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

38 Beginner’s Guide to Quilting

Patchwork Made Easy

My f irst

sewing

machine

book

This project is a taster from My First

Sewing Machine Book by Emma

Hardy (RRP £9.99, published by

Cico, http://www.cicobooks.co.uk). To

get your copy for the special

price of £7.99 (including

free P&P) call 01256 302

699 , quoting GLR9NW.

T

his jaunty cushion will really

brighten up any room and is

quick and easy to make, with

only seven straight seams to tackle.

It’s a great way to use up scraps of

material, or treat yourself to some

new funky fabric to make your

cushion a real talking point.

CUTTING OUT

From each of the four fabrics, cut:

s฀/NE฀ÐXIN฀XCM   ฀PIECE

PIECING YOUR PATCHWORK

Step 1 D e c i d e w h a t o rd e r yo u wa nt

the fabrics to go in and lay them out on

A฀TABLE฀0LACE฀THE฀SECOND฀STRIP฀ON฀TOP฀

of the first, with right sides together,

AND฀PIN฀AND฀TACK฀THem together

ALONG฀THE฀RIGHT

HAND฀EDGE฀4AKE฀OUT฀

THE฀PINS฀-ACHINE฀STITCH฀THE฀STRIPS฀

together, then take out the tacking

STITCHES฀0RESS฀THE฀SEAM฀OPEN฀WITH฀AN฀

IRON฀*OIN฀THE฀THIRD฀AND฀FOURTH฀STRIPS฀

TOGETHER฀IN฀THE฀SAME฀WAY฀฀^1

Step 2฀฀฀7ITH฀RIGHT฀SIDES฀TOGETHER฀PLACE฀

THE฀SECOND฀PAIR฀OF฀STRIPS฀ON฀TOP฀OF฀THE฀

FIRST฀0IN฀AND฀TACK฀THEM฀TOGETHER฀ALONG฀

THE฀RIGHT

HAND฀EDGE฀AS฀BEFORE฀4AKE฀

OUT฀THE฀PINS฀THEN฀MACHINE฀STITCH฀4URN฀

THE฀PIECE฀OVER฀AND฀PRESS฀THE฀SEAM฀

OPEN฀WITH฀AN฀IRON฀4URN฀THE฀PIECE฀OVER฀

AND฀PRESS฀IT฀AGAIN฀ON฀THE฀RIGHT฀SIDE฀^2

9/5฀7),,฀.%%$

Materials

Q BASIC฀QUILTING฀KIT฀SEE฀PAGE฀

Q Four different fabrics, each at

LEAST฀ÐXIN฀XCM   

Q Contrasting thread for tacking

Q Sewing threads to match fabrics

Q฀฀XIN฀XCM ฀CUSHION฀PAD

Seam allowance

Q Sew in CM  ฀seams

Step 3฀฀฀0LACE฀THE฀FABRIC฀ON฀A฀TABLE฀

WITH฀THE฀RIGHT฀SIDE฀FACING฀DOWN฀4URN฀

THE฀TOP฀AND฀BOTTOM฀EDGES฀OVER฀BY฀in

CM  ฀0IN฀AND฀TACK฀THEN฀TAKE฀OUT฀

THE฀PINS฀-ACHINE฀STITCH฀ACROSS฀THE฀TOP฀

and bottom edges, stitching in

CM    ฀FROM฀THE฀FOLDED฀EDGE฀4AKE฀OUT฀

THE฀TACKING฀STITCHES฀AND฀PRESS฀THE฀

FABRIC฀AGAIN฀^3

MAKING UP THE COVER

Step 4฀฀฀0LACE฀THE฀FABRIC฀ON฀A฀TABLE฀

WITH฀THE฀RIGHT฀SIDE฀FACING฀UP฀&OLD฀THE฀

TOP฀DOWN฀BY฀IN฀CM   ฀0IN฀THE฀EDGES฀

TO฀HOLD฀IT฀IN฀PLACE฀^4

Step 5฀฀฀.OW฀FOLD฀THE฀BOTTOM฀EDGE฀UP฀

BY฀IN฀CM    ฀AGAIN฀MEASURING฀IT฀WITH฀

A฀TAPE฀MEASURE฀)T฀WILL฀OVERLAP฀THE฀TOP฀

FOLD฀0IN฀AND฀TACK฀THE฀TWO฀SIDE฀EDGES฀

right along the side of the cushion,

THEN฀TAKE฀OUT฀THE฀PINS฀-ACHINE฀STITCH฀

along both sides, then take out the

TACKING฀STITCHES฀^5

Step 6฀฀฀4URN฀THE฀COVER฀RIGHT฀SIDE฀OUT฀

AND฀PRESS฀0USH฀THE฀CUSHION฀PAD฀INSIDE฀

THE฀COVER฀PULL฀THE฀CORNERS฀INTO฀PLACE฀

AND฀SMOOTH฀OUT฀THE฀COVER฀.OW฀YOU฀

JUST฀NEED฀TO฀PICK฀WHERE฀TO฀SHOW฀IT฀OFF
฀^6

NEED A HAND?!

(^) Step by step: machine sewing p29
(^) 10 top tips for pressing p31
(^) Glossary p18
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