Australian Homespun – August 2019

of the seam to secure it. Press the

seam towards the diamond.

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Next, match the top left edge

of another turquoise diamond

to the bottom right edge of the same

hexagon, right sides together. Stitch

and press as before. Then fold the

work to match the bottom left edge

of the second turquoise diamond to

the top right edge of the second

hexagon. Stitch and press as before.

Refer to Diagram 2 and the photos.

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Continue in this manner adding

turquoise diamonds down the

right edge of column 1 of hexagons.

Apart from the top-most and bottom-

most diamonds, each diamond will

be sewn on two edges – one to each

of two adjacent hexagons.

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Repeat this process to add

diamonds to the right edge

ofcolumns2–5ofhexagons.Then

jointhehexagon+diamondcolumns

togetherandaddcolumn6 of

hexagonstotherightedgeto

completethecentreofthequilttop.

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Turnundera^1 ⁄ 4 inseam

allowanceontheouterraw

edgeofthehexagonsanddiamonds

thatlieontheouteredgeofthequilt

top.Presstoholdtheminplace.

BORDER

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Usea water-erasablefabric-

markingpentorulea line

(^1) ⁄ 2 infromonelongedgeonallfour
ofthe 33 ⁄ 4 in strips of multi-coloured
stripe print fabric cut for the border.
These are placement guides for the
centre panel.
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Lay one of the strips right side
up on the table with the ruled
line closer to the bottom long edge.
Centre the centre panel over the strip
with the top edge of the hexagons at
the top of each column just touching
the guide line. See Diagram 3. (The
border strip will overhang the left
and right edges of the centre panel
even more than indicated in the
diagram.) Baste the panel to the stripe
border strip, starting and stopping
halfway through the fi rst and last
hexagons to leave the corner area
free. Repeat this step with another
border strip at the bottom of the panel

• but this time, the line ruled on the
  border strip should be closer to the
  top long edge and the bottom edge
  of the hexagons at the bottom of
  each column should just touch it.

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Starting at the top left corner

of the top hexagon in the left-

most column of the quilt centre,

use a quilting ruler to draw a line at

exactly 45 degrees to the outer long

edge of the border strip with the

erasable pen. Repeat this step to rule

a diagonal line at the opposite end

of the strip at the other angle. Fold

under the strips along the 45-degree

lines to form mitred angles and fi nger

press the folds fi rmly, as shown in

Diagram 4. Repeat this step with

the bottom border strip.

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On the remaining two border

strips, slide the edge that is

closer to the ruled line under the

centre panel until the inner corner

in the V-shaped dips where two

hexagons join is just touching the

guide lines. Check that there is about

the same amount of border strip

overhanging at the top and bottom.

The corners should look as if they’re

mitred at this point.

Diagram 4

Wrong side of

border strip

45°

Fold

Join the ends by matching the fold line and the drawn line and sewing them together.

Trim the seam, press it open and refold the binding, then finish sewing it to the quilt.

Mitring corners

40cm (16in)

Rule a line along the

45-degree fold

Binding diagrams

Homespun 95