Wise Craft by Blair Stocker

Author:Blair Stocker [Stocker, Blair]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780762451838
Publisher: Running Press

3)Lay out the design and construct the blanket top. This is a variation of a traditional four-patch quilt pattern. On your work surface, lay out groups of four squares, each with two different stripe patterns, to create the square of four, using the photo and illustration as a guide for placement. I found it easiest to sew each group of four together, move on to the next group of four, and so on. All seams should be sewn with a ¼-inch seam allowance, and their seam allowances pressed open.

Sew the completed four-patch squares together, again using the illustration as a guide. Press open the seam allowances. The picnic blanket top is complete.

4)Baste the blanket layers together. On a flat surface, lay out the layers of the blanket as follows: shower curtain liner on the bottom, right side facing down (if there is one), and your completed blanket top on top, right side facing up. A bit of the liner (2 to 4 inches) should extend beyond the quilt top on all four sides to ensure you will have enough; you’ll trim the excess away later. Using as few pins as possible (pinholes will show permanently on the shower curtain liner), pin both layers together, starting in the center and working outward, smoothing the layers flat as you go. It can be fussy to pin through the shower curtain liner; take your time. Once you reach the edges, use bulldog clips to hold the layers together.

5)Tie the layers together. Using a hand-sewing yarn needle and yarn, working from the front of the blanket, and starting at the center of the blanket top and working outward, sew a short diagonal line in the middle of each four-patch set. Tie a square double knot on the front to secure and trim the tails to 3 inches. (See illustration, page 91.)

6)Make and sew on the binding. For this blanket, you’ll need a total of 192 inches of binding (the total measurement of all four sides, plus 10 inches). Measure and cut 2½-inch-wide strips across the width of the solid-color fabric. Sew the strips together end to end at a 90-degree angle, right sides together, until all are joined into one continuous strip. Once joined, fold and press the entire strip in half lengthwise, wrong sides together. Unfold one of the short edges of the binding, trim it at a 45-degree angle, fold ¼ inch of the cut edge to the wrong side, press, and refold. This will be the end you will begin at when sewing onto your blanket.

Trim the edges of the blanket layers flush on all four sides, using a rotary cutter. Due to the thickness of the shower curtain liner fabric, you will machine-stitch the binding to the back of the blanket first, then fold over to the front and hand stitch. To attach the binding, start in the middle of one side of the blanket, and leave about 8 inches of the binding unsewn. With the raw edges of the

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