Today_s_Quilter_-_November_2019

TECHNICALTIP

Whenyouhavecutthe

cornersoyourrectangles

andcutyoursquaresin

halfdiagonally,youwillbe

dealingwithbiasedges–

handle these carefully!

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Joinblocksandsquaresinto

seventeen(17)verticalrows.

Presstheseamsofeachrowin

alternatingdirectionsandthenjoin

alltherowstogether,makingsure to

match seams where necessary.

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Joinyourborderstripsoffabric

L intoonelength.Fromthis,

cuttwo(2) 4 inx 68instrips and

two (2) 4in x 76in strips.

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Jointheshorterborderstripsto

thesidesofthequilt,pressand

thensewtheremainingbordersto

thetopandbottomofthe quilt, as in

Fig 5 , and press well.

Quiltingandfinishing

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Whenthequilttopis complete,

layerthetop,battingand

backing.Bastetogether using your

preferred method.

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Quiltasdesired.Thisquiltwas

long-armquilted,butyoucould

quilt it by hand if you prefer.

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Whenallofthequiltingis

finished,trimanybattingand

backinginlinewith the quilt top and

bind to finish.

Fig 4

Fig 5