ROW ELEVEN
Let’s take a turn through the arts and crafts stalls for hand-knitted socks and fancy kerchiefs!
YOU WILL NEED
■ Background fabric: ½yd
■ Simple handkerchief, centre fabric: two (2)
4½in squares
■ Simple handkerchief, border fabric: two (2)
8in squares
■ Fancy handkerchief, centre fabric: three (3)
2½in fussy cut squares
■ Fancy handkerchief, inner borders: nine (9) 6in squares of at least three (3) different prints
■ Fancy handkerchief, outer border fabric: three (3) 8in squares
■ Simple sock, main fabric: two (2)
7in squares
■ Simple sock, accent fabric: two (2)
6in squares
■ Striped sock, stripe fabric: four (4) 7in squares of at least two (2) different prints
■ Striped sock, accent fabric: two (2)
6in squares
■ Simple handkerchief template: two
(2) copies
■ Fancy handkerchief template: three
(3) copies
■ Simple sock template: two (2) copies
■ Striped sock template: two (2) copies
FINISHED SIZE
■ Blocks: 8in square (finished)
■ Row: 8in x 72in
NOTES
■ Seam allowances are ¼in throughout, unless otherwise noted.
■ Press seams to the side, unless otherwise instructed.
■ Shorten your stitch length to 1.5 for Foundation Paper Piecing.
■ FPP = Foundation Paper Piecing.
■ Templates include seam allowance around the outer edges only.
■ For templates, see p79.
■ Find a full FPP tutorial online at lovepatchworkandquilting.com
■ Fabric supplied by Fat Quarter Shop (fatquartershop.com)
FABRICS USED
■ Print fabrics are from collections by Heather Ross for Windham Fabrics.
■ Background fabric is Sprinkle in Jelly Bracelet from the Basics collection by
Cotton+Steel.
CUTTING OUT
1 Using the template as a guide, cut the fabric pieces for each section of the FPP template, making sure the pieces will be at least in larger than the section they will cover, all the way around.
SIMPLE HANDERCHIEF
2 Foundation Paper Piece the Simple Handkerchief Block, sewing the fabrics in place in numerical order (Sections 1–9).
3 Trim around the outer dashed line of the paper template. Remove the template paper from the back to complete one block. Repeat to make a total of two Simple Handkerchief Blocks.
FANCY HANDKERCHIEF
4 Foundation Paper Piece the Fancy Handkerchief Block, sewing the fabrics in place in numerical order (Sections 1–21).
5 Trim around the outer dashed line of the paper template. Remove the template paper from the back to complete one block. Repeat to make a total of three Fancy Handkerchief Blocks.
SIMPLE SOCK
6 Foundation Paper Piece one each of the Simple Sock Block Sections A and B, sewing the fabrics in place in numerical order (Sections 1A–6A and 1B to 10B).
7 Arrange the two sections along the edge. Pin together carefully, making sure to match the block edges and intersecting seams of the sock.
8 Return your machine stitch length to normal, for piecing, and sew Sections A and B together, then press the seam open. Carefully trim around the outer dashed line of the paper templates.
9 Remove the paper templates from the back to complete one block, tearing along the seam lines. Repeat to make a total of two Simple Sock Blocks.
STRIPED SOCK
10 Foundation Paper Piece one each of Striped Sock Block Sections A and B, sewing the fabrics in place in numerical order (Sections 1A–9A and 1B to 13B). Follow steps 7–9 to complete one block. Repeat to make a total of two (2) Striped Sock Blocks.
PIECING THE ROW
11 Take the completed Handkerchief and Sock Blocks and arrange in a row, alternating as shown (Fig 1).
12 Return your machine stitch length to normal. Sew the blocks together.