Australian Homespun - June 2018

half of the rectangles in one direction

and on the other half in the opposite

direction as shown in Diagram 4.

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With right sides together, place

a D rectangle on the corner of

an F one, as shown in Diagram 5.

Stitch on the marked line, trim the

seam to^11 ⁄ 4 in and press. Make two

of these DF units.

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To complete the Extended

Flying Geese unit, place a D

rectangle with the line drawn in the

other direction on the corner of the

DF unit as shown in Diagram 6. Sew

on the marked line, trim the seam

to^1 ⁄ 4 in and press. You should have

a Flying Geese triangle in the middle

of a long strip. Make two of these units.

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Repeat Steps 19-20 to

construct all the Extended

Flying Geese units CFC and BFB. You

should have a total of eight Extended

Flying Geese units as follows:

• Two DFD units, 2^1 ⁄ 2 x12^1 ⁄ 2 in


• Two CFC units, 2^1 ⁄ 2 x16^1 ⁄ 2 in


• Another two CFC units, 2^1 ⁄ 2 x16^1 ⁄ 2 in


• Two BFB units, 2^1 ⁄ 2 x20^1 ⁄ 2 in.

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Lay out all the units, referring

to the Block Layout Diagram

• the pairs of CFC units can be
  switched if the colours work better.
  Stitch the two DFD units to the top
  and bottom of the centre unit. Add
  the two pairs of CFC units to opposite
  sides of the block in turn, then finish
  with the two BFB units at the left and
  right edges. The block should measure
  201 ⁄ 2 in square, raw edge to raw edge.

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Repeat Steps 13-22 to make a

total of nine Inside Out blocks.

ASSEMBLY

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Referring to the Quilt Layout

Diagram, lay out the nine blocks

in three rows of three in a pleasing

colour arrangement. Rotate the middle

block in Rows 1 and 3 and the outer

blocks in Row 2 by 90 degrees. Add

a white 2^1 ⁄ 2 x20^1 ⁄ 2 in sashing strip

between the blocks in each row.

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Sew the blocks and sashing

strips in rows, pressing the

seams towards the sashing.

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Lay out a sashing row between

rows of blocks: each sashing

row has three white 2^1 ⁄ 2 x20^1 ⁄ 2 in

rectangles and two white and grey spot

21 ⁄ 2 in cornerstone squares. Join these

patches together in rows and press

the seams towards the sashing strips.

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Join the block rows and

sashing rows, nesting the

seams at the intersections, to

complete the centre panel.

Borders

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Join the remaining 2^1 ⁄ 2 in solid

white strips end to end and

press the seams open. Do the same

with the spot print strips.

SAMANTHA’S

FABRIC TIPInstead of

the print fabric fat eighths, you can

also cut the ABCD patches from

a combination of a jelly roll and 36

charm squares if you have these

pre-cuts. Cut the A squares from

the charm squares and the B, C

and D rectangles from 2^1 ⁄ 2 in strips.

Diagram 3

Diagram 5

Diagram 6

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A

A

A

A

E

E

E

E G

H

H

H

Diagram 4

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