Use diagonal seams to make this small quilt in 1930s reproduction prints. Add some extra charm with prairie points around the border.

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1 Use diagonal seams to make this small quilt in 930s reproduction prints. dd some extra charm with prairie points around the border. Fons k Porter s Easy Quilts Summer 20

2 Size: 2" 2" Quilt by iane Nagle. Nellie s Garden materials 6 fat quarters* in aqua, light blue, medium green, light green, medium lavender, and light lavender prints for blocks 7 yard pink print for blocks, and outer border ½ yard medium blue print for blocks and inner border yard white solid for blocks ½ yard yellow print 2½ yards backing fabric rib-size quilt batting *fat quarter = " 20" Note: Fabrics in the quilt shown are from the Nellie s Garden collection by Nancy Mahoney for P& Textiles. utting Measurements include ¼" seam allowances. order strips are exact length needed. You may want to make them longer to allow for piecing variations. From aqua print fat 2 (½"-wide) strips. From strips, cut 6 (½") E squares. 5 (½"-wide) strips. From strips, cut 52 (½") squares. From light blue print fat quarter, cut: (½"-wide) strip. From strip, cut (½") E squares. From medium green print fat (½"-wide) strip. From strip, cut 3 (½") E squares. From light green print fat 2 (2½"-wide) strips. From strips, cut (2½") squares. (2"-wide) strip. From strip, cut (2") squares. From medium lavender print fat 2 (½"-wide) strips. From strips, cut 5 (½") E squares. From light lavender print fat (½"-wide) strip. From strip, cut 3 (½") E squares. (2"-wide) strips. From strips, cut 2 (2") squares. From pink print, cut: (½"-wide) strip. From strip, cut (½") E squares. (3¼"-wide) strips. From strips, cut 2 (3¼" 3½") top and bottom outer borders and 2 (3¼" 33") side outer borders. 2 (2½"-wide) strips. From strips, cut 32 (2½") squares. (2"-wide) strip. From strip, cut 20 (2") squares. From medium blue print, cut: (½"-wide) strip. From strip, cut (½") E squares. (2"-wide) strip. From strip, cut 20 (2") squares. ("-wide) strips. From strips, cut 2 (" 33") top and bottom inner borders and 2 (" 32") side inner borders. From white solid, cut: 5 (5"-wide) strips. From strips, cut 36 (5") squares. (2"-wide) strip. From strip, cut (2") squares. Summer 20 Fons k Porter s Easy Quilts 2

3 lock iagram From yellow print, cut: (½"-wide) strip. From strip, cut 7 (½") E squares. 2 (2½"-wide) strips. From strips, Patch lock bly iagram cut 32 (2½") squares. 2 (2"-wide) strips. From strips, cut 37 (2") squares. lock lock lock# 3. Repeat steps and #2 to make lock loc 2 blocks in iag colors shown. lock lock iagram. Referring to lock, M lock place aqua print square atop. Lay out pink print squares, NinePatch lock Snow medium blue print squares, and iagram lock white square, right sides facing. lock yellow print square as shown in Stitch diagonally from corner to 2. Repeat to make 2 Nine Patch lock iagram. corner as shown. Trim ¼"lock beyond lock blocks in colors shown. stitching. Press open to reveal tri- ine Patch lock iagram angle. Repeat for adjacent corner. lock iagram ck iagram order lock Make blocks. lock. Referring to Nine Patch lock lock iagram lock lock iagram, place lock 2. Join into rows; join rows to compink print square atop white lock iagra iagram loc lock plete block (Nine square, right sides facing. Stitch iagr ssembly iagram lock ven Patch locklock ). from corner to corner as diagonally lock lock sembly lock iagram shown. Trim ¼" beyond stitching. lock lock iagram lock Nine Patch iagram en lock lock iagram Presslock open to reveal triangle. Repeat lock k lock orner lock adjacent corner. lock for lock lock iagram 5. Referring to orner lock, place aqua print square atop lock lock lock iagram gram lock white square, right sides facing. Stitch diagonally from corner to lock corner as shown.trim ¼" beyond lock lock iagram lock stitching. Press open to reveal tri orner lock iagram lock orner lock angle. lockrepeat iagram lock iagram 3. Repeat steps # #2 to make 3 for 2 more corners. lock lock blocks in colors shown. Make orner blocks. lock lock lock iagram lock lock lock lock Quilting iagram lock lock. Referring to lock 2. In the same manner, place aqua lock, place yellow print print square atop remaining lock orner iagram atop white square, right corner, right sideslock facing. Stitchlock iagram square sides facing. Stitch diagonally from lock lock corner to corner as shown.trim diagonally from corner to corner as shown.trim ¼" beyond stitching. lock ¼" beyond stitching. Press open to Press open to reveal triangle. Repeat reveal triangle. Repeat for remaining for remaining corner to complete corners, using yellow print block ( owball lock lock ). square and 2 pink print squares to complete block ( lock ). Quilting iagram 3 Fons k Porter s Easy Quilts Summer 20 orner lock ssem orner lock lock orner Quilt orner lock. Lay out blocks as shown in Quilt Top iagram. Join into rows; join rows to complete quilt orner lock iag center. orner lockorner lock iagram

