To the Garden
Spinning flowers are the focus.
CUTTING
AccuQuilt die-cutting and piecing methods use the chisel shape and halfsquare triangles. These instructions use the stitch-and-flip method. From precut 10" squares: • Cut a total of 13 (21/2") C squares from
green and gray squares. • Cut 2 (21/2" x 10") strips from each aqua and pink or red square. Subcut strips into 8 (21/2") D/E squares each fabric to total 32 D/E aqua squares and 72 D/E pink or red squares. From green print: • Cut 3 (21/2" by fabric width) strips.
Subcut strips into 36 (21/2") F squares. • Cut 6 (21/4" by fabric width) binding strips. From white print: • Cut 7 (41/2" by fabric width) strips. Subcut strips into 104 (21/2" x 41/2")
A rectangles. • Cut 4 (21/2" by fabric width) strips.
Subcut strips into 52 (21/2") B squares. • Cut 1 (16" by fabric width) strip. Subcut strip into 2 (151/2") G squares and 2 (8") H squares. Cut each G square on both diagonals to make 8 G triangles and each H square on 1 diagonal to make 4 H triangles. • Cut 5 (41/2" by fabric width) I/J strips.
COMPLETING THE PIECED UNITS
1. Draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on the wrong side of each F square and half the D/E squares of each fabric for E. 2. Referring to Figure 1, place an F square right sides together on one end of A and stitch on the marked line. Trim seam allowance to 1/4" beyond the stitched line and press F to the right side to complete one A-F unit. Repeat to make a total of 36 A-F units.
3. Repeat step 2 with A and marked E squares to make a total of 36 pink or red A-E units and 16 aqua A-E units as shown in Figure 2.
4. Join an A-F unit and a pink or red A-E unit to make an A-E-F unit as shown in Figure 3; press. Repeat to make a total of 36 A-E-F units.
5. Sew an A rectangle to an aqua A-E unit to make an A-A-E unit as shown in Figure 4; press. Repeat to make a total of 16 A-A-E units.
6. Sew B to D to make a B-D unit as shown in Figure 5; press. Repeat to make a total of 36 pink or red B-D units and 16 aqua B-D units.
COMPLETING THE PINK OR RED FANCY FLOWER BLOCKS
1. To complete one Pink or Red Fancy Flower block, select one C square and four each matching-fabric A-E-F and B-D units.
2. Sew a B-D unit to opposite sides of C to make the center row as shown in Figure 6; press.
3. Sew a B-D unit between two A-E-F units to make the top row as shown in Figure 7; press. Repeat to make the bottom row.
4. Sew the center row between the top and bottom rows to complete one Pink or Red Fancy Flower block as shown in Figure 8; press. 5. Repeat steps 1–4 to complete a total of nine Pink or Red Fancy Flower blocks.
COMPLETING THE AQUA FLOWER BLOCKS
1. To complete one Aqua Flower block, select one C square and four each matching-fabric A-A-E and B-D units.
2. Sew a B-D unit to opposite sides of C to make the center row, again referring to Figure 6; press.
3. Sew a B-D unit between two A-A-E units to make the top row as shown in Figure 9; press. Repeat to make the bottom row.
4. Sew the center row between the top and bottom rows to complete one Aqua Flower block as shown in Figure 10. 5. Repeat steps 1–4 to complete a total of four Aqua Flower blocks.
COMPLETING THE QUILT
Refer to the Assembly Diagram for construction steps.
1. Sew a G triangle to opposite sides and an H triangle to one remaining side of a Pink or Red Fancy Flower block to make a corner unit; press. Repeat to make a second corner unit.
2. Arrange and join the remaining blocks with G and H triangles in diagonal rows with the corner units to complete the pieced center; press.
3. Join the I/J strips on the short ends to make one long strip; press. Subcut strip into two each 41/2" x 431/4" I strips and 41/2" x 511/4" J strips.
4. Sew I strips to opposite sides and J strips to the top and bottom of the pieced center to complete the quilt top; press.
5. Create a quilt sandwich referring to Quilting Basics on page 94. 6. Quilt as desired. 7. Bind edges referring to Quilting Basics on page 94 to finish.