Cotton reel

BLOCK
LIVEN UP YOUR HOME WITH OUR STITCHING-INSPIRED QUILT

PROJECT
DESIGNER
Corinne
Bradd

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We show you how! SEW A BLOCK

Separate eight coloured
of the square in the same
way, taking care to hold the
edge of the white piece out
STITCH A QUILT
Make nine blocks and lay out
1 1 fabrics into plains for the
reels, and stripes for the
of the way [2]. Open out and
inger press.
1 in a three by three panel,
with all blocks in the same
thread. Cut an 8cm square orientation. Cut several 3cm
from each of the striped Fold the central square in wide strips from the ninth fat
fabrics. Cut 5cm strips from
each of the plain fabrics and
5 half, right sides together
diagonally, so the two angled
quarter and join end to end to
make a continuous sashing
white cotton. sides of the plain and white strip. Sash the blocks in rows
fabrics meet up. Stitch along of three before sashing the
Copy the template from the this edge, starting from the rows together and adding an
2 pattern pages at the back.
Use this to cut two shapes
previous stitch lines and
running to the corners [3].
overlapped border all round.

from each plain fabric and Open out to reveal a perfectly Press the quilt top and pin
eight shapes from white
cotton, measuring 7.5cm along
mitred join. 2 onto wadding. Place the
layers onto white cotton to
the top edge and 17cm along Stitch white and plain leave a 3cm excess all round
2 the bottom with 45° sides. 6 parallelograms to the
remaining sides of the square
and pin. Topstitch the layers
together along either side of
Pin and stitch a white in the same way, placing them the sashing strips.
3 piece to the right side of
a striped square, ensuring
opposite their pairs. Mitre
the corners and press. Make Trim the wadding to the
the seam runs at a right
angle to the direction of the
three more blocks in this way
using the other six colours.
3 edge of the quilt top. Fold
in 5mm along the edge of the
‘thread’ pattern. Start and Sew the blocks together to white backing before folding
stop 5mm from the ends of make a 31cm square, rotating over the top of the quilt to bind
the square [1]. the position of the reels so it, mitring the corners neatly.
that colour touches white Pin and top stitch 1mm in from
Open out, inger press, pin each time. the hemmed edge.
4 and stitch a coloured plain
piece to the adjacent edge

3 The construction of these reels is much easier than it looks. Just

ensure you don’t stitch right up to the edges of the central square
CORINNE BRADD, DESIGNER

Essentials
• Nine striped and plain fabrics, fat quarters
• White cotton, 1.6m
• 4oz quilt wadding, 1.1m

Dimensions
Block: 30cm square
Quilt: 1.03m square

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FLUXUS STEPS UNINHIBITED
TEAL ABOVE BASK
A subtle PRISM Painted
pattern on Geometric efects in
rich blue rainbow shades of coral
designs

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 Stash-busting
HEART BLOCK JAZZ UP YOUR SOFT FURNISHINGS

PROJECT
DESIGNER
Corinne
Bradd

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We show you how!
1

STITCH A HEART BLOCK 6 Cut the 14cm square of cotton in half

diagonally, then stitch across the top left
Using the guide from the templates section
1 at the back. Cut a selection of print and plain
fabrics into 14 strips, 4cm wide, then referring
side of the patchwork to divide the small
square and knock the corners of the outer
edge of the shape. Trim the excess fabric
Essentials
• Assorted plain and print cotton fabrics
to the guide, trim these to make three 7cm, four
10cm, three 13cm, one 16cm, two 19cm and one
and press open.

25cm long piece. Cut a 4cm square from white cotton

• White cotton fabric
• Cushion pad, 34cm square
For each heart, cut one 7cm and one 14cm
7 and divide into half square triangles

Dimensions 2 square of white cotton. Sew the irst (7cm

long) piece to the right side of the white 7cm
(HSTs). Sew a triangle to the right and left
corner of the heart to knock of the point.
Snip the excess and press, then trim the
Heart block: 25cm square square. Open out and inger press before patchwork into a 25cm square. Cut 4cm
Cushion: 34cm square sewing the second (10cm long) piece to the wide strips of white cotton and use these
bottom edge of the square [1]. to create an overlapped border all round
Note: Use a 5mm seam allowance unless the heart, bringing the size of the block
otherwise stated. Stitch the third (7cm long) strip to the right
3 side of the irst one, lining up to the bottom
up to a 30cm square.

