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Emily's Wedding Quilt

Pieced from as many reproduction prints she could gather at a fabric exchange, Liz’s quilt features a masterful combination of two different blocks: 54-40 or Fight and Shoo Fly. Read page 6 to find out how you can organize a similar fabric exchange—quilt results may vary! Size: 115" × 115" Blocks: 121 (9") blocks

Fat Quarter Friendly

Materials 28 fat quarters* assorted 1930s prints 7 yards white solid 1 yard pink solid for border 1 yard green solid for border 1 yard yellow solid for border 2 yards blue solid for border and binding Tri-Recs™ Tools (optional) Fons & Porter Half & Quarter Ruler (optional) 10½ yards backing fabric King-size quilt batting *fat quarter = 18" × 20"

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Machine quilted by Barb

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Cutting Measurements include ¼" seam allowances. Patterns for C and D triangles are on page 4.

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Use the Tri-Recs™ Tools to make quick work of cutting C and D triangles. —Liz

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Stack strips with right sides facing to cut D and D reversed triangles at the same time. —Liz

From pink solid, cut: C

From green solid, cut:

• 56 (2"-wide) strips for strip sets. • 86 (3½"-wide) strips. From strips, cut 121 (3½") A squares, 240 halfsquare B triangles, and 244 C triangles.

• 12 (2½"-wide) strips. Piece strips to make 4 (2½" × 120") border strips. From yellow solid, cut:

• 12 (2½"-wide) strips. Piece 2"strips to make A 4 (2½" × 120") border strips. From blue solid, cut:

• 30 (37⁄ "-wide) strips. From strips, • 12 (2½"-wide) strips. Piece cut 120 (3 ⁄8") squares. Cut to Assembly make 4 (2½"Diagram × 120") Fightstrips Block squares in half diagonally to make border strips. Strip Set Diagram 240 half-square B triangles.

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• 56 (3½"-wide) strips. From strips, cut 121 (3½") A squares and 244 C triangles.

From white solid, cut:

• 28 (2"-wide) strips. Cut strips A in half to make 56 (2" × 20") strips for strip sets. • 53 (3½"-wide) strips. From strips, cut 240 (3½") A squares, 240 halfFight Block Assembly Diagram square B triangles, 244 D triangles, and 244 D triangles reversed. Note: If not using Fons & Porter Half & Quarter Ruler to cut B triangles,Acut:

• 13 (2¼"-wide) strips for binding.

54-40 orAfight block Assembly 1. Join 1 print C triangle, 1 white

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Strip StripSet SetDiagram Diagram

3. Join 2 segments to make 1 Four

Patch Unit as shown in Four Patch Unit Diagrams. Make 244 Four Patch Units.

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Diagram 4. LayFight out 4Block Star Point Units, C

4 FourD Patch Units, and 1 print Dr A square as shown in 54-40 or Star Point Unit Diagram. Diagrams Fight Block Assembly Join into rows; join rows to complete 1 block (54-40 or B Block Diagram). Make 61 Fight 54-40 B or Fight blocks.

D triangle, and 1 white D triangle 2" C Triangle-Square Diagrams reversed as shown in Star Point D Dr Unit Diagrams. Make 244 Star A Shoo Fly Block PointPoint Units.Unit Fight Block Diagram Shoo Fly Block Star Diagrams

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Fight Block Assembly Assembly DiagramDiagram Strip Set Diagram

• 12 (37⁄8"-wide) strips. From strips, cut 120 (37⁄8") squares. Cut squares in half diagonally to make 240 half-square B triangles. • 40 (3½"-wide) strips. From strips, cut 240 (3½") A squares, 244 D Shoo Fly Block triangles, and 244 D triangles Assembly reversed. Diagram

strip as shown in Strip Set Diagram. Make 56 strip sets. From strip sets, cut 488 (2"-wide) segments.

Dr strips. Piece • 12D(2½"-wide) strips to make 4 (2½" × 120") Star Point Unit Diagrams border strips.

From fat quarters, cut a total of:

Note: If not using Fons & Porter C Half & Quarter Ruler to cut B D Dr triangles, cut:

2. Join 1 print strip and 1 white

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Shoo Fly Block Fight Block Diagram

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shoo fly Patch Unit Diagrams Quilt Assembly D Four Dr block Assembly 1. Lay out blocks as shown in Quilt Diagrams 1.Star Join 1Point printUnit B triangle and 1

white B triangle, as shown in Triangle-Square Diagrams. Make 240 triangle-squares. 2" B B Triangle-Square Diagrams

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white A squares, and 1 print A Strip Set Diagram square as shown in Shoo Fly Block Assembly Diagram. Join into rows; Fightjoin Block Assembly Diagram rows to complete 1 block (Shoo Fly Block Diagram). Make 60 Shoo Fly blocks.

