Thursday, September 3, 2015

River City 2015 Mystery Quilt - Part 6

Part 6 – Into the Station and No Longer Strangers

Part 1 – Look at the final diagram to see where the parts will go.

1.      Sew a 6 ½ x 66 ½ background strips to each side of the quilt.  Press seams toward quilt center.

2.      Sew the remaining 6 ½ x 66 ½  background strips to the top and bottom of the quilt.  Press seams toward the quilt center.

Part 2

3.       Cut fifty 4 inch squares each from the remaining 4 x WOF block pattern strip.  Make one hundred HST as before and trim to 3 ½ each.

4.      Following the diagram, sew twenty two  HSTs together in one long strip.  Half of the HSTs should face one direction and the other half should face the opposite direction.

5.      Repeat to make one more strip.

6.      Sew to the top and bottom of the quilt center with background fabric facing the center of the quilt.

Part 3
7.      Sew twenty eight HSTs together in one long strip in the same manner as in Step 4. 

8.      Repeat to make one more strip.

9.      Sew these strips to the right and left side of the quilt center with background fabric facing the center of the quilt. 

10.  Sew the 6 ½ x 84 ½ block pattern fabric strips to each side of the  quilt. 

11.  Quilt as desired

12.  Bind using the binding strips cut in Part 2.