Love Patchwork & Quilting - UK (2019-10)

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Masterof allthingscute,

Graceycreatessweetblocks

using traditional methods

Gracey Larson

Jointheunitfromstep 17 totheleft,and
theunitfrom step 18 to the right (Fig 10).

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Sewthejoinedunitfromstep 19 to
thetopofthejoinedunitfrom 16 to
formthepineappletopunit(Fig11).Joina
pineappletopunittothetopofeach
pineapplebaseunit(Fig12).

ASSEMBLINGTHEQUILTTOP

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Sewthreeoftheyellowpineapples
intoa row,withtwobackground
10 in x 15in rectanglesin between.
Repeatto make a second identical row.

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Sewtwooftheyellowpineapplesinto
a row,witha backgroundrectanglein
betweenandeitherside.Repeatwithone
yellowpineappleandonepinkpineapple.
Join the four pineapple rows together,

referringtothequiltphotography on page

18 forrow placement.

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Joina background 2 in x 60in strip

tothesidesof thequilttop.Press,then

joina 2in x 54in striptothetopand

bottomtocompletethequilttop.

QUILTINGANDFINISHING

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Cutthebackingfabricin halfacross

thewidth.Removetheselvedgesand

sewthetwopiecestogetherusing a in

seam.Press the seam open.

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Pressthequilttopandbackingwell.

Makea quiltsandwichbyplacingthe

backingfabricrightsidedown,thebatting

ontop,thenplacethequilttopcentrallyand

rightsideup.Bastethelayers together using

your preferred method.

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Quiltasdesired.Anniequilted

Gracey’squiltwitha repeatgeometric

designusingherlongarmsewingmachine.

Trimofftheexcessbattingandbacking

fabricand square up the quilt.

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Sewthebindingstripstogether

end-to-endusingdiagonalseams.Press

theseamsopenandtrimawaythedogears.

Foldin halflengthways,wrong sides

together,and press.

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Sewthebindingtotherightsideof the

quilt,creatinga neatmitreat each

corner.Foldthebindingovertothebackof

the quilt and hand stitch in place to finish.

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