edge of the work and leaving a 2cm gap at the

top of this seam for easier manipulation later SEW A CUSHION COVER
[2]. Add the fourth (10cm long) strip to the Cut 4cm wide strips of plain coloured
bottom of the work, lining it up to the right-
hand edge and again, leaving a 2cm gap at the
1 fabric and add an overlapped border
to the block. Cut two 20cm x 35cm pieces
left end of the seam. of white fabric and hem one 35cm edge
“This design is perfect for on each piece.
using up scraps of fabric. 4 Add the ifth (10cm), sixth (13cm) and
seventh (13cm) pieces in the same way, lining Pin the hemmed pieces over the
The method is similar to a log up to the bottom right side. Join the eighth 2 panel, right sides together, allowing
cabin quilt and would look (7cm) piece to the left side of the work, using
the gap in the seam to help you line the strip
the hemmed edges to overlap. Stitch all
around the panel and turn out through
just as attractive with strips up accurately [3]. the overlapping edges. Use a point turner
to push the corners out fully.
made up of two or three Once in place, the short edge of this piece
smaller pieces” 5 can be attached to the second strip by
stitching on from the gap. Add the ninth (10cm) 3 Topstitch the sides of the cushion cover
3mm in from the edges with matching
piece to the top of the work in the same way. thread. Place a cushion pad inside the cover
Add the remaining strips to complete the basic and latten the overlapping back pieces.
heart shape and press. Slip stitch these edges closed if desired.

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 Quatrefoil
BLOCK
BE BOLD AND BRAVE WITH COLOUR

PROJECT
DESIGNER
Corinne
Bradd

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We show you how! MAKE THE BLOCK

For each block, cut one
be used as an accurate
stitching guide.
and colours. Lay the blocks
out in a three by four grid
as you go to ensure no two

1 1 11cm square, two 6cm x

24cm strips and four 6.5cm 4 Pin a small white triangle to
one diagonal side of the
colours or patterns are next
to each other.
squares from white cotton. ‘house’ shape that has been
formed from the printed Join the blocks right sides
Cut four 11cm squares from
printed fabric and two
6cm x 24cm strips from
squares. Sew right sides
together using the pencil line
2 together, matching up
seams and points carefully.
two diferent designs. as a guide [2]. Open out and Press the quilt top. Cut 6.5cm
press before sewing a second wide strips from the remaining
Make the ‘battenburg’ parts triangle to the other diagonal white fabric and use these to
2 of the block irst by sewing
a printed strip to a white strip,
edge in the same way, ensuring
the white fabric overlaps at the
make an overlapped border
around the quilt, joining the
right sides together, along one top to make a 5mm seam strips end to end if necessary.
long edge. Press the seams allowance above the point of Press again.
lat and cut both strips to the printed fabric [3]. Repeat
for the remaining three Lay out 1.5m square of
2
make four pieces measuring
6cm x 11cm. Pair up the pieces
into blocks, each with two
squares of printed fabric. 3 plain backing fabric, quilt
wadding and the quilt top on a
Lay the eight sewn squares lat surface and pin together
white squares and two
diferent print squares [1]. Sew
right sides together to make
5 and the single printed
square out in the correct order,
at regular intervals. Quilt in
the ditch along the seams
four squares measuring 11cm. using the image as a guide, to between each block and inside
create the quatrefoil pattern. the border.
Cut each of the 6.5cm white Join the squares together in
3 squares in half diagonally.
Copy the template from the
three rows of three, taking
care to match up the central 4 Turn in 5mm of the border,
mitring the corners, and pin
pattern pages at the back onto seams of each square. Join the in place. Trim the wadding to
card and place the bottom strips together to inish the this folded edge. Trim the
edge on the reverse of one block, again taking care to backing fabric if necessary and
side of each of the printed match up all seams. fold over the wadding, mitring
squares. Draw around the top the corners. Pin the folded
3 point with a pencil. Add a 5mm
seam allowance before cutting MAKE THE QUILT edge of the border to the
folded edge of the backing and
away two corners of each Make 12 blocks as described topstitch together, 2mm from
square. The pencil lines can 1 using a variety of patterns the edge.

Essentials
Fabric: Lace Mountain collection by
FreeSpirit, 16 prints, 25cm of each; cotton,
white, 3mWadding, 1.5m square

Dimensions
Block: 30.5cm square
Quilt: 105cm x 135cm

Note: Use a 5mm seam allowance unless

otherwise stated.