Finishing 1. Divide backing into 3 (3½-yard)

Four Patch Unit Diagrams

Top Assembly Diagram on page 5. lengths. Join panels lengthwise. 2. Layer backing, batting, and quilt Join blocks into rows; join rows to Strip Set Diagram top; baste. Quilt as desired. Quilt complete quilt center. 2. Join 1 pink border strip, 1 green shown was quilted with an allover border strip, 1 yellow border strip, feather design (Quilting Diagram) and 1 blue border strip to make 1 on page 5. 3. Join 2¼"-wide blue strips into border. Make 4 borders. B 3. Add borders to quilt center, 1 continuous piece for straightB Four Patch Unit Diagrams mitering corners. grain French-fold binding. Add C Triangle-Square binding to quilt.  Diagrams

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Cutting Bee Fabric Exchange by Marcie Wendrock Recently, four Texas quilters took part in a Cutting Bee Fabric Exchange with 1930’s reproduction fabrics. Each of us had some 1930’s reproduction prints but not enough variety to make a very interesting scrap quilt. We pooled our fabrics and found we had about 80 different prints. Before the exchange, we chose a quilt design. We then informed the group of all the details for the cutting bee and the basic layout and design of the quilt. As we prepared for our bee, we considered the tools that would make cutting and assembling block components easier. We used Tri-Recs™ for the Peaky and Spike units and the Fons & Porter Half & Quarter Ruler for the half-square triangles so we could cut all the pieces for our blocks from just two strip sizes. Since none of us had white solid on hand, we decided to order this fabric in bulk to save money. We printed out cutting instructions, block piecing diagrams, and a diagram of the basic quilt. We picked a date, chose a location, and planned the actual Cutting Bee Fabric Exchange. We asked each person to bring 20 fat quarters of 1930s reproduction prints in a variety of colors and patterns. We also told them they would need a rotary cutter, ruler, and mat, some quart-sized plastic bags to hold cut pieces, a Tri Recs™ ruler set, a Fons & Porter Half & Quarter ruler, and food for the potluck lunch. We began our day sorting our fabrics so we had a nice balance of color and print designs. One person

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This is the finished quilt design Cynthia Regone used for her blocks. Instructions are available on our Web site at www.FonsandPorter.com/weddingalternate. pressed the fat quarters, two cut strips and pieces, and one organized the cut pieces and bagged and labeled them to make a quilt kit for each of us. We found our assembly line process worked great and we got our prints cut and organized so quickly, we had time to cut some of our white fabric pieces as well. We scheduled sewing bees every few months to keep everyone motivated and excited about our quilts. Each of us varied our quilt in size, designed our borders, sewed

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our blocks, and assembled our quilt at our own pace. We enjoy seeing how different our quilts are, even though we all started with the same basic kit.

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These triangle units were nicknamed “Peaky and Spike” by quilter Doreen Speckmann, who used these units extensively in her quilts. The larger, central triangle is “Spike,” and the two smaller, side triangles are “Peaky.” Follow our instructions for using the Tri-Recs™ tools to make cutting and piecing these units a snap.

Cutting “Peaky and Spike” Triangles 1. Begin by cutting 1 fabric strip

from each of the colors you wish to combine in a “Peaky and Spike” unit. To determine the strip size, add 1⁄2" to the desired finished size of the unit. For example, for a 3" finished unit, cut strips 31⁄2" wide. 2. Working with the strip for the center “Spike” triangle, position the Tri tool atop the strip, aligning the mark corresponding to your strip width along bottom edge of strip. Cut along both angled sides of Tri tool (Photo A). 3. Reposition Tri tool with strip width line along top edge of strip and side along previously cut edge. Cut another “Spike” triangle (Photo B). Continue in this manner to cut desired number of “Spike” triangles.

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4. For the side “Peaky” triangles,

fold the strip in half with right sides together so you will be cutting two mirror image pieces at one time. Position the Recs tool atop the strip, aligning the mark corresponding to your strip width along bottom edge of strip. Cut on both sides of Recs tool to

cut 2 “Peaky” triangles—1 right and 1 left (Photo C). 5. Reposition Recs tool with strip width line along top edge of strip. Cut 2 more side “Peaky” triangles (Photo D). Continue in this manner to cut desired number of pairs of “Peaky” triangles.

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6. As you cut “Peaky” triangles,

be sure to trim along the short angled line at the top of the Recs tool. This angled cut makes it easier to align pieces for sewing (Photo E).

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Assembling “Peaky and Spike” Units 1. Position right “Peaky” triangle

along right side of “Spike” triangle, making sure the angle aligns with the side of the “Spike” triangle. Join pieces (Photo F).

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Open out “Peaky” triangle; press seam allowances toward “Peaky” triangle. 2. Add left “Peaky” triangle to adjacent side as shown (Photo G). 3. Open out “Peaky” triangle; press seam allowances toward “Peaky” triangle (Photo H).

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