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Rainbow sound waves

CUSHION

The cushion is

finished with

wavy quilting,

a folded outer

edge and an

envelope back

FINISHED SIZE: 21" SQUARE INCLUDING FOLDED EDGES

(18" NOT INCLUDING FOLDED EDGES)

MATERIALS

    ◆ 1m pale grey for piecing, outer

border & envelope back

    ◆ 1½" x WOF strips in red,

orange, yellow, green, blue,

indigo & violet

    ◆ 2" x WOF strip blue

    ◆ 21½"-square calico for backing

    ◆ 21½"-square wadding

    ◆ pale grey thread for quilting

    ◆ 18"-square cushion insert

Things to remember

Use a ¼" seam allowance

throughout unless

otherwise stated

WOF – width of fabric

From blue fabric, cut:

2 1x18½" strips

2 1x19½" strips

ASSEMBLY

1

Stitch the 1½" grey and rainbow fabrics

together; short end to end in the

following combinations. (See Pic A.):

Row 1: Grey 6½" to red, to grey 6½"

Row 2: Grey 7½" to orange, to grey 5½"

Row 3: Grey 8½" to yellow, to grey 4½"

Row 4: Grey 9½" to green, to grey 3½"

Row 5 Grey 10½" to blue, to grey 2½"

Row 6: Grey 11½" to indigo, to grey 1½"

Row 7: Grey 10½" to violet, to grey 2½"

Row 8: Grey 9½" to red, to grey 3½"

Row 9: Grey 8½" to orange, to grey 4½"

Row 10: Grey 7½" to yellow, to grey 5½"

Row 11: Grey 6½" to green, to grey 6½"

Row 12: Grey 5½" to blue, to grey 7½"

Row 13: Grey 4½" to indigo, to grey 8½"

Row 14: Grey 3½" to violet, to grey 9½"

Row 15: Grey 2½" to red, to grey 10½"

Row 16: Grey 1½" to orange, to grey 11½"

Row 17: Grey 2½" to yellow, to grey 10½"

Row 18: Grey 3½" to green, to grey 9½"

Press seams towards the grey fabric

strips. (See Pic B.)

CUTTING

From grey fabric, cut:

6 1½" x WOF strips, sub-cut into

2 11½", 4 10½", 4 9½", 3 8½", 3 7½",

4 6½", 3 5½", 3 4½", 4 3½", 4 2½"

& 2 1½" strips

2 1½x19½" strips

2 1½x21½" strips

2 13x21½" rectangles

From red, orange, yellow & green

fabric, cut:

3 1½x6½" strips

From blue, indigo & violet fabric, cut:

2 1½x6½" strips

2

Keeping the fabric strips in the correct

order stitch the rows together. (See Pic

C.) Press seams one way. (See Pic D.)

3

Stitch a 1x18½" strip blue strip to each

side of the cushion. Press seams away

from the centre.

4

Stitch a 1x19½" blue strip to the top

and bottom of the cushion. Press

seams away from the centre. (See Pic E.)

5

Stitch a 1½x19½" grey strip to each side

of the cushion. Press seams away from

the centre.

6

Stitch a 1½x21½" grey strip to the

top and bottom of the cushion. Press

seams away from the centre.

7

Make a quilt sandwich using the calico,

wadding and cushion top.

8

Quilt wavy lines from side to side with

the grey thread through the fabric

wadding and backing at 1½" intervals

across the cushion top. (See Pic F.) Trim

away any excess backing and wadding in

line with the cushion top. Trim the corners.