Today's Quilter - UK (2020-05)

PROJECTlMoroccan magic

thepaperis uppermostandsewalong

theseamlinebetweensectionsA1and

A2(Fig 7 ). RepeattocoversectionA3

withthewhitestrip.Pressandthen

trimaroundeachedgeof thetemplate

(Figs 8 and 9 ). Keeptherest of the

strip for further units.

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SewtheDtemplateseithersideof

A tomakethecentrerow.Sewa B

templateabovea C templateand

repeatwitha C templateabovea

B tomaketheouterrows(Fig 12 ).

Sewthesethree(3)rowstogether,

matchingpoints,tocomplete the

hexagon(Fig 13 ).

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1

Taketwo(2)ofthe 4 inx

7 inbackgroundrectangles

andplaceRST.Makea diagonalcut

cornertocornerthroughboth,which

willgiveyoufour(4)rectangles.

Sewa rectangletotwo(2)opposite

sidesofthehexagon(Fig 15 ). Press

andtrimdogearsbeforesewing

remainingrectanglestotheother

sides.Pressandthentrimblockto

a 12in square(Figs 16 and 17 ).

13

Repeatthisprocesswith

templatesB,C andD.Cover

sectionsB1witha 3inx 4inblue,

B2usingthewhitestrip,B3witha

2 inx 15inaquabackgroundstrip

andB4witha 2inx 20inredstrip.

CoversectionsC1witha 3inx

4inblue,C2andC3usingtheaqua

backgroundstripandC4usingthe

redstrip.CoversectionsD1witha

3 inx 4inblue,D2withthewhite

stripandD3withtheredstrip.Press

andtrimasbefore.Makeone(1)

oftemplateA andtwo(2)eachof

templatesB,C andDusingthesame

five fabrics for each block(Fig 10 ).

4

Layoutyourtemplatestomake

a hexagon as showninFig 11.

5

Sewa 1inx 7inbackground

striptoeithersidesoftheblock

andtrimtheendsin line with the

angles(Fig 14 ).