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

Adding Texture

146 Beginner’s Guide to Quilting

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PATCHWORK฀QUILT฀TOP

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Step 5฀฀4O฀COMPLETE฀YOUR฀BEDSPREAD฀

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Sewing School Basics

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by Jane Bolsover for CICO Books.

Sewing School Basics (RRP £14.99) is a

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stitchers and those looking to improve their

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co.uk. As a special offer, UK readers of The

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LAYERS฀TOGETHER฀ACROSS฀THE฀BEDSPREAD฀

SO฀POSITION฀THEM฀WITH฀THIS฀IN฀MIND฀

2EMOVE฀ALL฀OF฀THE฀TACKING฀STITCHES

ALTERING THE SIZE

)F฀YOU฀WANT฀TO฀VARY฀THE฀SIZE฀OF฀THIS฀

PROJECT฀FIRST฀MEASURE฀THE฀SIZE฀OF฀QUILT฀

YOU฀NEED฀OR฀TURN฀TO฀PAGE฀฀FOR฀A฀LIST฀OF฀

COMMON฀5+฀AND฀53฀SIZES  ฀&OR฀A฀LARGER฀

OR฀SMALLER฀BEDSPREAD฀START฀BY฀MAKING฀

UP฀THE฀PATCHWORK฀QUILT฀TOP฀USING฀THE฀

SAME฀METHOD฀AS฀ABOVE฀BUT฀ALTERING฀

THE฀NUMBER฀OF฀SQUARES฀YOU฀CUT฀FROM฀

RECYCLED฀SHIRTS฀.OW฀USE฀YOUR฀QUILT฀TOP฀

MEASUREMENTS฀TO฀WORK฀OUT฀HOW฀MUCH฀

FABRIC฀YOU฀WILL฀NEED฀FOR฀THE฀THREE฀

BACKING฀PIECES฀WADDING฀AND฀

BINDING฀2EMEMBER฀TO฀STITCH฀YOUR฀

BACKING฀PIECES฀TOGETHER฀WITH฀A฀LARGER฀

PIECE฀IN฀THE฀MIDDLE

NEED A HAND?!

(^) How to make binding, page 63
(^) All about different fabrics, page 142
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