Love Patchwork & Quilting - UK (2019-12)

RAINBOW ROUNDS

Fig 1

MAKINGTHECOLOURWHEELS

7

Takeonetrianglefromeachcolourand
oneFabricB octagon.Arrangethe
trianglesaroundtheoctagon in rainbow
orderas shown (Fig 1).

8

TaketheredtriangleandplaceRSTwith
theoctagon.Thetopcornershould
overhangtheoctagonslightly.Youmayfind
it helpfultomarkthein seamallowance on
thelongendof triangletohelpwith
placement.Sewtheseam,startingat thetop
andonlysewingforabout 1 in alongthe
seam,neatlybackstitching to secure at each
end(Fig D).

9

Opentheredtriangleoutandgently
fingerpress.PlacethepinktriangleRST
withtheoctagonontheadjacentside.Sew
downtheentirelengthof thetriangle,
backstitchingat eachend to secure (Fig E).
Fingerpress open.

10

Repeatstep9 toaddtheremaining
triangles,workingyourwayaroundthe
centre.Makesuretofoldtheredtriangleout
of thewaywhen you sew the last one in
place(Fig F).

11

Carefullyfoldtheredandorange
trianglesRST(FigG).Sewtheremaining
seam,backstitchingwhereyourstitching
linemeetsthepreviousseamtosecure.
Pressall the seams with your iron (Fig H).

12

Foldtheblockin halfRST,makingsure
tomatchtheedgesoftheoctagonand
pin.Tocheckaccuracy,measurethehalf
octagononeachside(FigI). Foldin half
againtomakea quarterblock,pinand
again check the octagon is folded evenly.

MAKING THE COLOUR WHEELS

13

Taket heInnerW heeltemplateandalign

thestraightedgesof thetemplateswith

thefoldededgesof thefabric.Cutaround

thecurveanddiscardtheouterportion

(FigJ).Foldthetrimmed piece in half again

andpress to mark.

14

Repeattheprocessin steps7–13to

makea totaloftwelve pieced colour

wheelcentrecircles.

PIECINGTHEBLOCKS

15

Takeoneofthecentrecirclesandone

background piece. Align so the centre

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