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Sew them together using 1/4” seam allowance.
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We want to press this seam open, to help reduce bulk. Depending on your type of batting, you may need to use a Teflon or an applique pressing sheet so that your iron doesn’t melt or stick to the batting when pressing it open.
Now before you quit for the day, remember those few pieces we couldn’t quilt because they overlapped the seams? Go ahead and quilt them down now.
Flip the quilt over and give it a nice pressing on the front side as well. Put the kettle on sister, it’s time for some mandarin orange spice while we admire our work. We have a third of the quilt done!
Onward!
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Blocks 6 & 7 are just like 4 & 5. Easy cheesy!
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Blocks 1, 2 & 3 aren’t too hard either. Just be sure to get the sashing on the proper blocks. Block 1 has it on the top and side. Block 3 has it on the top. Block 2 is going commando on this one – sans sashing! Again, Block 1 has some overlapping pieces, that I left un-quilted, to be done later.
Now that we have the 3 main sections of the quilt done, we are going to start joining them. Better give those seams another quilt press before lining up the center column with the right column.
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Our quilt is reaching a substantial size now, and I’m not so comfortable sewing them together without pinning. So make sure the sashing seams are lined up first – nothing worse than having that stair-stepped seam line for our eyes to trip over. Take some time to get it accurate. When you have that pinned, throw in a few extra pins for good measure.
We are sewing with a 1/4” allowance still and we will press these seams open as well.
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Sew the left column on. This baby is getting big and heavy because of the batting. We will probably be pulling and tugging and letting a few swear words escape while we try and get a nice straight seam. So take your time, and sew true.
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The kettle is already on? Look at you, you know what time it is. This is really starting to come together and it’s barely seemed like much work! Well, fair warning the next few days may not be quite as fun. Stock up on the chamomile.