Brown sugar hues and a bounty of reds are sprinkled ...

Project: Apple Crisp

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Brown sugar hues and a bounty of reds are sprinkled throughout a tantalizing throw featuring Snowball and Four-Patch blocks.

DESIGNER: JAN RAGALLER




Materials• 32⁄3 yards total assorted tan

prints (blocks)• 1 yard total assorted red prints

(blocks)• 3⁄4 yard total assorted brown and

black prints (blocks)• 3⁄8 yard dark brown print (inner

border)• 2—7⁄8-yard pieces assorted red

florals (outer border)• 2⁄3 yard mottled red (binding)• 47⁄8 yards backing fabric• 78×86" batting

Finished quilt: 70×78"Finished blocks: 8" square

Quantities are for 44/45"-wide, 100% cotton fabrics.Measurements include 1⁄4" seam allowances. Sew with right sides together unless otherwise stated.

Cut FabricsCut pieces in the following order.

From assorted tan prints, cut:• 35—11⁄2 ×21" strips• 28—81⁄2" squares• 224—21⁄2" squaresFrom assorted red prints, cut:• 112—21⁄2" squaresFrom assorted brown and black prints and remaining red prints, cut:• 35—11⁄2 ×21" stripsFrom dark brown print, cut:• 7—11⁄2 ×42" strips for inner

borderFrom each red floral, cut:• 4—61⁄4 ×42" strips for outer

borderFrom mottled red, cut:• 8—21⁄2 ×42" binding strips

Assemble Triple Four-Patch Blocks1. Sew together an assorted

tan print 11⁄2 ×21" strip and an assorted red, brown, or black print 11⁄2 ×21" strip to make a strip set (Diagram 1). Press seam away from tan print. Repeat to make 35 strip sets total.

2. Cut strip sets into 448—11⁄2"-wide segments (Diagram 1).

3. Sew together two 11⁄2"-wide segments to make a Four-Patch unit (Diagram 2). Press seam in one direction. The unit should be 21⁄2" square including seam allowances. Repeat to make 224 Four-Patch units total.

4. Sew together two Four-Patch units and two assorted tan print 21⁄2" squares in pairs (Diagram 3). Press seams toward tan print squares. Join pairs to make a double Four-Patch unit. Press seam in one direction. The unit should be 41⁄2" square including seam allowances. Repeat to make 112 double Four-Patch units total.

5. Referring to Diagram 4, sew together four double Four-Patch units in pairs. Press seams in opposite directions. Join pairs to make a triple Four-Patch block. Press seam in one direction. The block should be 81⁄2" square including seam allowances. Repeat to make 28 triple Four-Patch blocks total.

Assemble Snowball Blocks1. Use a pencil to mark a diagonal

line on wrong side of each assorted red print 21⁄2" square.

2. Align a marked red print square with one corner of an assorted tan print 81⁄2" square (Diagram 5; note direction of marked line). Sew on drawn line; trim excess fabric, leaving 1⁄4" seam allowance. Press open attached triangle, pressing seam toward red print.

3. Repeat Step 2 to add marked red print squares to remaining corners of tan print square to make a Snowball block (Diagram 6; again note direction of drawn lines). The block should be 81⁄2" square including seam allowances.

4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 to make 28 Snowball blocks total.

Assemble Quilt Center1. Referring to Quilt Assembly

Diagram, lay out blocks in eight horizontal rows, alternating triple Four-Patch and Snowball blocks.

2. Sew together blocks in each row. Press seams toward Snowball blocks. Join rows to make quilt center. Press seams in one direction. The quilt center should be 561⁄2 ×641⁄2" including seam allowances.

Add Borders1. Cut and piece red floral No.

• 2—61⁄4 ×42" strips to make:• 2—61⁄4 ×70" outer border

strips




2. Sew red floral No. 1 outer border strips to side edges of quilt center. Add red floral No. 2 outer border strips to top and bottom edges to complete quilt top. Press all seams toward outer border.

Finish Quilt1. Layer quilt top, batting, and

backing; baste.

2. Quilt as desired. Cindy Tolliver machine-quilted swirl designs across the quilt center and added continuous loops in the inner border (Quilting Diagram). She quilted the outer border with alternating horizontal and vertical wavy lines.

3. Bind with mottled red binding strips.







DIAGRAM 1

11⁄2"

APQ OCTOBER 2010CMR 3983826 Skipping Stones (Apple Crisp)Diagram 1C. Neubauer 4-30-10100527010

DIAGRAM 3


DIAGRAM 4


DIAGRAM 5


DIAGRAM 6


QUILTING DIAGRAM

APQ OCTOBER 2010CMR 3983826 Skipping Stones (Apple Crisp)Quilting DiagramC. Neubauer 4-30-10100527017

DIAGRAM 2





11⁄2×581⁄2"

61⁄4×70"

11

⁄2×

64

1⁄2

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61

⁄4×

66

1⁄2

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QUILT ASSEMBLY DIAGRAM

APQ OCTOBER 2010CMR 3983826 Skipping Stones (Apple Crisp)Quilt Assembly DiagramC. Neubauer 4-30-10100527016

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