American Patchwork & Quilting - USA (2020-04)

To make her variation of Granny

Squared, associate editor Diane

Tomlinson gravitated to an artistic

collection of prints she had been

admiring. She pieced four blocks

and opted for a straight, rather than

on-point, setting. She framed the

blocks with 1"-wide fi nished sashing

strips and inner border. To complete

the 31½"-square wall hanging, she

added a 3½"-wide fi nished outer

border.

FABRICS are from the Jetty collection by

Carolyn Friedlander for Robert Kaufman

Fabrics (robertkaufman.com).

3

Cut and piece yellow print 4×42"
strips to make:
▫ 2—4× 595 ⁄ 8 " outer border strips
▫ 2—4× 525 ⁄ 8 " outer border strips

4

Sew short outer border strips to
short edges of quilt center (Quilt
Assembly Diagram). Add long outer
border strips to remaining edges to
complete quilt top. Press all seams
toward outer border.

FINISH QUILT

1

Layer quilt top, batting, and

backing; baste. (For details, see

Complete Quilt, page 111.)

2

Quilt as desired. Val Krueger

machine-quilted arcs in the blocks

and sashing squares and a swirling

vine design in the sashing rectangles,

setting and corner triangles, and outer

border (Quilting Diagram).

3

Bind with green print binding

strips. (For details, see Complete

Quilt.)

Designer: Sherri McConnell (aquiltinglife.com)

Machine quilter: Valerie Krueger (on Instagram

@vkquilts)

THE SETTING TRIANGLES

ARE CUT SO THE

OUTSIDE EDGES HAVE

A STRAIGHT GRAIN FOR

STABILITY.”

ÑSherri McConnell, DESIGNER

Quilting Diagram

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