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Blue Belle
Quilter's World
|Spring 2021
Choose your favorite fabrics and make this sweet wall quilt in an afternoon. It looks lovely in a monochromatic color scheme, but try it with solids, 1930s, batiks—anything works.
SKILL LEVEL
Confident Beginner
FINISHED SIZES
Wall Hanging Size: 28 x 28 Block Size: 18 x 18 Number of Blocks: 1
MATERIALS
• 3/4yard large floral*
• 2/3 yard blue plaid*
• 1 fat quarter dark blue*
• 1/3 yard light blue*
• 1 fat eighth medium blue*
• Backing to size
• Batting to size
• Thread
• Basic sewing tools and supplies
PROJECT NOTES
Read all instructions before beginning this project.
Stitch right sides together using a 1/4 seam allowance unless otherwise specified.
Materials and cutting lists assume 40 of usable fabric width for yardage and 20 for a fat quarter and fat eighth. WOF – width of fabric HST – half-square triangle QST – quarter-square triangle
This story is from the Spring 2021 edition of Quilter's World.
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