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

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Turn your new quilting skills into a one-of-a-kind

shopping tote. By Marion Bauer

CUTTING OUT
From Fabric A, cut:
s฀/NE฀XCM฀STRIP฀FOR฀THE฀HANDLES
s฀4WO฀XCM฀STRIPS฀FOR฀THE฀BAG฀EDGING
s฀฀ 3IX฀CM฀SQUARES฀FOR฀THE
PATCHWORK฀PANELS

From Fabric B, cut:
s฀฀ 3IX฀CM฀SQUARES฀FOR฀THE
PATCHWORK฀PANELS

MAKING THE PATCHWORK
Step 1฀฀4AKE฀THE฀CM฀SQUARES฀IN฀BOTH฀
FABRICS฀AND฀LAY฀THEM฀OUT฀IN฀FOUR฀ROWS฀OF฀
THREE฀SQUARES฀EACH ฀COMBINING฀FABRIC฀
!฀AND฀"฀TO฀CREATE฀THE฀PATTERN฀4AKE฀THE฀
FIRST฀ROW฀AND ฀PLACING฀THE฀FABRICS฀RIGHT฀
SIDES฀TOGETHER ฀STITCH฀THE฀SQUARES฀
TOGETHER฀TO฀CREATE฀A฀PATCHWORK฀ROW฀
2EPEAT฀WITH฀THE฀OTHER฀THREE฀ROWS ฀
TAKING฀CARE฀TO฀STITCH฀THEM฀TOGETHER฀IN฀
THE฀RIGHT฀ORDER฀0RESS฀THE฀SEAMS฀IN฀EACH฀
ROW฀IN฀ALTERNATE฀DIRECTIONS

Step 2฀฀0LACE฀ROWS฀ONE฀AND฀TWO฀RIGHT฀
SIDES฀TOGETHER ฀MATCHING฀THE฀SEAMS฀
3TITCH฀TOGETHER฀ALONG฀ONE฀LONG฀SIDE฀
0RESS฀THE฀SEAM฀ALLOWANCE฀TOWARDS฀ROW฀
ONE฀2EPEAT฀THESE฀INSTRUCTIONS฀TO฀SEW฀
ROWS฀THREE฀AND฀FOUR฀TOGETHER

Step 3฀฀,IE฀THE฀PATCHWORK฀PANELS฀ON฀
TOP฀OF฀THE฀WADDING ฀RIGHT฀SIDE฀FACING฀
UP฀SO฀THE฀WADDING฀IS฀NEXT฀TO฀THE฀WRONG฀
SIDE ฀AND฀FUSE฀ACCORDING฀TO฀THE฀
INSTRUCTIONS฀ON฀THE฀FOAM฀WADDING฀
#HECK฀฀YOUR฀FABRICS฀WHEN฀SETTING฀THE฀
HEAT฀OF฀YOUR฀IRON

