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

T

his is a wonderfully stylish yet
easy quilt to try out if you’re
new to quilt making, or if you’re
looking for a speedy patchwork
project. It’s been especially created for
you to make almost entirely from jelly
rolls! You can alter the feel really easily
by swapping the jelly rolls you choose
to make this either a great quilt for
babies and small children or a perfect
quilt for snuggling under on cold
winter evenings. This quilt has been
quilted using freehand quilting (see
page 147), but if you’re new to quilt
making, make life easier for yourself
and quilt ‘in the ditch’ instead.

CUTTING THE FABRIC
From the focus (patterned areas)
fabric jelly roll strips choose:
s฀฀STRIPS฀FOR฀THE฀BLOCKS฀AND฀BORDER
s฀3EVEN฀STRIPS฀FOR฀THE฀BINDING฀
s฀฀ #UT฀THE฀SEVEN฀BINDING฀STRIPS฀IN฀HALF฀
AND฀REMOVE฀THE฀SELVEDGES฀
s฀฀ &ROM฀ONE฀HALF
STRIP฀OF฀BINDING฀CUT฀
FOUR฀ IN฀CM ฀SQUARES฀AND฀THEN฀
DISCARD฀THE฀REST฀OF฀THAT฀HALF
STRIP

From the backing fabric, cut:
4WO฀PIECES฀IN฀CM ฀X฀WIDTH
OF฀FABRIC

PREPARING THE PATCHWORK
Step 1฀฀4AKE฀฀FOCUS฀FABRIC฀JELLY฀ROLL฀
STRIPS฀AND฀DIVIDE฀THEM฀INTO฀TEN฀GROUPS฀
OF฀THREE฀STRIPS฀3EW฀EACH฀GROUP฀OF฀JELLY฀
ROLL฀STRIPS฀TOGETHER฀ALONG฀THE฀LENGTH฀
AND฀PRESS฀ALL฀SEAMS฀&ROM฀THE฀TEN฀
GROUPS฀CUT฀A฀TOTAL฀OF฀฀STRIPS฀ IN฀
CM ฀LONG฀

Step 2฀฀4AKE฀THE฀฀BACKGROUND฀JELLY฀ROLL฀
STRIPS฀AND฀DIVIDE฀INTO฀฀GROUPS฀OF฀THREE฀
STRIPS฀3EW฀EACH฀GROUP฀OF฀JELLY฀ROLL฀STRIPS฀
TOGETHER฀ALONG฀THEIR฀LENGTH฀AND฀PRESS฀
ALL฀SEAMS฀0RESSING฀SEAMS฀OPEN฀
PREVENTS฀THE฀STRIPS฀FROM฀DISTORTING฀TOO฀
MUCH฀WHEN฀PRESSING฀AND฀HELPS฀KEEP฀
THEM฀NICE฀AND฀STRAIGHT฀&OR฀THE฀NEXT฀

