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

Exploring Shapes

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Step 3 Join three blocks together end

TO฀END฀TO฀MAKE฀HORIZONTAL฀ROWS

Step 4฀฀*OIN฀THE฀ALL฀THE฀HORIZONTAL฀ROWS฀

together to make the finished front.

MAKING THE CUSHION BACK

Step 5 Take one of the cushion back

pieces and turn one long edge under

by ½in (1.5cm) then ½in (1.5cm) again

AND฀STITCH฀DOWN฀TO฀THE฀HEM฀2EPEAT฀

THIS฀WITH฀THE฀OTHER฀CUSHION฀BACK฀PIECE

Step 6 Place the cushion front right

side up then place one back piece

RIGHT฀SIDE฀DOWN฀OVER฀THAT฀LINING฀UP฀THE฀

RAW฀EDGES฀AT฀ONE฀END฀AND฀THE฀SIDES

Step 7 Place the other hemmed back

PIECE฀RIGHT฀SIDE฀DOWN฀ON฀TOP฀LINING฀UP฀

THE฀RAW฀EDGE฀AT฀THE฀OTHER฀END฀SO฀THAT฀

THE฀HEMMED฀EDGES฀OVERLAP

Step 8 Stitch the front and back pieces

TOGETHER฀ALL฀THE฀WAY฀ROUND฀THE฀EDGES฀

and press the seams open.

Step 9฀฀4URN฀THE฀COVER฀RIGHT฀SIDES฀OUT฀

press and insert the pad to finish.

NEED A HAND?!

(^) How to: Half Square Triangles, p83
(^) S t e p by s t e p : F ly i n g G e e s e , p a ge 8 4
(^) Glossary, page 18
HOW TO ARRANGE YOUR SHAPES
Play around with the position of your Flying Geese
blocks to go for a striped or mixed blocks effect.
Flying Geese are easy to sew –when you look
closely, they’re made from 2 half square triangles
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