Today_s_Quilter_-_November_2019

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PROJECTl christmas jumper

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Cutthebackingfabrc into two

(2) equal lengths.

Makingthe

snowf lakeblocks

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FPPtheforty-eight(48)

snowflaketemplatesin

sequence,usingtheBKGfabricfor

sections1, 3 and5 andredscandi

1inx 3infabricforsections2 and4.

Youwillneedsix(6)tomakeeach

snowflake.Trimtothedashedlines

and remove papers from the back.

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Insteps13-17,trimexcess

fabricaftereachstep.Join

two(2)snowflakesectionstogether

usinga 1inx 6instripofthesame

redscandiusedinthosesections.

Pressingseamstowardsthered

scandistripmakesit easiertoalign

thenextpiecewhen joining(Fig 1

and Fig 2 ).

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Jointhispiecetoa third

snowflakesectionagainusinga

1inx 6instripofthesameredscandi

usedinthosesections.Maketwo(2)

of these for each snowflake(Fig 3 ).

Fig 1 Fig 2

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Sewthetwo(2)halvesofeach

snowflaketogetherusinga 1in

x 11instripofthesameredscandi

usedinthatsnowflake(Fig 4

and Fig 5 ).

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SewBKGsnowflakecorner

A piecestotwo(2)opposite

cornersofeach snowflake(Fig 6

andFig 7 ).

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SewBKGsnowflakecornerB

piecestothetwo(2)remaining

corners of each snowflake(Fig 8 ).

Makingthestarblocks

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Cuteachoftheredscandi

2instripsinto2indiamonds

byaligningyourrulerwiththe

45-degreeangleonyourcuttingmat

and making cuts 2in apart(Fig 9 ).

Fig 3

Fig 4 Fig 5

Fig 6 Fig 7

Fig 8

Thesewillbeusedforsection1 onthe

startemplates.Note:Youwillneed

eight (8) diamonds per star.

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FPPtheeight(8)startemplates,

four(4)ofeachforeachstar.

Trimtothedashedlinesand remove

papers from the back.

piecesonthatsheetfromthered

linentexture4inx WOFstriptobe

usedforsections2, 3, and 5 on the

roof templates.

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Cutfour(4)oftheBKG6inx

8inrectanglesinhalfalongthe

diagonaltoplefttobottomright,and

four(4)alongthediagonaltopright

tobottomleft.Two(2)ofeachof

thesewillbeusedforsection6 onthe

roof templates(Fig 11 and Fig 12 ).

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Cuttheremainingtwo(2)of

eachofthesetrianglesinto

two(2)pieces,measuring 2 infrom

thewiderside(Fig 13 andFig 14 ).

Thesewillbeusedforsections2 and

3 on the chimney templates.

Fig 9

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SewtheA andB starpieces

together. Make forty (40).

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Assembletheblocksintothree

(3)rows,usingthefour(4)A/B

pieces,thefour(4)BKG1inx 4in

stripsandthe1inredlinentexture

squares(Fig 10 ), thensewthosethree

(3)rowstogethertocomplete each of

the ten (10) star blocks.

Makingthe

houseblocks

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Usetheroofcuttingtemplates

to cut four (4) of each of the

Fig 10

Fig 11 Fig 12

Fig 13 Fig 14

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FPPtheroofandchimney

templatesusingthepiecescut

andlistedaboveandthefollowing:

Q 3 insquarescutfromthelabelsor

otherfeaturefabricfor section 1 on

therooftemplates.

QRedlinentexture 1 inx 12instrips

forsection4 onthetemplates.

QGreyscandi 1 inx 6instripsfor

section 1 on the chimney templates.

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Trimtothedashedlines,

removepapersfromtheback

andjointhechimney sections to the

roof sections.

Make 10

Make 8

2 in

2in