Love Patchwork & Quilting - UK (2019-12)

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C

C

B

C

E

x 4

C

D

J

x 2

B

D

J

x 2

E

D

J

x 6

F

G

J

x 7

F

G

D

x 2

C

H

J

x 6

9

FromFabricI cut:
QTwo(2)6 / in squares.
QOne(1) 6 in square.
QOne(1) 12 in square.
QOne(1) 18in square.

10

FromFabricJ cut:
QTwo(2)7ins quares.
QTwent yt hree(23)6 / in squares.
QEight(8) 7 in squares.

PIECINGTHEHSTANDQSTUNITS

11

Takea Fabr icC andD 7in s quareand

placeRST.Drawa linefromcornerto

corneronthewrongsideofthelighter

fabricandsewin eithersideofthedrawn

line.Cutdownthelineandpressopento

yieldtwoHSTunits(Fig1).Leave the HST

unitsuntrimmed at this point.

12

Takea Fabr icB 6 / in squareandmark
a linefromcornertocorneronthe
wrongside.PlaceRSTwithoneoftheHST
unitsfromstep11,makingsureyour
markeddiagonalis in theopposite
directiontotheseamoftheHST.Sewa
in eithersideofthedrawnline.Cut
downthelineandpressopentoyieldtwo
mirrorimageQuarter-squareTriangle
(QST)units(Fig2).Repeatwiththe
remainingHSTfora totaloftwounitsand
twomirrorimageunits.Trim each unit to
measure 6in square.

13

Repeatsteps11–12tomakethe

followingQSTunits(Fig3):

QFabricB/E/C:four units, four mirror

imageunits.

QFabricC/D/J:two units, two mirror

imageunits.

QFabricJ/D/B:two units, two mirror

imageunits.

QFabricB/E/D:two units, two mirror

imageunits.

QFabricJ/D/E:six units, six mirror

imageunits.

QFabricG/F/J:seven units, seven mirror

imageunits.

QFabricG/F/D:two units, two mirror

imageunits.

QFabricH/C/J:six units, six mirror

image units.

14

Repeatstep 11 withtheFabricI andH

6 / in squarestomakefourFabricI/H

HSTs(discardone).RepeatwiththeFabricF

andJ 6 / in squarestomakesixteenFabric

F/JHSTs.TrimeachHSTto 6 in square.

PIECINGTHECENTREBLOCK

15

Repeatstep 11 withtheFabricB andJ

7insquarestomakefourHSTs.Drawa

linefromcornertocorneronthewrong

sideandcutin beyondtheline,making

suretocuttwoin eachdirection as shown

(Fig4).Discard the excess.

16

Taket heFabr icA 9ins quareandjoint he

fourtrimmedHSTstothefourcorners,

payingattentiontofabricplacementfor

eachcorner(Fig5).Trimto 12 in square.

ASSEMBLINGTHEQUILTTOP

17

ArrangetheHSTunits,QSTunits,centre

blockandremainingsquaresintoten

rows,asshownin Fig6, thensew.Tosewthe

centrerow,sewthesmallblocksin rowsof

threeontheleftandfourontheright.Then

sewtheserowstogether before joining to

thecentre block.

18

Sewtherowstogether,carefully

matchingseams,andaligningtherows

at theleft.Pressseamstowardsthetopon

thefirstthreerowsandtowardsthe

bottomonthebottomthreerows. Press

remaining seams as desired.

19

Useyourquiltrulertotrimthetopright

corner,aligningthein markwiththe

blockcorners,asshownin Fig7. Carefully

trim away the corner. Cut the Fabric I Fig 3

D

B

E

x 2