You don’t have to use heavily

detailed prints. Solid colours
will look just as stunning in
this design
JENNIFER WARD, EDITOR

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 Patience
QUILT
COMBINE SQUARES AND RECTANGLES AND FIVE DIFFERENT FABRIC
PRINTS TO MAKE A STRIKING DESIGN

PROJECT
DESIGNER
Corinne
Bradd

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We show you how!
1 STITCH
PERFECT
Alternate between
intricate lorals and plain
cottons for each block
to create a
diferent efect

E
E B
C
A
D

C
A
3 D
B E
E

fabric aside, to use as a border for the quilt. Cut

CREATE A BLOCK several 4cm wide sashing strips of pink cotton
Choose two prints and cut 11cm squares and use these to join the blocks together, irstly
1 from each. Cut two 6cm x 16cm pieces from
two more designs. From a ifth fabric, cut four
in rows of three, then joining them into a
rectangle. Add a pink overlapped border all
6cm x 11cm rectangles. round the quilt top.
Cut the striped print into 4cm wide strips
2 Join a 6cm x 11cm rectangle to one side
of a square, right sides together with 2 across the pattern. Use these to make a
Essentials
• 16 prints from the Primrose Garden
a 5mm seam allowance [1]. Open out and
press lat so the rectangle sits at the bottom
second overlapped border around the quilt top.
Press the entire panel. Lay down backing fabric,
of the square. wadding and the quilt top on a lat surface and
Collection by Riley Blake Designs, fat pin the three layers together at regular
Attach a 6cm x 16cm rectangle to the left
quarter of each
• Pale pink cotton sashing, 50cm
3 side of the block in the same way [2]. Open
out and press lat.
intervals. Machine quilt them together in the
ditch along the sashing lines. Quilt each block
• White cotton backing, 150cm pattern if desired.
Make up three more mini blocks [3] and
20oz wadding, 150cm
4 join these into a square to create each
entire block, using the diagram as a guide for 3 Fold the outer border back along the seam
and trim the wadding to this line. Cut the
Dimensions
Block: 30cm square
fabric placement. backing fabric 2cm wider and bring up and over
the wadding edge, mitring the corners and
Quilt: 104cm x 108cm MAKE THE QUILT pinning in place. Turn in 5mm of the striped
border before folding over the edge of the quilt
Use three diferent pattern combinations
Note: Use a 5mm seam allowance unless
otherwise stated. 1 and make four blocks of each. Put a striped
and pinning to the back. Topstitch in the ditch,
making sure the hem at the back is secured.

the haberdashery
PRIMROSE PRIMROSE PRIMROSE
PETAL RED PAISLEY MAIN RED
Sweet little AQUA A big bold
lowers on a A detailed print with
bright design with a red roses
background retro feel

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 Flamingo
QUILT
STITCH UP A TROPICAL PATCHWORK DREAM

PROJECT
DESIGNER
Corinne
Bradd

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Essentials
• Five patterned cottons, 0.5m
• Contrasting cotton, 2m
• 4oz wadding, 1.5m

Dimensions
95cm x 1.25m

Note: Use a 5mm seam allowance unless

otherwise stated.

SEW A TROPICAL QUILT

From three lighter lamingo printed cottons,
1 cut 16 11cm squares from each fabric using
a rotary cutter, quilter’s rule and cutting mat.
Using two plain fabrics, cut 55 6cm x 11cm
pieces of each colour. Cut 63 6cm squares of
the darkest cotton fabric.

Take an 11cm square and place a pink

2 rectangle along the top edge with right sides
together. Sew together using a 5mm seam
allowance. Open out and inger press. Place a
6cm square on one end of a blue rectangle with
right sides together, and sew down the short
edge. Open out and inger press.

Place the blue strip on the left side of

3 an 11cm square with right sides facing,
matching up the seams of the previous step.
Sew together, then open out to make a 15cm
block. Make up the remaining 11cm squares in
this way.

Arrange the blocks in a 6 x 9 grid,

4 alternating the patterns as you do so. Make
a note of the block that lies on the right-hand
side and bottom edge. Stitch corresponding
plain rectangles and 6cm squares to the right
and bottom edges to form a continuous border
around the layout.
STITCH
Begin joining the blocks in pairs, then sets PERFECT
5 of four, eight and so on to sew the quilt top
together. Take care to match up existing seams
Use the same
technique but on
for a neat, geometric inish. Press the quilt top a smaller scale to
Pin the layers together at Trim the excess backing
with a hot steam iron to latten all seams.

