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Kids Can Quilt!! |
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Lets move on from the
holiday patterns now to one that is just standard piecing! This makes a 12 inch heart
block! |
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***Parents
and/or teachers...note that not all children... nor all age groups are good with rotary
cutters!...You may want to help with that part! |
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Cut your pieces according to the following: |
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From your heart fabric, cut one strip that
measures 3-1/2" by 21"...cut this strip apart at 3-1/2"
intervals. These
will be the full squares of this color. |
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From your background fabric, cut one strip
that measures 3-1/2" by 7"...cut this strip apart at 3-1/2" intervals.
These will be the full squares of this color. |
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Then cut one strip of each color that
measures 3-7/8"x 15-1/2". Lay the two strips one atop the other, with right
sides together, and with all edges lined up. On the back side of the top
strip lightly
mark a line at each 3-7/8th inch point. (shown as a dotted line in the picture at
left).
Next lightly draw a line from the top left corner, down to the opposite corner... then
from there UP to the next corner...then down to the next, and up to the upper right
corner. Now mark 1/4 inch away from those diagonal lines...on both sides of it! Now
sew...in one line from the upper left corner along the 1/4 inch line...down, up down and
up to the upper right corner. Next sew on the other 1/4 inch line. When this is done, cut
the blocks apart on the 3-7/8th inch marks...and on the solid diagonal lines between the
1/4" sewing lines. This will give you eight half squares. |
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This block gets pieced by rows. To make row
1...place two half squares right sides together so that both slants are the same, going
from the lower left to the upper right. Sew, using a 1/4" seam, down the right side of
the square. Press seam to the left. Add another half square, with its right side against
the right side of the square you just added and edges lined up. The slant of the top square
will be in the opposite direction, going from top left to bottom right.
Sew, and press to
the left. Add a fourth half square in the same way. The slant of this last one will be
going from the lower left to the upper right. You will now have the two top peaks of the
heart. |
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To make Row 2, place two heart fabric
squares right sides together and all edges lined up. Sew down the right side, using a
1/4" seam again. Press seam towards the right. Add three more heart squares in the
same way, pressing ALL seams to the right. |
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To Make Row 3, lay a half square down with
the slant going from upper left to lower right. Atop this, with right sides together and
all edges lined up, place a heart fabric square. Sew down the right side with a 1/4"
seam. Press seam to the left. Add another heart fabric square. Press seam to the
left. Next
add another half square, by laying it atop the last square you added...right sides
together, with the slant going from the upper left to the lower right. Sew down the right
side, and press the seam towards the left. |
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To make Row 4,lay a background square
down. Atop that, with right sides together, edges lined up, and the slant going from lower
left to upper right. Sew down the right side with a 1/4" seam. Press seam
towards the right. Add another half square, with right sides together, edges lined up, and
slant going from the upper left to the lower right. Sew down the right side, and press seam
towards the right. Add another background square, right sides together, edges lined up. Sew
down the right side. Press seam to the right. |
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Now sew Row 2 to Row 1.Lay Row 1 down, and
place Row 2 atop it, with right sides together and all edges lined up. Sew along the
bottom edge, using a 1/4" seam. Press seam towards the top row. |
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Then sew Row 3 to Row 4.Lay Row 3 down.
Flip Row 4 upside down on top of it, with right sides together and all edges lined up. The
heart point should be facing UP as you look at it. Sew along the bottom edge with a
1/4" seam. Press seam towards bottom. |
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Now sew the last two units together. Place
the block's top half down. Flip the bottom half on top of it, right sides together and all
edges lined up. The point of the heart should again be facing UP at this
point. Sew along
the bottom edge with a 1/4" seam. Press seam towards the top. All done!! Good Job! |
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 Nov 1999 Marcia Hohn |
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