Australian Homespun - June 2018

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Working on a large fl at surface

or a design wall, arrange all the

coloured Wedge blocks in mixed groups

of four to make circles again. Lay these

squares out in fi ve rows of four. Move

the individual wedges around until

you have a pleasing mix of colours

distributed over the quilt. Take a photo

of the layout when you’re happy with it.

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Working on one unit at a time,

sew the Wedge blocks in pairs,

making semicircles, and press the

seams open. Matching the centre

seams and edges of the circles, sew

the pairs together and press the seam

open. It doesn’t matter if the edges of

the white fabric don’t match exactly

as they will be trimmed later. Return

each square to the layout as you go.

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Using a quilter’s ruler, trim all

the units to measure 10in

square, raw edge to raw edge. To do

this, place the ruler over the block

with the 5in line on the ruler lying

along the centre seam of the block,

as shown in Diagram 1. Trim the first

edge. Repeat the process on all four

sides, making sure that the 5in line

on the ruler is aligned with the centre

seam each time. Return the blocks

to the layout as you go.

ASSEMBLY

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Join the blocks in rows. Debby

pressed all her seams open,

but you can also press the seams of

odd rows to the left and even rows

to the right so the intersections nest

in the next step if you prefer.

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Sew the rows together,

matching the seams, and press

the seams open or in one direction.

Border 1

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Measure the width of your quilt

horizontally across the middle

and trim two of the 2^11 ⁄ 2 in strips of

large pink spot print fabric to this

length. Sew them to the top and

bottom edges of the quilt, matching

the centre and end points, and press

the seams towards the border.

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Matching the pattern as

closely as possible, join the

remaining large pink spot print strips

end to end and press the seams open.

Measure the length of your quilt

vertically down the centre and trim

two strips this length from the long

strip. Sew them to the left and right

edges of the quilt, matching the

centre and end points, and press

the seams outwards.

Border 2

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Matching the pattern as

closely as possible, join the

six aqua fl oral spot print strips end

to end and press the seams open.

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Measure the width of your quilt

horizontally across the middle

and cut two strips this long from the

long strip. Sew them to the top and

Diagram 1

5in

DEBBY’S

TRIMMING TIP Use

round-ended scissors for trimming

away the white background fabric

behind the wedges so that you

don’t accidentally cut the printed

fabric underneath.

DEBBY’S

LABELLING TIP

To make an easy quilt label, type

your message on your computer

using a font resembling

handwriting, enlarge it a little and

print it out on paper. Cut a piece

of white fabric a little larger than

the printed area and press under

a narrow hem on all sides. Trace

the lettering onto the fabric with

a permanent fabric-marking pen

and set the ink with a hot iron.

Pin the label to the back of the

quilt and slipstitch it in place.