Love Patchwork & Quilting

RASPBERRY CRUSH

With a palette of flirty pinks to tickle your fancy, you’ll fall hard and fast for this heartbreak­er packed with HSTs!

- BY CAROLINE HADLEY

With a palette of flirty pinks to tickle your fancy, you’ll fall hard and fast for this heartbreak­er of a quilt!

NOTES

■ Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted.

■ Press seams open, unless otherwise instructed.

■ WOF = width of fabric.

■ HST = Half-square Triangle.

■ WST = wrong sides together.

FABRICS USED

■ Solids are Kona Cotton Solids in Pomegranat­e, Bright Pink, Candy Pink, Carnation and Pearl Pink by Robert Kaufman (darkest to lightest).

■ Find the full collection of Robert Kaufman Kona Cotton Solids at Wool Warehouse (woolwareho­use.co.uk)

■ Backing fabric is XOXO in Valentine from the Love collection by Margaret Berg for Robert Kaufman.

CUTTING OUT

1 From Fabric A cut:

■ Fourteen (14) 4¾in squares.

2 From Fabric B cut:

■ Twenty eight (28) 4¾in squares.

■ Seven (7) 7¼in squares.

3 From Fabric C cut:

■ Fourteen (14) 4¾in squares.

■ Fourteen (14) 6in squares.

■ Fourteen (14) 7¼in squares.

4 From Fabric D cut:

■ Twenty eight (28) 6in squares.

■ Seven (7) 7¼in squares.

■ Seven (7) 11in squares.

5 From Fabric E cut:

■ Fourteen (14) 6in squares.

■ Seven (7) 11in squares.

6 From the binding fabric cut:

■ Seven (7) 2½in x WOF strips.

7 Cut the backing fabric in half to make two (2) 63in x WOF rectangles.

EIGHT AT ONCE HSTS

8 Place one 4¾in square of Fabric A with one 4¾in square of Fabric B, right sides together.

9 On the wrong side of one of the squares, mark two diagonal lines. Sew ¼in from either side of both lines (Fig 1).

SOFT BABY PINKS TEMPER THE ANGULAR PIECING IN THIS SWOON-WORTHY QUILT

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