Press the remaining piece of dark cotton

7 regular intervals and trim
the wadding to the same size as
create a fun
cushion cover
8 fabric to leave a 3cm
border. Fold over 1cm on the
6 and lay face down on a lat surface. Lay the
wadding centrally over the top and inally the
the quilt top. Topstitch the layers
together with pink thread, sewing
front.
raw edges of the backing fabric,
before folding over the edges of
quilt top face up. Adjust the layers to ensure along the seam lines, starting at the the quilt and pinning. Mitre the
there is at least 4cm excess of backing fabric centre and working out to the edges each corners as you go, along. Topstitch the
on each side. time to prevent the layers bunching up. hem close to the interior edge.

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FLAMINGOS FLAMINGO FLOCK TO
IN PARADISE FLOCK THE OASIS
Bold and Simple Classic
beautiful feathered lamingos on
tropical friends a lime
design. against white. backdrop.

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 Arch window
BLOCK
THIS TEXTURED QUILT IS A GREAT PROJECT TO PERFECT
YOUR STITCHING SKILLS

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DESIGNER
Corinne
Bradd

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on the edges of the triangle so to create an alternated leaf or

STITCH A BLOCK
We show you how! 1 Cut three 8cm x 16cm
they curve, and hold in place
with a few small hand stitches
in matching thread [3].
scallop pattern and press well.

Place the quilt top onto

1
rectangles from diferent
coloured prints. Fold one in
Make three more blocks
2 wadding and backing fabric,
pin together then secure the
half, wrong sides facing, to
make a square. Place this on
the top half of one right side
3 in this way, keeping the
colours of the triangle panel
layers with small hand stitches
at each point where the
up rectangle, so the folded and one side the same for all squares join.
edge lies across the centre. of them, replacing one colour
or print only. Sew the squares Cut leftover printed fabric
Place the remaining piece face
down over this and stitch down
one long edge, enclosing one
together, alternating the
position of the triangles to
3 into 5cm wide strips and
join end to end. Add these to
side of the folded panel [1]. make a leaf pattern, or keeping the edges of the quilt to make
them all the same way to make an overlapped border.
Open out the rectangles to a scallop design.
2 make a square. Pick up the
4 Fold under 5mm on the
fold of the centre piece and
latten it so the sides spread MAKE THE QUILT edges of the border. Take
the folded edges around the
Make nine blocks, following back of the quilt and slip stitch
2 out to form a triangle [2]. Tack
the long edge of the triangle
down against the top of the
1 the picture for colour
placement or choosing your
to the backing fabric.

square and press. Fold up 1cm own layout. Sew them together

Alternate the position of the triangles to

make a leaf pattern or repeat them for a
scallop design
CORINNE BRADD, DESIGNER

Essentials
• Five prints of Utopia collection by Art
Gallery Fabrics, 50cm of three, 25cm of two
• White cotton fabric, 1m square
• Coordinating sewing thread
• 2oz wadding, 1m square

Dimensions
Block: 30cm square
Quilt: 96cm square

Note: Use a 5mm seam allowance

unless otherwise stated.

STITCH
PERFECT
Use softer or
pastel shades for
a textured baby
blanket to snuggle
little ones in

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CHATTER LUCID SPECKS OF
PODS HILLS CARAMBOLA
CITRICA JADE Dandelion
A bright Loops of flowers on a
orange emerald luminous yellow
conversational green design background
print

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Geometric
SWIRLS
CREATE A MEDITERRANEAN QUILT WITH THE
GREEK KEY BLOCK

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DESIGNER
Corinne
Bradd

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We show you how!
1 Cut a 16cm strip of light Pin the quilt top to wadding
CREATE A BLOCK
Cut three 6cm wide strips
4 fabric and sew to the right
hand edge of the rectangle.
2 and cut this to the same
size as the patchwork. Pin
1 from two contrasting prints.
From these, cut a 6cm square
Open out and inger press to
make a 16cm square.
the layers to backing fabric
and trim to size again.
of each design and sew them Topstitch the layers
Continue adding strips of together, in the ditch, using
right sides together on one
edge to make a 6cm x 11cm
rectangle. [1] Finger press the
5 fabric, working anti-
clockwise, using the picture as
coordinating thread.

a guide to build up the pattern Cut the remaining fat

seam to the darker side.

