Beginner's Guide To Quilting - UK (2020-04)

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Working with Blocks

Art Gallery Fabrics

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TOGETHER฀AS฀ALTERNATING฀BLOCKS฀

BABAB  ฀^8 ฀฀

Step 14 ฀&OR฀THE฀SECOND฀ROW฀START฀FROM฀

THE฀LEFT฀FOLLOWING฀A฀HORIZONTAL฀ORDER฀

4AKE฀THREE฀A฀BLOCKS฀AND฀TWO฀ IN฀

SQUARES฀FROM฀FABRIC฀!฀!LTERNATE฀THE฀

BLOCKS฀WITH฀PLAIN฀SQUARES฀A!A!A    ฀^9 ฀฀

Step 15 ฀7HEN฀YOUVE฀DONE฀THE฀SEVEN฀

ROWS฀SEW฀THEM฀TOGETHER฀ALTERNATING฀

THE฀FIRST฀AND฀SECOND฀TYPE฀OF฀ROW฀^10 ฀฀

ASSEMBLING THE QUILT

Step 16 ฀0LACE฀THE฀BACKING฀FABRIC฀ON฀A฀

LARGE฀SURFACE฀WRONG฀SIDE฀UP฀3TRETCH฀IT฀

WITH฀MASKING฀TAPE฀AGAINST฀THE฀SURFACE

Step 17 ฀0LACE฀YOUR฀WADDING฀ON฀TOP฀OF฀

THE฀BACKING฀FABRIC฀AND฀PLACE฀THE฀QUILT฀

TOP฀ON฀TOP฀OF฀THE฀WADDING฀RIGHT฀SIDE฀

FACING฀UP฀3MOOTH฀AWAY฀WRINKLES

Step 18 ฀0IN฀ALL฀THE฀LAYERS฀TOGETHER฀฀

OR฀USE฀SAFETY฀PINS ฀AND฀TACK฀

Step 19 ฀-ACHINE฀OR฀HAND฀QUILT฀IN฀A฀

DESIGN฀OF฀YOUR฀CHOICE฀STARTING฀AT฀THE฀

CENTRE฀AND฀OUT฀TOWARDS฀THE฀CORNERS฀

Step 20 ฀4RIM฀OFF฀ANY฀EXCESS฀FABRIC฀OR฀

WADDING฀SQUARING฀THE฀QUILT฀BEFORE฀

BINDING฀IT฀

BINDING THE QUILT

Step 21 ฀#UT฀ENOUGH฀STRIPS฀ IN฀WIDE฀BY฀

THE฀WIDTH฀OF฀FABRIC฀)฀TO฀MAKE฀A฀FINAL฀STRIP฀

IN฀LONG฀

Step 22 ฀3TART฀SEWING฀THE฀BINDING฀STRIP฀

IN฀THE฀MIDDLE฀OF฀ONE฀OF฀THE฀SIDES฀OF฀THE฀

QUILT฀PLACING฀THE฀STRIP฀RIGHT฀SIDE฀DOWN฀

AND฀LEAVING฀A฀IN฀TAIL฀3EW฀WITH฀IN฀

SEAM฀ALLOWANCE฀USING฀STRAIGHT฀STITCH   ฀

ALIGNING฀THE฀STRIPS฀RAW฀EDGE฀WITH฀THE฀

QUILT฀TOPS฀RAW฀EDGE฀3TOP฀STITCHING฀IN฀

BEFORE฀THE฀EDGE฀OF฀THE฀QUILT฀^11 ฀฀#UT฀THE฀

THREADS฀2EMOVE฀QUILT฀FROM฀MACHINE฀

Step 23 ฀&OLD฀THE฀STRIP฀IN฀A฀MOTION฀OF฀—฀

AND฀UPWARD฀PRESSING฀WITH฀YOUR฀FINGERS฀฀

(^12) ฀฀(OLD฀THIS฀FOLD฀WITH฀YOUR฀FINGER ฀BRING฀
THE฀STRIP฀DOWN฀IN฀LINE฀WITH฀THE฀NEXT฀
EDGE ฀MAKING฀A฀HORIZONTAL฀FOLD฀THAT฀
ALIGNS฀WITH฀THE฀TOP฀EDGE฀OF฀THE฀QUILT฀^13 ฀฀฀
3TART฀SEWING฀AT฀IN฀OF฀THE฀BORDER ฀
STITCHING฀ALL฀LAYERS฀$O฀THE฀SAME฀IN฀THE฀
FOUR฀CORNERS฀OF฀QUILT฀3TOP฀STITCHING฀
BEFORE฀YOU฀REACH฀THE฀LAST฀฀OR฀IN฀฀
Step 24 ฀,AY฀THE฀LOOSE฀ENDS฀OF฀THE฀
BINDING฀FLAT฀ALONG฀THE฀QUILT฀EDGE ฀
FOLDING฀THE฀ENDS฀BACK฀ON฀THEMSELVES฀
WHERE฀THEY฀MEET฀0RESS฀TOGETHER฀TO฀
FORM฀A฀CREASE฀5SING฀THIS฀CREASE฀AS฀THE฀
STITCHING฀LINE ฀SEW฀THE฀TWO฀OPEN฀ENDS฀
OF฀THE฀BINDING฀WITH฀RIGHT฀SIDES฀TOGETHER฀
MARK฀WITH฀A฀PENCIL฀IF฀THE฀CREASE฀IS฀HARD฀
TO฀SEE ฀4RIM฀SEAM฀TO฀IN฀AND฀PRESS฀
OPEN฀#OMPLETE฀THE฀SEWING฀4URN฀
BINDING฀TO฀BACK฀OF฀THE฀QUILT ฀TURN฀RAW฀
EDGE฀INSIDE฀AND฀STITCH฀BY฀HAND฀USING฀
BLIND฀STITCH
NEED A HAND?!
฀฀All about blocks, page 104
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3TOP฀STITCHING฀
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