seams to^11 ⁄ 4 in and press them open. Fold
the strip in half, wrong sides together
and long edges matching, and press.25
Measure the length of the
quilt down the centre and
cut two peeper strips to this length.
Pin the folded strips to the left and
right edges of the quilt, raw edges
matching, and baste them in place(^1) ⁄ 8 in from the raw edges.
26
Measure the width of the
quilt across the middle, cut
two peeper strips to this length
and pin them to the top and bottom
edges of the quilt. Baste them in
place as before.
27
Refer to Steps 12-15 on page
112 to trim and bind the quilt
using the remaining 2^1 ⁄ 2 in strips of
pink tone-on-tone print fabric you
cut in Step 4. The folded peeper strip
should show evenly around the edge
when the binding is attached with
a^1 ⁄ 4 in seam allowance as usual.
Peeper binding detail
02
PROJECT
FRANCES’S
CUTTING TIPS
To speed up the process, I first cut the
fabrics into 3^1 ⁄ 2 in strips and layered three
or four on top of each other with the
lightest one on top, wrong side facing up.
Next, I positioned the tumbler template
on the start of the strips and traced
around it with a pencil, leaving room for
a^1 ⁄ 4 in seam allowance. Then I rotated the
template 180 degrees, left a^1 ⁄ 2 in space
after the first shape for the two seam
allowances and traced around it again.
See Diagram 2. I repeated this all the way
along the strips, then it was easy to
rotary cut halfway between the lines
using the^1 ⁄ 4 in line on the ruler. Never
attempt to rotary cut around a template-
plastic shape, as it’s too easy to injure
yourself or cut the template.
Diagram 2
3½in ½in
½in
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