Cut an 11cm length from

in this order: 16cm dark, 21cm
light, 21cm dark, 26cm dark,
3 quarter of printed fabric
into 4cm wide strips and join
2 a darker strip and place the
bi-coloured rectangle face
26cm light, 31cm dark. Press all
the seams irmly.
end to end to make a
continuous piece. Lay the
2 down on top, with the lighter quilt wrong side up and stitch
the strip face down to the
half at the top. Sew together
along the right side, open out MAKE A QUILT edges with a 5mm seam
and inger press the seam to Create three Greek Key allowance, to create an
make an 11cm square, with
a light coloured top right
1 blocks from four diferent
combinations of light and dark
overlapped border.

corner. [2] fabric. Arrange the blocks so Turn the quilt right side up

Cut an 11cm strip of lighter

that no two similar meet, and
rotate the patterns so the
4 and turn under 1cm of the

3 fabric and place face down,

across the bottom dark half
lighter spirals radiate from the
centre point. Sew the blocks
border’s edge. Fold the strip
over the raw edge of the
quilt layers, and pin down to
of the square. Stitch together, together, matching the seams cover the line of stitching.
open out and inger press carefully, and press. Topstitch in place, 1mm from
to make an 11cm x 16cm the pinned edge, mitring the
rectangle. [3] corners neatly.
3

Essentials
• Nine coordinating prints, fat quarter of each
• White cotton, 150cm
• 4oz quilt wadding, 150cm

Dimensions
Block: 31cm square
Quilt: 92cm x 122cm

Note: Use a 5mm seam allowance unless

otherwise stated.

9 5 2
3 7 11
1

10

Key: Order of placement

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Create swirls of rainbow colours or use

up mix and match prints from your stash
CORINNE BRADD, DESIGNER

the haberdashery
GREEKA MELOGRANO NISI
ROZ POMBERRY FLORA
Geometric Pufs of OCEANON
swirls pink petals Vivid roses on
in peaches a deep blue
and cream background

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Dragonfly
QUILT
STITCH A SEWING CADDY

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Bradd

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We show you how!
1

cut one wing B and one wing B reversed. Keep cotton and sew around the edges, leaving a
the reversed pieces separate from the right 10cm gap in the centre of the bottom edge.
side up pieces. Pair a wing A with a wing B Clip the corners, turn out and press. Topstitch
from background fabric and stitch right sides the top edge of the panel, fold in the raw

Essentials
• Assorted cotton prints, fat quarters
together on the dashed line to make a half
square triangle (HST). Repeat with the other
edges of the gap and pin.

pieces to make pairs of top and bottom Cut 30 11cm squares of diferent fabrics
• White cotton
• Thin fusible interfacing
wings [1]. 2 and sew together in two panels of 3 x 5.
Press and pin onto felt wadding and white
• Lightweight felt wadding Cut two 9cm HSTs from background cotton. Topstitch along the seam lines before
3 fabric. Place a bottom wing HST on top, topstitching diagonally from corner to corner
Dimensions
Dragonfly block: 15cm square
right sides together and sew along the wing
edge. Open out to make a larger triangle.
of each square. Trim the backing fabric and
wadding to the edges of the patchwork.
Sewing caddy: 49cm x 59.5cm\ Repeat for the other bottom wing piece and
HST in reverse to make a pair. Place the body Cut several 2.5cm wide fabric strips to
Note: Use a 5mm seam allowance unless fabric face down onto the background half of
a larger triangle, lining up the bottom point
3 make straight binding. Bring the patchwork
panel up to the back and front of your sewing
otherwise stated.
but moving the top of the piece in by 1cm at machine and mark where the carrying handle
SEW A DRAGONFLY BLOCK the top. Sew along the dashed line [2]. is along the top edge of both pieces. Bind
the edge between these marks with 2.5cm
Copy the templates from the pattern pages
1 at the back. Choose two pale and two darker
fabrics for each dragonly. Cut a body piece and
4 Crease the body piece in half, pin and stitch
the other larger bottom wing triangle to it
in the same way, using the existing placement
fabric strips.

