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

Note:฀&OR฀MORE฀VARIATION฀IN฀FABRIC฀

COMBINATIONS฀CUT฀THE฀STRIPS฀IN฀HALF฀FIRST

METHOD 2

Step 1 )F฀YOU฀PREFER฀TO฀CUT฀THE฀JELLY฀ROLL฀

STRIPS฀FIRST฀THEN฀CUT฀฀PIECES฀

MEASURING฀ ฀X฀IN฀฀X฀CM  ฀AND฀

฀PIECES฀MEASURING฀ ฀X฀IN฀฀X฀

CM    ฀3TITCH฀A฀IN฀CM    ฀RECTANGLE฀TO฀

A฀SQUARE฀4HEN฀PRESS฀THE฀SEAMS฀

TOWARDS฀THE฀STRIP 4

Step 2 3EW฀A฀IN฀CM  ฀STRIP฀TO฀THE฀SIDE฀

OF฀THE฀RECTANGLE฀0RESS฀THE฀SEAMS฀

TOWARDS฀THE฀SQUARE 5

ASSEMBLING THE PATCHWORK

Step 1 ,AY฀OUT฀THE฀BLOCKS฀IN฀GROUPS฀OF฀

FOUR฀AS฀SHOWN฀BELOW 6

Step 2 3EW฀THE฀BLOCKS฀TOGETHER฀IN฀

PAIRS฀AS฀SHOWN฀BELOW฀AND฀PRESS฀THE฀

SEAMS฀OF฀EACH฀PAIR฀IN฀OPPOSITE฀

DIRECTIONS 7

Step 3 3EW฀THE฀TWO฀PAIRS฀TOGETHER฀AND฀

PRESS฀THE฀SEAMS฀OPEN฀-AKE฀฀OF฀

THESE฀LARGER฀BLOCKS฀ALTOGETHER 8

Step 4 ,AY฀OUT฀THE฀BLOCKS฀FOR฀THE฀QUILT฀

FIVE฀BLOCKS฀ACROSS฀AND฀SIX฀DOWN 9

Step 5 3EW฀THE฀BLOCKS฀TOGETHER฀IN฀

EACH฀ROW฀PRESSING฀THE฀SEAMS฀IN฀

ALTERNATING฀DIRECTIONS฀ON฀EACH฀ROW

Sew Jelly Roll Quilts & Gifts

Moda’s popular jelly rolls make quilting quick and

easy. The nine quilts in Carolyn Forster’s book all

feature colourful tops pieced from jelly rolls, with

handy step-by-step instructions. Sew Jelly Roll

Quilts & Gifts is published by Search Press, http://www.

searchpress.com and usually costs £12.99,

but you can buy it for £11.99. Call 01892 510

850 and quote ‘Beginners Guide to Quilting’.

Step 6 3EW฀THE฀ROWS฀TOGETHER฀PRESSING฀

ALL฀THE฀SEAMS฀IN฀THE฀SAME฀DIRECTION

Step 7 ,AY฀THE฀PATCHWORK฀OUT฀AND฀

BASTE฀IT฀TOGETHER฀WITH฀THE฀BACKING฀AND฀

WADDING฀TO฀MAKE฀A฀QUILT฀SANDWICH

Step 8฀฀.OW฀QUILT฀YOUR฀LAYERS฀TOGETHER฀

4HE฀QUILT฀WEVE฀SHOWN฀HERE฀HAS฀BEEN฀

QUILTED฀WITH฀AN฀!MISH฀WAVE฀DESIGN฀

THIS฀IS฀A฀FAN

SHAPED฀MOTIF฀THATS฀EITHER฀

WORKED฀IN฀ROWS฀FROM฀BOTTOM฀TO฀TOP฀OR฀

FROM฀THE฀OUTSIDE฀EDGE฀OF฀THE฀QUILT฀

TOWARDS฀THE฀CENTRE  ฀BUT฀YOU฀CAN฀EASILY฀฀

USE฀STRAIGHT฀LINE฀QUILTING฀฀INSTEAD฀

Step 9 "IND฀THE฀QUILT฀EDGES฀TO฀FINISH

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