Today's Quilter - UK (2019-07)

halfonthediagonallineanduseone

(1)ofthetrianglestocoversection

5.Continuepiecinginthiswayusing

yellow 3 instripsto cover sections

6 and7 (Fig 5 ).

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Useone(1)ofthered 3 in

stripstocoversection8,the

green2inx 5instriptocoversection

9 andthecream2inx 3in strip to

cover section 10(Fig 6 ).

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Followingtheinstructions

insteps7-12completean

additionalthree(3)quarter-blocks

usingdierentred,yellow,green

andcreamprintsforeachquarter.

Pressandtrimawayanyexcessfabric

tosizealongtheouter line of the

paper template.

14

Sewthefour(4)quarters

togethersothatthegreen

trianglesoversection 14 meetin

thecentre,asshowninFig 8. Make

anothertwenty-four(24)blocks

usinga mixtureofallthedierent

prints you have chosen.

15

Sewtheblockstogetherinto

five(5)rowsoffive(5).Sew

rowstogether. Remove all papers and

press well.

Finishingyour quilt

16

Piecethebackingfabricby

cuttingtheyardageintotwo

(2)equallengths.Removethe

selvedges and sew together along the

lengthwithainseamallowance,

toforma centre seam. Press well all

over.

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Makea quiltsandwichof

yourbackingfabric(rightside

down),thebattingandthequilttop

(rightsideup).Basteorpinthelayers

togetherandthenquiltasyouwish.

Thequiltshownwasfree-motion

quilted using an overall pattern.

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Oncequilted,trimothe

excessbackingfabricand

batting and square up the quilt.

19

Preparethebindingbysewing

thesevenstripsendtoendto

formonelonglength.Foldalongthe

fulllength,wrongsidestogetherand

press. Use this to bind the quilt.

12

Repeatstep 11 tocover

sections11-13andfinishthe

quarterblockbyaddingtheother

green triangle to section 14 (Fig 7 ).

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