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snipsintotheseamallowanceonA

thendoso(Fig4A&4B). Depending

onyourfabrics,thismayhelpthe

curvelaymoresmoothly.Stitch

together(Fig4C). Make four (4).

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Placethefourunitsasshownin

Fig 5. It willlooka littlestrangeas

theyareo-setarounda holeinthe

centre. Whether you are appliquéing

Fig 4A

Fig 4B

Fig 4C

Fig 5

Fig 7

Fig 6

thecircleorsettingthesquareintothe

middleyouwillstillbesetting them

together in this way.

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Stitchtogetherintwo(2)halves,

thenstitchthetwo(2)sections

together.Youwillbeabletoseein

eachcasewheretheseamswillmatch

up,soit is logicaltoseewheretostart

andstop,eventhough there is a hole

in the middle.

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Intheoriginalblock,a circlewas

appliquéddownoverthehole.For

this,Carolynusesa freezerpaper

methodasit stabilisesthefabricwhile

it is beingsewnoverthehole.Cutout

a circleof freezerpaperthesamesize

astemplateD.Ironthisshinyside

downtothewrongsideof thefabric,

andcutoutaddingainseam

allowance.Turntheseamallowance

overtheedgeof thecircleandtackin

place.Topositionthecircleoverthe

hole,foldandfingerpresstomarkthe

quartersof thecircle.Linethese

marks up with the seam junctions on

theblock.Thiswillensurethatit is

central.Pininplaceandstitchdown

(Fig 6 ). Removethefreezerpaperby

undoingthetackingand peeling it

away from the back.

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If youchoosetoputthesquare

inthecentre,pinonesideat a

time,stitchalongthenpinthenext

side,andstitch,andsoonuntilthe

four sides are complete(Fig 7 ). This

is oneof thefunthingsabouthand

piecingpatchwork,asit is soeasyto

setthingsinandstitcharoundthe

corner– thatwouldn’t work on a

sewing machine!

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Pressyourblockandaddthe

frames.If youarequiltingas

yougo,youcannowlayerandbaste.

Quiltyourblocksoit is readytobe

addedtothenextrowof thequilt.

Thiswillbethefirstblockonthe

fourthrowof thequilt.If youare

buildingupyourrows,youwillsoon

be ready to stitch them together.

TECHNICALTIP

Useyourpreferredmethod

ofappliquéif youchoose

toaddthecircletothe

centre.Carolynlikesthe

freezerpapermethod,but

needle-turn,raw-edgeor

the“bagged-out”method

would work equally well.