AFL RICHMOND QUILT

INSTRUCTIONS

CUTTING

All strips are cut across the width of fabric unless otherwise stated.

• Cut a 5 1/2" square from template plastic. Place Fabric A on sandpaper board, centre template over two logos and trace around the edge. Repeat using the template to trace 25 x 5 1/2" squares. Cut out the squares using ruler, rotary cutter and rotating cutting mat.
• From Fabric B cut 14 x 2" strips and 5 x 1 1/2" strips.
• From Fabric C cut 9 x 2" strips, 7 x 1 1/2" strips and 5 x 2 1/2" strips for binding.

STRIP UNITS

Step 1 - Sew a 2" Fabric B strip to each side of a 1 1/2" Fabric C strip. Press seams towards Fabric C. Repeat to make 7 strip units.

Crosscut strip units into 11 x 14 1/2" lengths, 5 x 9 1/2" lengths and 13 x 5 1/2" lengths.

Step 2 - Unit 1 - make 7

Sew a 5 1/2" length from step 1 to the bottom edge of a 51/2" Fabric A square. Press seam towards square. Sew the top edge of a second 51/2" Fabric A square to the opposite side of the striped unit. Press seam towards square.

Step 3 - Unit 2 - make 5

Sew a 5 1/2" length from step 1 to the right-hand edge of a 51/2" Fabric A square. Press seam towards square. Sew the left-hand edge of a second 5 1/2" Fabric A square to the opposite side of the striped unit. Press seam towards square.

BLOCKS

Step 4 - Block A - make 3

Sew a 14 1/2" length from step 1 to the right-hand edge of a Unit 1. Press seam towards strip unit.

Step 5 - Block B - make 3

Sew a 14 1/2" length from step 1 to the left-hand edge of a Unit 1. Press seam towards strip unit.

Step 6 - Block C - make 2

Sew a 14 1/2" length from step 1 to the bottom edge of a Unit 2. Press seam towards strip unit.

Step 7 - Block D - make 3

Sew a 14 1/2" length from step 1 to the top edge of a Unit 2. Press seam towards strip unit.

Step 8. Block E - make 1

This is a Unit 1.

Step 9 - Block F - make 1

Sew a 5 1/2" length from step 1 to the left-hand edge of a 5 1/2" Fabric A square. Press seam towards square. Sew a 91/2" length from step 1 to the bottom edge. Press seam towards strip unit.

QUILT TOP

Step 10 - Layout the blocks as shown in diagram below. The white spaces are 9 1/2" lengths from step 1 used to join blocks together. Sew blocks together in order below then place back into position in the layout.

Step 11 - Sew blocks together in following order - two A blocks (AA), two C blocks (CC), two B blocks (BB), two D blocks (DD).

Step 12 - Sew A block to E block then sew D block to bottom edge to make AED block - sew F block to top of B block to make FB block. Sew FB block to right-hand edge of the AED block to create large centre block.

Step 13 - Sew BB block to right-hand edge of stopping 1/2"before the end of the centre block - sew CC to the top edge, then sew AA to the left-hand edge. Sew DD to the bottom edge. Starting 1/2" before the bottom of the centre block finish sewing BB block to DD.

Step 14 - Layer the backing, batting and quilt top and baste together. Quilt as desired.

Step 15 - Join the 5 x 2 1/2" binding strips together on the bias to make one long strip. Press in half lengthwise and bind mitering corners. Attach a label or sign and date your quilt.