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

Adding Texture

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ayering up your patchwork

can give any project a cool,

contemporary look, breaking

up the straight lines with curves and

other shapes. This celestial quilt

perks up a grid of fabrics with

layered circles in contrasting

patterns, emphasised by rings of

quilting stitches. Experiment with

different circle sizes for a quilt that’s

out of this world!

CUTTING OUT

s฀From fabric A:฀CUT฀AN฀ X IN฀

XCM    ฀SHAPE฀AND฀A฀ IN฀

CM ฀SQUARE฀฀

s฀From fabric B:฀CUT฀A฀ XIN฀

XCM    ฀SHAPE฀AND฀A฀ IN฀

CM   ฀SQUARE

s฀From fabric C:฀CUT฀A฀ XIN฀

XCM    ฀SHAPE฀AND฀A฀ IN฀

CM   ฀SQUARE

s฀From fabric D:฀CUT฀A฀ XIN฀

XCM    ฀SHAPE

s฀From fabric E:฀CUT฀A฀ X IN฀

XCM  ฀SHAPE฀AND฀A฀ IN฀

CM ฀SQUARE

s฀From fabric F:฀CUT฀A฀ X IN฀

XCM    ฀SHAPE฀AND฀A฀ IN฀

CM SQUARE

s฀From fabric G:฀CUT฀A฀ X IN฀

XCM    ฀SHAPE

s฀From fabric H:฀CUT฀A฀ X IN฀

XCM    ฀SHAPE฀AND฀A฀ IN฀

SQUARE

ASSEMBLE THE PATCHWORK

&OLLOWING฀THE฀LABELLED฀PICTURE฀ON฀PAGE฀

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Q฀฀"ACKING฀FABRIC฀XIN฀฀

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MAKING THE CIRCLES

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ASSEMBLING THE QUILT

Step 6฀฀,AYER฀THE฀QUILT฀TOP฀WADDING฀

AND฀BACKING฀4ACK฀WITH฀SAFETY฀PINS฀OR฀

BIG฀RUNNING฀STITCHES฀

Step 7฀฀5SING฀TWO฀STRANDS฀OF฀CREAM฀

EMBROIDERY฀THREAD฀AND฀A฀NEEDLE฀QUILT฀

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THE฀SAFETY฀PINS

Step 8฀#UT฀THE฀BINDING฀FABRIC฀INTO฀FOUR฀

STRIPS฀EACH฀ IN฀CM    ฀WIDE฀*OIN฀

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STRIP฀IN฀HALF฀ALONG฀THE฀LENGTH฀#AREFULLY฀

TRIM฀THE฀BACKING฀AND฀THE฀WADDING฀

AND฀BIND฀YOUR฀QUILT฀MITREING฀EACH฀OF฀

THE฀CORNERS฀฀

NEED A HAND?!

฀฀Step-by-step: binding, page 63

฀฀Step-by-step: mitred corners, p71

฀฀Glossary, page 18

136 Beginner’s฀'UIDE฀TO฀1UILTING

100 Pretty Little Projects

For a quick make, look no further than this book

that’s packed with all sorts of stitching projects.

In no time at all you’ll have rustled up gifts for

every occasion – and plenty of treats to keep for

yourself too! 100 Pretty Little Projects is published

by Lark Crafts, £14.99, http://www.thegmcgroup.com

The fabric you choose

for your binding will

change the whole feel

of your quilt. We’ve

matched ours to a pale

blue floral fabric for a

cool, fresh finish, but

you could opt for a deep

red if you wanted an

earthier look.