4 2. dd medium blue print side inner borders to quilt center. dd medium blue print top and bottom inner borders to quilt. 3. Repeat for pink print outer borders.. Referring to Sew Easy: Prairie Points on page 6, make 36 Prairie lock Points using aqua, pink, medium and light blue, medium green, yellow, lock iagram and medium and light lavender print E squares. Stitch 9 Prairie Points to each side of quilt top ¼" from outer edge as shown in Placement iagram. Finishing. ivide backing into 2 (¼-yard) lengths. ut piece in half lengthwise to make 2 narrow panels. Join narrow panel to wider panel. Remaining panel is extra and can be used to make a hanging sleeve. 2. Layer backing, batting, and quilt top; baste. Quilt as desired. Quilt shown was quilted with a flower design in snowball blocks and border blocks, and a leaf design in outer border (Quilting iagram). 3. Finish as described in Sew Easy: Prairie Points on page 6. lock lock lock lock iagram Quilt Top iagram Quilt Top iagram orner lock orner lock iagram Placement iagram Quilting iagram Quilting iagram Placement iagram Summer 20 Fons k Porter s Easy Quilts

She has been quilting since the 970s, and loves color and fabric.

5 esigner iane Nagle designs quilts for several fabric companies, and has her own pattern company, Peddlecar Quilts. She has been quilting since the 970s, and loves color and fabric. iane lives with her husband in Henderson, Nevada. ontact her at: PeddlearQuilts.blogspot.com h 5 Fons k Porter s Easy Quilts Summer 20

ew asy You can see video instructions for this technique on Quilterslubofmerica.com. Just log in to the site and search for Sew Easy!

Follow these instructions to add prairie points to Nellie s Garden.. Fold each ½" E square in half diagonally with wrong sides facing; press.

lign long raw edge of one prairie point with raw edge of quilt top, positioning point of folded edge at corner; pin.

djust overlaps as needed to position point of corner triangle (Photo ). 3. Stitch prairie points to quilt top ¼" from outer edge (Photo ).

6 ew asy You can see video instructions for this technique on Quilterslubofmerica.com. Just log in to the site and search for Sew Easy! Prairie Points Fabric triangles, known as prairie points, are particularly attractive on quilts with patchwork triangles or on simple quilts that need perking up. Follow these instructions to add prairie points to Nellie s Garden.. Fold each ½" E square in half diagonally with wrong sides facing; press. Fold in half again, forming a smaller triangle (Photo ). 2. egin at one corner, with quilt top right side up. lign long raw edge of one prairie point with raw edge of quilt top, positioning point of folded edge at corner; pin. Slip folded edge of second triangle (prairie point) into open side of adjacent triangle so that they overlap slightly. lign raw edges of prairie point with quilt edge; pin. ontinue to next corner. djust overlaps as needed to position point of corner triangle (Photo ). 3. Stitch prairie points to quilt top ¼" from outer edge (Photo ). Layer quilt top with batting and backing; quilt as desired. To quilt under the prairie points, fold points out of the way or wait until edge is finished before completing quilting.. fter quilting is complete, trim backing and batting even with raw edge of quilt top. Trim an additional ¼" of batting. Turn prairie points so they face out from quilt top, bringing raw edge of quilt top to inside. Turn in ¼" of quilt backing. lindstitch folded edge of backing to prairie point edges, concealing machine stitching (Photo ). Summer 20 Fons k Porter s Easy Quilts 6

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