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

ASSEMBLING THE QUILT TOP

Step 4฀฀฀!RRANGE฀THE฀BLOCKS฀IN฀FIVE฀

HORIZONTAL฀ROWS฀OF฀FIVE฀BLOCKS฀EACH฀

3EW฀THE฀BLOCKS฀TOGETHER฀IN฀ROWS฀

PRESSING฀THE฀SEAM฀ALLOWANCES฀IN฀

ALTERNATING฀DIRECTIONS฀FROM฀ROW฀TO฀ROW฀

3EW฀THE฀ROWS฀TOGETHER฀0RESS฀THE฀SEAM฀

ALLOWANCES฀IN฀THE฀SAME฀DIRECTION฀฀^4

Step 5฀฀฀!DD฀THE฀ IN฀X IN฀SIDE฀

BORDERS฀AS฀SHOWN฀0RESS฀THE฀SEAM฀

ALLOWANCES฀TOWARD฀THE฀BORDER฀STRIPS

Step 6฀฀฀3EW฀BOTTOM฀AND฀TOP฀BORDER฀

STRIPS฀TO฀THE฀QUILT฀AND฀PRESS฀SEAM฀

ALLOWANCES฀TOWARD฀BORDER฀STRIPS฀^5

Step 7฀฀฀,AYER฀THE฀QUILT฀TOP฀BATTING฀

AND฀BACKING฀TOGETHER฀"ASTE฀LAYERS฀

Step 8฀฀฀5SE฀YOUR฀SEWING฀MACHINE฀TO฀

QUILT฀THE฀PLACE฀MAT฀AS฀DESIRED

Step 9฀฀฀*OIN฀THE฀THREE฀RED฀POLKA

DOT฀

STRIPS฀INTO฀ONE฀LENGTH฀AND฀USE฀THIS฀TO฀

BIND฀THE฀EDGES฀OF฀THE฀PLACE฀MAT฀

NEED A HAND?!

(^) Step-by-step: strip piecing p47
(^) How to make a quilt sandwich p63
(^) How to make binding p62
(^) How to quilt in the ditch p67
Block template:฀5SE฀THIS฀AT฀฀
TO฀฀MEASURE฀OUT฀THE฀BLOCKS
Patchwork Made Easy
This is one of 25 handmade projects by
top designers in Sew the Perfect Gift, published
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Sew the Perfect Gift
We’ve quilted the place
mat in our photos with
a swirly pattern but if
you’re new to quilting,
stick to straight lines
and quilt ‘in the ditch.’
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