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squares immediately next to it in your

layout, as shown in Diagram 3. Then

add a flower square to the bottom edge

of this unit (seam 2).

35

Fold the bottom right corner of

the flower block out of the way.

Then sew the adjacent flower+leaf unit

to the right edge of the unit from Step

34 (seam 3) – the partial seam allows

you to do this. See Diagram 4.

36

Next, sew a leaf square to the

bottom left edge of the top border

rectangle with a partial seam (seam 4).

Then sew this unit to the right edge

of the first flower square (seam 5).

See Diagram 5.

37

Return to the partial seam in

the flower+leaf unit you

sewed in Step 34. Complete the

sewing of this seam, continuing all

the way across the top edge of the

adjacent flower square and the bottom

edge of the next leaf square.

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Continue joining the units,

following the order shown in

the Quilt Construction Diagram until

the entire quilt top is assembled.

Finishing

39

Smooth the backing fabric on the

floor, right side down, and secure

it with masking tape. Lay the batting

on top, ensuring it’s free of wrinkles.

Lay the pressed quilt top, right side up,

over the batting and baste the three

layers together with thread (or safety

pins if you are machine quilting.)

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Quilt as desired. Carolyn hand

quilted her quilt in patterns to

echo the flower and leaf designs and

background fabric prints. She sewed

large running stitches using grey, black

and multi-coloured Perlé 5 and stranded

embroidery cottons (all six strands).

Instead of weaving the ends inside the

batting to finish them off, she tied them

in knots on the quilt surface to add

further texture.

41

Trim the batting and backing

fabric^11 ⁄ 4 in outside the raw

edge of the quilt.

42

Cut the ends of the binding

strips you cut in Step 14 at a

45-degree angle. Join the strips, end

to end, to make one length and press

the seams open. Fold the strip in half,

wrong sides together and long edges

matching, and press. With raw edges

together, stitch the binding to the

edge of the quilt with a^1 ⁄ 4 in seam,

mitring the corners as you go and

referring to the Binding Diagrams

on page 46 for details.

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Turn the binding over and

hand stitch it to the back of

the quilt. Label and date your quilt.

For contact details for Carolyn Davis, turn

to Stockists at the back of the magazine.

Diagram 4

Quilt Construction Diagram Diagram 5

seam 2

seam 1

seam 3

seam 7

seam 12

seam 20

seam 15

seam 29

seam 10

seam 18

seam 27

seam 35 seam 37

seam 32

seam 17

seam 25

seam 24

seam 2

seam 8

seam 6

seam 26

seam 11

seam 19

seam 28

seam 36

seam 34

seam 13 seam 33

seam 22

seam 30

seam 16

seam 9

seam 14

(partial)

seam 4

seam 4 seam 23

seam 21

seam 31

seam 3

seam 5

seam 5

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