster N ot all quilts are destined for the lo ...

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Working with Blocks Arrange the four HST units as shown above and sew the HSTs together in pairs. Press the seam of one unit in ...

Take four rectangles, each a different colour, and sew the long sides together with ¼in seams. Press the seams towards the darke ...

Happy crossings quilt Mix and match blocks and plain fabric for a cool, contemporary look. By Pat Bravo Happy crossings quilt Mi ...

“Happy Crossings is a quilt made to balance Pat Bravo’s twee Rapture collection with touches of modernity,” says Lorena Barrient ...