Love Patchwork & Quilting - UK (2019-12)

COME TOGETHER

Row 2

Row 4

Row 3

Row 5

Row 6

5

FromFabricE cut:

QFive(5) 2 in x WOFbindingstrips.

PIECINGTHETABLERUNNER

6

PieceRow1, joiningone 2 in x 42in

andone 2 in x 5in FabricA strip.

Repeat to make a second strip for Row 11.

7

SewRow2 asshownin Fig1. Repeatto

sewRow10.Repeatthissteptomake

twoeachoftheremainingrowsasshown

in Figs2–4.Thensew one of Row 6 as

shown in Fig 5.

8

Presseachof therowsin halfwidthwise

tomarkthecentreof eachstrip.Arrange

therowsin orderfrom1–11,referringtothe

photography.Sewtherowstogetherin

pairs,carefullymatchingthecentres,as

theyaredifferentlengths.Sewthepairs

togetheruntilallrowsaresewn.

QUILTINGANDFINISHING

9

Cutyourbackingin halfacrossthe

lengthtomaketwoapprox36inx 21in

pieces.Sewtogetheralongthe21inends

using a in seam and press open. Make

Quilting and finishing

A

B

Fig 1

Fig 3

Fig 2

Fig 4

Fig 5

a quiltsandwich,bastingtogetherthe

backing,battingandrunnertop.

Quiltasdesired.Lucymachinequilteda

gridoflinesusing Aurifil 50wt thread in

colour #2423.

10

Lineuptherulerwiththe45-degree

lineontheedgeofthebottomofthe

runnerandtheedgeoftheruler1inaway

fromthecornerofFabric B on Row 6. Trim

the excess (Fig A).

11

Repeatalongthetopedgetoforma

point(FigB).Repeatontheotherend

oftherunner.Trimexcessbattingand

backing along the top and bottom edges.

12

Sewthebindingstripstogether

end-to-endusingdiagonalseams.

Presstheseamsopenandtrimawaythe

dogears.Fold in half lengthwise, WST,

and press.

13

Sewthebindingtothetablerunner,

foldinga neatmitreat eachcornerand

point.Foldthebindingovertothebackof

the quilt and hand stitch in place to finish.