Australian_Homespun_December_2014

Cutting

1

Choose 36 squares from the

layer cake or your assortment

and sort them into 12 groups of

three fabrics each. You will use

one group for each block.

2

From the other six squares

of assorted print fabrics, cut:

• A total of 28 rectangles,
  2 x 9^1 ⁄ 2 in (D) (Border 2).

3

From the white fabric, cut:

• Six strips, 9^1 ⁄ 2 in across the
  width of the fabric. Crosscut
  them to yield 24 squares, 9^1 ⁄ 2 in (A)


• One strip, 16^1 ⁄ 2 in across the
  width of the fabric. Crosscut it
  to yield 17 rectangles, 2 x 16^1 ⁄ 2 in
  (sashing strips)


• Seven strips, 2in across the
  width of the fabric (Border 1)


• Eight strips, 3^1 ⁄ 2 in across the
  width of the fabric (Border 3).

4

From the lime green spot

print fabric, cut:

• 10 squares, 2in (E)
  (cornerstones).

5

From the dark blue print

fabric, cut:

• Eight strips, 2^1 ⁄ 2 across the
  width of the fabric (binding).

Pinwheel Twist blocks

6

To make each block you will

need one group of three print

fabric squares from Step 1 and

two white A squares. Rule a light

diagonal pencil line from corner

to corner on the wrong side of

each of the white A squares.

7

From each of two of the print

fabric squares, cut:

• Two rectangles, 5 x 9^1 ⁄ 2 in (B).

8

Match a B rectangle from

each fabric, right sides

together, and sew along one

long edge. Repeat with the

second pair of B rectangles.

These pieced units should

measure 9^1 ⁄ 2 in square from raw

edge to raw edge.

9

Lay a pieced unit from Step 8

on the table, right side up

with the seam line running

horizontally. Lay a white A

square on top of it, right side

down and with the pencil line

running from the top right corner

to the bottom left corner, as

shown in Diagram 1. Pin the

layers together.

10

Sew^1 ⁄ 4 in on either side of

the pencil line. Cut the

fabric on the pencil line. Open

up the fabrics and press. Trim

each square to 8^1 ⁄ 2 in by placing

a quilter’s square ruler on it

with the 45-degree line on the

diagonal seam and the horizontal

line indicating 4^1 ⁄ 4 in on the seam

you sewed between the two

print fabrics. See Diagram 2.

Then rotate the fabric to trim

each edge.

11

From the remaining 10in

square of print fabric in

your original group of three, cut:

• Four squares, 4^1 ⁄ 2 in (C).

12

Rule a light diagonal

pencil line from corner to

corner on the wrong side of each

of these squares. Lay each C

square, right sides together, on

the 8^1 ⁄ 2 in blocks from Step 10,

as shown in Diagram 3.

13

Sew along the pencil line.

Trim the corner through

both layers^1 ⁄ 4 in from the

stitching. You should now have

two pairs of pieced squares,

as shown in Diagram 4.

Pinwheel Twist blocks

Diagram 1

Diagram 3

Diagram 4

1in

2in

2in 3in 4in 5in 6in 7in 8in 9in 10in

3in

4in

5in

6in

7in

8in

9in

10in

41 ⁄ 4 in

Diagram 2

C

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