Love Patchwork & Quilting - UK (2019-12)

ARCTIC CIRCLE

blocks,referringtothephotographyfor

placement.Paycloseattentiontothe

orientation and location of the stripe blocks.

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Sewtheblocksintorows,thensew

thesixrowstogether to complete

thequilttop.

QUILTINGANDFINISHING

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Cutthebackingfabricin halfacross

thewidth.Removetheselvedgesand

sewthetwopiecestogetherusing a in

seam.Press the seam open.

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Pressthequilttopandbackingwell.

Makea quiltsandwichbyplacingthe

backingfabricrightsidedown,thebatting

ontop,thenplacethequilttopcentrally

and right side up. Baste the three quilt

triangle,aligningit withthe^3 / 8 in mark on
theleftside (Figs I–J).

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Squareuptheendofthestripset,and
discardthisextratriangle(FigK).
Repeatsteps15–16tocutfivemore
triangles from the strip set.

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Repeatsteps15–16tocutthefollowing
trianglesfromyourremainingstripsets:
QTwelvecream/light pink with cream
ontheleft.
QTwelveblue/bright pink with pink
ontheleft.
QEightblue/lightpinkwithblueontheleft.
QEightcream/bright pink with pink
onthe left.

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Sewthetwelvecream/lightpinkwith
thetwelveblue/brightpinktrianglesin
pairstomaketwelvesplitstripeunits,
carefullymatchingseams(FigL).Repeat
withtheeightblue/light pink and cream/
brightpink units.

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Arrangeyourstripeunitsintofour-
patchesandsewtogether as follows:
QMakefiveofFigM.
QMakefourofFigN.
QMakethreeofFigO.
QMaketwoofFigP.

ASSEMBLINGTHEQUILTTOP

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Arrangeyourblocksandtwelve

background squares into six rows of six

layerstogetherusing your preferred

bastingmethod.

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Quiltasdesired.Nicolequilted

straightlinesverticallyanddiagonally

acrossthequiltusinga pinkthread.Trim

offtheexcessbattingandbacking fabric

andsquare up the quilt.

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Sewthebindingstripstogether

end-to-endusingdiagonalseams.

Pressseamsopen.Foldin halflengthways,

wrongsides together, and press.

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Sewthebindingtotherightsideof

thequilt,creatinga neatmitreat

eachcorner.Foldthebindingovertothe

backofthequiltandhandstitch in place

around the edge to finish.