Beginner's Guide to Quilting - UK (2020-02)

QUILT DIAGRAM

FABRIC A

FABRIC B

FABRIC C

FABRIC D

FABRIC E

05

07

06

08

9

Using the Layout Diagram as a guide, sew
each individual row together using the
remainder of the quilt front squares (Fig 2).
Press the seams to one side and in
the opposite direction to the row above.
Sew the seven rows together, making sure
the seams line up and nest together.
Press the seams downwards (Fig 3).

MAKING THE QUILT BACK

10

Mark the quilting lines on the quilt front
using an erasable pen (Fig 4). Sew the
two Fabric C backing strips RST along the
short edges. Sew the Fabric A and Fabric B
backing strips to either long raw edge of the
joined Fabric C backing strip. Press the seams
to one side.

ASSEMBLING THE QUILT

11

Lay the assembled quilt back wrong side

up flat on the floor or table and tape to

hold. Place the batting centrally on top, then

place the assembled quilt top centrally on top

of the batting. Baste the quilt sandwich

together, using your preferred method.

Lengthen your machine stitch and quilt as you

wish. Jessica quilted diagonally along her

marked lines (Fig 5). Cut off the excess batting

and backing fabric level with the quilt top.

CREATING YOUR BINDING

12

Sew the binding strips RST on the

diagonal, alternating the fabrics. Fold this

long strip in half lengthways with wrong sides

together and press.

BINDING THE QUILT

13

Place the end of the joined strip 8in

down from a corner, matching raw edges.

Sew the binding to the quilt, starting 6in along

from the binding short edge. Stop ¼in from

the first corner, backstitch, then take the quilt

off the machine.

14

Fold the binding up at an angle where the

stitching ends. Fold the binding back

down along the next side of the quilt. Pin in

place. Starting sewing from the top edge, sew

over the folded corner and down the next

side. Repeat this at each corner until you reach

the start of your sewn-on binding. Stop

sewing 6in from the start (Fig 6).

JOINING THE BINDING

15

You will have some binding excess. Cut off

a 4in strip from the excess and open it out

so you can see its 2^3 / 8 in width. Lay the starting

end of the binding flat with the excess binding

on top of it.

16

Place the cut-off strip on top so that the

right side of the 2^3 / 8 in width is lined up

with the sewn-on starting end. Mark the left

side of the width of the cut off strip where it

joins the excess binding and the cut off the

binding excess (Fig 7).

17

Discard the excess and the cut-off strip.

Open out the two binding strip ends and

place them RST at a 90 degree angle.

18

Pin, then sew them together from corner

to corner as you do when joining binding

strips together to minimise bulk (Fig 8).

19

Pull the quilt flat to check your sewn

binding is correct then trim the excess,

leaving a ¼in seam allowance. Sew the

unsewn binding to the quilt.

20

Press the binding to the wrong side of

the quilt and either slip stitch by hand or

machine sew it in place all the way around

the edges to finish.