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

Sunny days quilt

Get ready for summer with this colourful

block quilt by Carolyn Forster

N

ot all quilts are destined for

the lounge or the bedroom.

This one has a bright and

happy feel that makes me want to

bundle it into a bicycle basket on a

warm, sunny day, sling a bag over my

shoulder and cycle off to the beach to

have a good read with a comfy quilt

to lie on.”

CUTTING THE FABRIC

s฀฀ #UT฀฀SQUARES฀MEASURING฀฀X฀IN฀

฀X฀CM  ฀FROM฀YOUR฀PALE฀FABRICS

s฀฀ #UT฀THE฀BACKING฀FABRIC฀INTO฀TWO฀

EQUAL฀฀LENGTHS฀REMOVE฀SELVEDGES฀

AND฀JOIN฀TOGETHER฀LENGTHWISE฀0RESS฀

THE฀SEAM฀OPEN

s฀฀ #UT฀EIGHT฀STRIPS฀ IN฀CM    ฀WIDE฀

FROM฀THE฀BINDING฀FABRIC

MAKING YOUR BLOCKS

-AKE฀฀BLOCKS฀IN฀TOTAL฀USING฀EITHER฀OF฀

THE฀FOLLOWING฀TWO฀METHODS

METHOD 1

Step 1 4AKE฀A฀JELLY฀ROLL฀STRIP฀TRIM฀OFF฀THE฀

SELVEDGE฀AND฀PLACE฀THE฀TRIMMED฀

EDGE฀UNDER฀THE฀MACHINE฀RIGHT฀SIDE฀ V

YOU WILL NEED

Materials

Q Basic quilting kit฀SEE฀PAGE฀

Q Frames:฀/NE฀JELLY฀ROLL

Q Centre squares:฀ FT฀M    ฀

IN฀TOTAL฀OF฀ASSORTED฀PALE฀FABRICS฀

OR฀USE฀READY

CUT฀CHARM฀

SQUARES

Q Backing fabric: ÐFT฀M   

Q Wadding฀฀X฀IN฀

฀X฀CM    ฀

Q Binding:฀ IN฀CM  

SEAM ALLOWANCE

Q ¼in฀MM  ฀SEAMS

Finished size

Q Quilt size:฀฀X฀IN฀฀฀X฀CM   

Q Block size: ฀X฀IN฀฀X฀CM  ฀

UP฀READY฀TO฀STITCH฀.OW฀PLACE฀A฀IN฀

CM   ฀SQUARE฀ON฀TOP฀RIGHT฀SIDES฀

FACING฀ALIGN฀THE฀RAW฀EDGES฀OF฀THE฀

SEAM฀AND฀SEW฀TO฀THE฀END฀OF฀THE฀

SQUARE฀,EAVE฀IN฀MM  ฀OF฀STRIP฀AND฀

THEN฀ADD฀ANOTHER฀SQUARE฀AND฀SEW฀IN฀

THE฀SAME฀WAY 1

Step 2 #ONTINUE฀ADDING฀SQUARES฀UNTIL฀

THE฀STRIP฀IS฀FULL฀9OU฀SHOULD฀FIT฀ABOUT฀EIGHT฀

SQUARES฀ON฀TO฀A฀JELLY฀ROLL฀STRIP฀2EMOVE฀

THE฀FABRIC฀FROM฀THE฀MACHINE฀AND฀CUT฀

THROUGH฀THE฀STRIP฀BETWEEN฀THE฀SQUARES฀

0RESS฀THE฀SEAMS฀TOWARDS฀THE฀JELLY฀ROLL฀

STRIP 2

Step 3 4AKE฀ANOTHER฀JELLY฀ROLL฀STRIP฀CUT฀

OFF฀THE฀SELVEDGE฀AND฀PLACE฀IT฀UNDER฀

THE฀MACHINE฀READY฀TO฀SEW฀RIGHT฀SIDE฀

UP฀AS฀BEFORE฀/N฀TOP฀OF฀THE฀STRIP฀PLACE฀

ONE฀OF฀THE฀RECTANGLES฀YOU฀HAVE฀JUST฀

STITCHED฀RIGHT฀SIDES฀FACING฀WITH฀THE฀CUT฀

EDGE฀OF฀THE฀STRIP฀ALIGNED฀WITH฀THE฀RAW฀

EDGE฀OF฀THE฀JELLY฀ROLL฀STRIP฀^3 ฀3TITCH฀AS฀

BEFORE฀9OU฀WILL฀FIT฀ABOUT฀SIX฀OF฀THESE฀ON฀

TO฀THE฀STRIP฀#UT฀OFF฀EACH฀OF฀THE฀NEWLY฀

STITCHED฀SQUARES฀AS฀YOU฀DID฀BEFORE฀

0RESS฀THE฀SEAMS฀TO฀THE฀SQUARE

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Beginners Guide to Quilting 115

Working with Blocks