YOU WILL NEED

Materials

Q For quilt and binding:฀฀JELLY฀ROLL฀OF฀

FOCUS฀FABRIC฀฀JELLY฀ROLL฀STRIPS  

Q For the background:฀฀JELLY฀ROLL

฀JELLY฀ROLL฀STRIPS   

Q Backing fabric:฀ YDS฀M   

Q Wadding:฀AT฀LEAST฀XIN฀

XCM  

Seam allowance

Q ¼IN฀MM  

Finished size

Q฀฀XIN฀XCM 

STAGE฀FROM฀THE฀฀GROUPS฀CUT฀฀STRIPS฀

 IN฀CM ฀LONG฀฀^1

Step 3฀฀4AKE฀ONE฀FOCUS฀FABRIC฀STRIP฀3EW฀

ONE฀BACKGROUND฀STRIP฀ON฀TO฀EACH฀SIDE฀

MATCHING฀THE฀SEAMS฀AS฀CLOSELY฀AS฀

POSSIBLE฀0RESS฀SEAMS฀#OMPLETE฀THIS฀

FOR฀ALL฀STRIPS฀UNTIL฀YOU฀HAVE฀A฀TOTAL฀OF฀฀

NINE

PATCH฀BLOCKS฀^2

MAKE THE QUILT TOP

Step 4฀฀,AY฀OUT฀THE฀BLOCKS฀INTO฀฀ROWS฀

OF฀NINE฀SO฀THAT฀THE฀FOCUS฀FABRIC฀RUNS฀

HORIZONTALLY฀ACROSS฀THE฀QUILT฀/NCE฀YOU฀

ARE฀HAPPY฀WITH฀THE฀PLACEMENT฀OF฀THE฀

BLOCKS฀JOIN฀THE฀BLOCKS฀TOGETHER฀

PRESSING฀THE฀SEAMS฀AS฀YOU฀GO฀ALONG฀

/NCE฀EACH฀ROW฀IS฀JOINED฀SEW฀THE฀ROWS฀

TOGETHER฀UNTIL฀THE฀QUILT฀TOP฀IS฀COMPLETE฀

0RESS฀THE฀SEAMS฀AS฀YOU฀GO฀ALONG

Step 5฀฀3EW฀THE฀REMAINING฀FOCUS฀FABRIC฀

STRIPS฀TOGETHER฀END฀TO฀END฀SO฀THAT฀YOU฀

HAVE฀TWO฀LENGTHS฀EACH฀CONTAINING฀

NINE฀UNITS฀ IN฀CM   ฀LONG฀AND฀

TWO฀LENGTHS฀EACH฀CONTAINING฀฀UNITS฀

 IN฀CM  ฀LONG

Step 6฀฀/N฀TO฀EACH฀END฀OF฀BOTH฀OF฀THE฀

 IN฀CM  ฀STRIPS฀SEW฀ONE฀OF฀THE฀

 IN฀CM ฀SQUARES฀CUT฀FROM฀THE฀

HALF

STRIP฀SO฀THAT฀THEY฀MEASURE฀ IN฀

CM    ฀LONG

Step 7฀฀/N฀TO฀EACH฀SIDE฀OF฀THE฀QUILT฀TOP฀

SEW฀A฀IN฀CM ฀STRIP฀0RESS฀SEAMS฀

OUTWARDS฀/N฀TO฀THE฀TOP฀AND฀BOTTOM฀OF฀

THE฀QUILT฀TOP฀SEW฀A฀ IN฀CM  ฀

STRIP฀0RESS฀SEAMS฀OUTWARDS

FINISH YOUR QUILT

Step 8฀฀4AKE฀THE฀TWO฀PIECES฀OF฀BACKING฀

FABRIC฀AND฀SEW฀THEM฀TOGETHER฀SO฀YOU฀

HAVE฀A฀PIECE฀MEASURING฀

APPROXIMATELY฀XIN฀XCM  

Step 9฀฀,AYER฀UP฀THE฀BACKING฀WADDING฀

AND฀QUILT฀TOP฀AND฀BASTE฀USING฀YOUR฀

CHOSEN฀METHOD฀3TART฀QUILTING฀FROM฀THE฀

All about Quilting

Beginner’s Guide to Quilting 61

CENTRE฀AND฀WORK฀YOUR฀WAY

OUT฀TO฀THE฀EDGES

Step 10฀฀*OIN฀ALL฀THE฀BINDING฀STRIPS฀

TOGETHER฀AND฀PRESS฀THE฀SEAMS฀&OLD฀THE฀

BINDING฀STRIP฀IN฀HALF฀LENGTHWAYS฀AND฀

PRESS฀*OIN฀THE฀BINDING฀TO฀THE฀FRONT฀OF฀

THE฀QUILT฀USING฀A฀IN฀MM  ฀SEAM฀(AND฀

STITCH฀THE฀BINDING฀DOWN฀TO฀THE฀BACK฀OF฀

THE฀QUILT

NEED A HAND?!

(^) Step by step: machine sewing, p29
(^) How to make binding, page 63
(^) All about quilting, page 63
25 Ways to Sew
Jelly Rolls...
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published by David & Charles.
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