Step 4฀฀5SING฀A฀THREAD฀OF฀YOUR฀CHOICE ฀
MACHINE
QUILT฀A฀DESIGN฀ON฀BOTH฀SIDES฀
OF฀THE฀BAG฀4RY฀SOMETHING฀NEW฀OR฀KEEP฀

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Materials

Q "ASIC฀QUILTING฀TOOLKIT฀SEE฀PAGE฀

Q 0ATCHWORK฀PANELS฀&ABRIC฀!฀CM฀

Q 0ATCHWORK฀PANELS฀&ABRIC฀"฀฀FAT฀

QUARTER฀

Q ,INING฀FABRIC฀XCM

Q ,IGHTWEIGHT฀FUSIBLE฀WADDING

TWO฀XCM฀PIECES

Seam allowance

Q &OR฀THE฀PATCHWORK฀MM฀

Q &OR฀THE฀BAG฀AND฀LINING฀CM

Finished size

Q XCM

IT฀SIMPLE฀WITH฀STRAIGHT฀LINES฀OF฀QUILTING

ON฀THE฀DIAGONAL฀THROUGH฀EACH฀OF

THE฀PATCHWORK฀SQUARES

Step 5฀฀4AKE฀ONE฀OF฀THE฀XCM฀FABRIC฀

STRIPS฀AND฀FOLD฀IN฀HALF฀WRONG฀SIDES฀

TOGETHER฀0RESS฀THEN฀OPEN฀UP฀THE฀

FABRIC฀STRIP฀AND฀FOLD฀EACH฀OF฀THE฀LONG฀

RAW฀FABRIC฀EDGES฀INTO฀THE฀MIDDLE฀BY฀

CM฀0RESS฀AGAIN฀.OW฀FOLD฀IN฀HALF฀

AGAIN฀ALONG฀THE฀ORIGINAL฀CREASE฀SO฀

THAT฀ALL฀OF฀THE฀RAW฀FABRIC฀EDGES฀ARE฀

HIDDEN฀INSIDE฀THE฀LENGTH฀OF฀FABRIC฀AND฀

THE฀STRIP฀MEASURES฀XCM฀WIDE฀

2EPEAT฀WITH฀THE฀OTHER฀STRIP

Step 6฀฀4AKE฀ONE฀OF฀YOUR฀COMPLETED฀

PATCHWORK฀PANELS฀AND฀PLACE฀ONE฀OF฀

THE฀LONG฀EDGES฀INSIDE฀THE฀FOLDED฀FABRIC฀

STRIP฀SO฀THAT฀IT฀ENCASES฀THE฀RAW฀FABRIC฀

EDGES฀3EW฀IN฀PLACE฀AND฀PRESS฀4HIS฀

BOUND฀EDGE฀WILL฀FORM฀THE฀TOP฀OF฀YOUR฀

BAG฀2EPEAT฀WITH฀THE฀OTHER฀PATCHWORK฀

PANEL฀AND฀FOLDED฀FABRIC฀STRIP฀

ASSEMBLING THE BAG

Step 7฀฀4AKE฀THE฀TWO฀PATCHWORK฀PANELS฀

AND฀PLACE฀THEM฀RIGHT฀SIDES฀TOGETHER฀

AGAIN฀MATCHING฀THE฀SEAMS฀4HE฀LONG฀

EDGES฀OF฀THE฀PANELS฀THAT฀YOU฀HAVE฀JUST฀

BOUND฀WILL฀BE฀THE฀TOP฀OF฀YOUR฀BAG฀AND฀

SHOULD฀ALSO฀MATCH฀UP฀3TITCH฀DOWN฀

EACH฀OF฀THE฀SHORT฀SIDES฀AND฀ALONG฀THE฀

BOTTOM฀EDGE฀OF฀THE฀BAG

Step 8฀฀4AKE฀YOUR฀PIECE฀OF฀LINING฀FABRIC฀

AND฀FOLD฀IT฀IN฀HALF฀RIGHT฀SIDES฀TOGETHER฀

AND฀SEW฀THE฀SIDE฀SEAMS฀4URN฀THE฀BAG฀

LINING฀WRONG฀SIDE฀OUT฀AND฀IRON฀A฀CM฀

CREASE฀ALL฀AROUND฀THE฀TOP฀UNSEWN฀

EDGE฀OUTWARDS฀TOWARDS฀THE฀WRONG฀

SIDE฀3ET฀THIS฀PIECE฀ASIDE฀WHILE฀YOU฀

PREPARE฀THE฀HANDLES

Step 9฀฀5SE฀THE฀XCM฀STRIP฀TO฀MAKE฀

YOUR฀HANDLE฀&OLD฀THE฀FABRIC฀IN฀HALF฀

LENGTHWAYS฀WRONG฀SIDES฀FACING฀AND฀

SEW฀DOWN฀THE฀LONG฀SIDE฀ABOUT฀CM฀

FROM฀THE฀RAW฀EDGES฀/NCE฀ITS฀SEWN฀

TURN฀THE฀TUBE฀OF฀FABRIC฀THE฀RIGHT฀WAY฀

OUT฀#UT฀THE฀TUBE฀IN฀HALF฀SO฀YOU฀HAVE฀

TWO฀CM฀PIECES฀AND฀PRESS฀THEM฀FLAT฀

All about Quilting

Beginner’s฀'UIDE฀TO฀1UILTING฀฀ 75

WITH฀THE฀SEAM฀AT฀THE฀BACK฀OF฀THE฀STRIP฀

3EW฀DOWN฀BOTH฀LONG฀SIDES฀OF฀THE฀STRAPS฀

CM฀FROM฀THE฀EDGES฀)F฀YOU฀THINK฀THE฀

HANDLE฀IS฀TOO฀FLIMSY฀THREAD฀A฀CM฀

WIDE฀STRIP฀OF฀WADDING฀INSIDE฀THE฀TUBE฀

AFTER฀PRESSING฀AND฀BEFORE฀STITCHING

Step 10฀฀4URN฀THE฀MAIN฀BAG฀RIGHT฀SIDES฀

OUT฀AND฀PLACE฀THE฀LINING฀INSIDE฀WITH฀

WRONG฀SIDES฀FACING฀AND฀THE฀BOUND฀

EDGE฀OF฀THE฀BAG฀OUTER฀AND฀FOLDED฀

EDGE฀OF฀THE฀LINING฀LINED฀UP฀

Step 11฀฀)NSERT฀THE฀TWO฀STRAP฀PIECES฀SO฀

THAT฀THEY฀SIT฀BETWEEN฀THE฀LINING฀AND฀

THE฀OUTER฀BAG฀POSITIONED฀ABOUT฀CM฀

AWAY฀FROM฀THE฀SIDE฀SEAMS฀0IN฀THE฀

HANDLES฀IN฀PLACE

Step 12฀฀3TITCH฀ALL฀THE฀WAY฀AROUND฀THE฀

BAG฀APPROXIMATELY฀CM฀FROM฀THE฀

EDGE฀TO฀ATTACH฀THE฀LINING฀TO฀THE฀MAIN฀

BAG฀AND฀SECURE฀THE฀HANDLES฀&OR฀

ADDED฀DETAIL฀WHY฀NOT฀STITCH฀POCKETS฀TO฀

THE฀LINING฀BEFORE฀YOU฀SEW฀INSIDE

NEED A HAND?!

(^) S t e p by s t e p : b a s ic s e a m s , p a ge 4 8
(^) All about quilting, page 66
(^) Guide to machine quilting, page 72
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