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TUMBLING CUBES QUILT
Level: Intermediate
What you'll need:
- 15 x ½ yard (or 2 x 15 FQ bundles) of Prima Fat quarters ensuring that you have 3 shades (light, medium, dark) of each colour ie green, blue, pink, yellow, purple
- 3m backing fabric
- 60cm binding fabric
- 3m cotton/polyester batting
- Matching Gutterman 100% cotton thread
- Rotary cutter
- Cutting mat
- Quilters ruler
- Scissors, seam ripper
- Sewing machine foot
- Templastic
All fabric should be 100% cotton, washed and pressed.
Please read all instructions carefully before commencing the quilt.
Instructions:
Finished size - 55" x 57".
Note: It is important that the straight grain (line on template) is the outside edge (straight edge) of the cube (see Diagram 2).
The quilt is sewn together in rows vertically.
Cutting Instructions:
Cut Template shapes A, B and C from your templastic ensuring that you copy across the markings. Cut 4.5" strips across WOF from all fabrics.
Separate the fabrics of each colour group.
The 'light' fabric shapes will be cut using Template A.
The 'medium' fabric shapes will be cut using Template B.
The 'dark' fabric shapes will be cut using Template C.
Follow Diagram 1 and referring to the straight grain line on the templates, cut your shapes.
You will have plenty of shapes to mix and match your cubes throughout the quilt in a pleasing manner.
Note: Each cube is made up of 2 Template A pieces plus 1 each of B and C.
Step 1 - Separate into colour groups ie light, medium, dark.
Step 2- Referring to Diagram 2, join one Template A piece to Template B matching the pin points. Press seams.
Step 3- Referring to Diagram 2, join one Template A piece to Template C matching the pin points. Press seams. You will now have 2 x half cube shapes.
Step 4- Repeat Step 2 and 3 to make the remainder of the half cube shapes - a total of 112 half cube shapes in total. Press seams.
Step 5- Referring to Diagram 3 and your chosen colour layout, sew all half cubes into rows, matching pin points, ensuring that colours are kept in order and that rows match up to each other. You will have a total of 14 rows. Press seams.
Step 6- Join all long rows to each other ensuring that you are matching seams and that cube halves are matching their corresponding half. Press seams.
Quilt top is now complete!
Step 7- Cut backing fabric in half so that you have two 1.5m lengths. Join together on the long side to create a large backing piece. Press seams.
Step 8- Lay the backing, batting and quilt top. Baste together. Quilt as desired.
Step 9- Join binding strips, fold in half and iron. Sew binding around quilt.
