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

Tiny table topper

Use your tiniest scraps and easy strip piecing

to make this sweet place mat by Kim Brackett

A

ll you need are several bright

1½in x 10 ½ in strips, a solid

fabric for the block

backgrounds, and four fun

coordinating prints for the borders,”

says designer Kim. “You’ll use up some

of your stash and have an

unforgettable gift for a special friend

or family member.”

CUTTING OUT

From the off-white solid fabric, cut:

s฀3EVEN฀ XIN฀STRIPS฀CROSSCUT฀INTO฀

฀STRIPS฀OF฀ X฀ IN

From the assorted prints, cut:

s฀4WO฀ X IN฀BORDER฀STRIPS

s฀4WO฀ X IN฀BORDER฀STRIPS฀

s฀฀STRIPS฀OF฀ X IN฀

From the red polka-dot fabric, cut:

s฀4HREE฀ XIN฀BINDING฀STRIPS

MAKING THE BLOCKS

Step 1฀฀฀3EW฀TOGETHER฀A฀ ฀X IN฀STRIP฀

OF฀PRINT฀FABRIC฀AND฀AN฀ ฀X IN฀ V

YOU WILL NEED

Materials

Q BASIC฀QUILTING฀KIT฀SEE฀PAGE฀

Q BLOCKS฀฀BORDERS฀ 8 YARD฀TOTAL฀OF฀

FABRIC฀SCRAPS฀ASSORTED฀PRINTS

Q BLOCK฀BACKGROUNDS฀ YARD฀OF฀

OFF

WHITE฀SOLID฀FABRIC

Q BINDING฀YARD฀OF฀RED฀POLKA

DOT฀

FABRIC

Q BACKING฀ÐYARD฀OF฀BACKING฀FABRIC

Q฀฀XIN฀PIECE฀OF฀BATTING

Yardage

YARDAGE฀IS฀BASED฀ON฀IN

WIDE฀

FABRIC

Finished size:

Quilt:฀ IN฀X฀ IN

Blocks:฀XIN

Seam allowance:

3EW฀IN฀SEAMS฀FOR฀THIS฀PROJECT

OFF

WHITE฀STRIP฀LONG฀SIDES฀TOGETHER฀AS฀

SHOWN฀0RESS฀THE฀SEAM฀ALLOWANCES฀

TOWARD฀THE฀PRINT฀STRIP฀3EW฀฀STRIP฀SETS฀^1

Step 2฀฀฀0HOTOCOPY฀OR฀TRACE฀THE฀BLOCK฀

TEMPLATE฀ON฀PAGE฀฀ON฀TO฀PAPER฀

THEN฀CUT฀OUT฀.OW฀TAPE฀IT฀RIGHT฀SIDE฀UP฀

TO฀THE฀BOTTOM฀OF฀A฀IN฀SQUARE฀RULER฀OR฀

ANY฀RULER฀WITH฀A฀IN฀MARK   ฀0LACE฀THE฀

RULER฀ON฀THE฀PAIR฀OF฀SEWN฀STRIPS฀SO฀THAT฀

THE฀LINE฀IN฀THE฀MIDDLE฀OF฀THE฀TEMPLATE฀

FOLLOWS฀THE฀SEAM฀LINE฀ON฀THE฀PAIR฀OF฀

STRIPS฀#UT฀ALONG฀THE฀RIGHT฀AND฀TOP฀

EDGES฀OF฀THE฀RULER฀2OTATE฀THE฀CUT฀PIECE฀

TO฀TRIM฀THE฀EDGES฀AS฀SHOWN฀PLACING฀

THE฀PREVIOUSLY฀CUT฀EDGES฀ALONG฀THE฀

EDGE฀OF฀THE฀TEMPLATE฀#UT฀ALONG฀THE฀

RIGHT฀AND฀TOP฀EDGES฀OF฀THE฀RULER฀

#ONTINUE฀CUTTING฀UNITS฀UNTIL฀YOUVE฀CUT฀

FOUR฀FROM฀EACH฀STRIP฀SET฀฀^2

Step 3฀฀5SING฀THE฀FOUR฀UNITS฀CUT฀IN฀STEP฀฀

SEW฀TOGETHER฀THE฀BLOCKS฀AS฀SHOWN฀

0RESS฀THE฀SEAM฀ALLOWANCES฀IN฀A฀

COUNTERCLOCKWISE฀DIRECTION฀2EPEAT฀

UNTIL฀YOU฀HAVE฀฀BLOCKS฀฀^3

Ú฀-ARTINGALE ฀PHOTOS฀BY฀"RENT฀+ANE

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MAKE

25

SETS

MAKE

25 STRIP

SETS

Patchwork Made Easy

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