Place the patchwork pieces wrong sides

a 3.5cm square from the darkest colour, then
trim the square in half diagonally to make a
as a guide. Open out and press to make a
larger HST. Take the pair of top wing HSTs
4 facing and stitch together on the top
unbound edges. Trim the seam allowance.
triangle. Snip an 8.5cm square of lighter and sew to the 8.5cm square on the edges Cut binding strips 1cm longer than these
background fabric. Fold under 5mm on the long either side of the triangular head to make a seams, fold under 5mm on the long edges
edge of the small triangle and inger press. larger HST [3]. Pin and stitch the two large plus one short edge of each and press. Pin the
Place the triangle on the corner of the HSTs right sides together, aligning the centre strips over the raw seams and topstitch in
background square and lip over on the folded of the head with the middle of the body. Open place. Bind the outer edges of the cover with
edge so it sits face down on the square. Pin and out and press before squaring up the sides to 2.5cm strips joined end to end as necessary.
stitch in place along the crease line to form the make a 16cm block.
dragonly’s head. Lay the cover lat and pin the dragonly

Cut one wing A and one wing A reversed, STITCH A MACHINE COVER 5 pocket panel to the bottom centre of

2 plus one wing B and one wing B reversed

from the background fabric. Trim one wing A 1 Make three dragonly blocks from diferent
fabrics. Sew together in a row and lightly
one side. Pin and topstitch the pocket to the
cover around three edges, closing the pinned
gap as you do so. Topstitch down the seam
and one wing A reversed from the second stifen with thin fusible interfacing. Place face lines between each block to divide the pocket
darker fabric. From the remaining lighter fabric, down onto a 16cm x 46cm rectangle of white into three.

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“For a flatter finish,

press each seam as you
go and avoid folding
them all the same way”

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RING O’ POSY CHAIN HE LOVES
ROSES FRESHLILLY ME BLUE
DUSTY Delicate white Daisy petals
A turquoise blooms on fall against
background light pink navy blue
with wreaths
of flowers

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 Pineapple
WALL HANGING
BRIGHTEN YOUR HOME WITH THIS VIBRANT DESIGN

PROJECT
DESIGNER
Corinne
Bradd

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 Bonus PATCHWORK projectsS
We show you how!
1

3
SEW A PINEAPPLE BLOCK MAKE A WALL HANGING
Cut ive 9cm squares from white cotton and Create three pineapple blocks, making
1 draw a diagonal line from corner to corner
on one side with pencil. Cut three more 9cm
1 each one slightly darker than the last for
a ombre efect.
squares from blue/green shades of fabric and
two 9cm squares from warmer colours. Place Cut several 4cm wide strips of white
the fabric squares right sides together onto the
white pieces and stitch 5mm either side of the
2 cotton to use as sashing and borders
between and around the blocks. Press the
pencil line. Cut along the line [1] , open out and completed three fruit panel and layer onto
press to make half square triangles (HSTs). wadding and the remaining white cotton
fabric. Pin in place before topstitching around
Cut two 8.5cm white squares plus four the outline of the coloured shape.
2 8.5cm squares from blue and green material
Essentials
• Assorted cotton prints, blue, green,
and 16, 8.5cm squares in an assortment of
yellow, orange and pink cottons. Lay the 3 Fold under 5mm of the border and pin.
Trim the wadding to this line and the
yellow, orange, pink squares and HSTs out in a four by eight grid backing fabric 1cm bigger all round. Fold
• White cotton, 1.5m to form the pineapple shape, rearranging the the backing fabric over the wadding and pin
• Quilt wadding, 4oz x 1m colours to give a shaded efect from left to the folded border edge to it, mitring the
right. Take a quick snap on your phone if you’re corners neatly.
able, for reference.
Dimensions
Block: 30cm x 59cm Sew the pieces right sides together in pairs 4 Cut two pieces of white fabric, 6cm x
12cm, and fold in half lengthways. Stitch
Hanging: 35cm x 1m 3 [2], stitch the pairs together to make small
square blocks [3] and then sew the blocks into
down the edge to make a tube and turn right
side out. Fold each tube in half to make
Note: Use a 5mm seam allowance unless the pineapple panel. Press all the seams to the hanging loops and tuck these between the
otherwise stated. darker side as you work to keep the joins as lat pinned fabrics in the top corners of the
as possible. design. Topstitch all around the border,
2mm from the edge.

the haberdashery
FRESH MOSAIC TANG
BLOOMS A geometric A zingy
Contemporary triangle print design with
lowers on in red, pink orange
a blue and orange. blossoms
background. and fruits.

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