Originally Posted by paintmejudy

Ok, now I have to admit I made a mistake. When designing the quilt I had estimated that it would be 42” Well, my sample turned out to be 44” which means I will need to put a scrap of fabric in one of the pointy spots in the width of the backing where the topper was too wide for 42” fabric. If you don’t want to do that, you can eliminate the sashing that goes all around, but I really think sashing is a nice design element to the topper. The seam won’t really show or be bothersome.

So, if the 44” doesn’t bother you, forge ahead!

Take the remaining fabric A and cut into 4 pieces, 1-1/2” wide. Add this sashing to each of the 4 sides of your topper, first by putting two pieces on opposite sides, trim as needed and press. Add remaining sashing pieces to the other side. Press. Trim excess.

Cut fabric B into two 4” wide WOF. Cut into 4 pieces each 18-3/4 long. Keeping the two 4” x 18-3/4” pieces together, mark a dot 5/8” up from the corner on the short side, on two opposite sides, then place your long ruler so it intersects these dots, and cut as shown.

TYPO ALERT: A typo in the photo shows I said to put a mark ¼” down from the edge. This is wrong, it is to be 5/8” down. I was unable to correct my original wording so added a blurb at the bottom of the photo. New to figuring out how to add words to the photos.

Sew these two pieces as shown. Make 4 of these long pointy pieces as shown in the picture and sew to each side and Voila!!! You’re done!

Make a sandwich with your choice of batting – FYI: I prefer Warm and Natural for this project, it lays nice and flat. Now, I have no idea how to do the math to get the binding angle correct, so I didn’t use binding. I laid the batting on the table and put the backing right side up. Lay topper on the backing, right sides together. You will need to trim this so I would pin well but keep the pins a ways from the edge so they don’t interfere with your ruler and cutter Reposition pins closer to the edge and pin well – don’t forget the edges are on the bias. Sew a 3/8” seam leaving about a 12” opening. Trim corners to eliminate bulk after turning. Poke out corners. Turn right side out and hand sew the opening. Press so that the seam rolls just slightly towards the back, so you don’t see the backing if there is a big color difference between the outer border and the backing. Place topper under your machine with the topper facing up and top stitch ¼” from edge. Re-pin so topper is nice and flat. Quilt as desired. I will use a serpentine stitch to hold it all together. Since I used Warm and Natural, I can quilt it up to 10” apart and will quilt down the middle of the sashing strips.

So once again we come again to the end of a journey on the Mystery Quilt Train. I hope you have enjoyed the trip as much as I have. I can’t promise a date for the next but will start trying to think of a new pattern soon. Maybe in the summer …… If it is hot, we can get the train to head north, and visit the Yukon. So get your passports in order!