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Founder: Bonnie Leman Editor-in-Chief: June Dudley Art Director: The QuiltsIan You Davis Want to MakeWe Show You How Creative Editor: Carolyn Beam Associate Editors: Eileen Fowler, Paula Stoddard Interactive Editor: Diane Volk Harris Graphic Designer: Denise Starck Photographer: Mellisa Karlin Mahoney

ts always great fun to develop patterns for our readers, and these were no exception. If you need a quick small quilt, look no further than this very rst Quiltmaker eBook. As always, youll nd our instructions to be complete and easy to follow. A quilting plan is always part of any QM pattern, because we know you want to nish your quilts, to be enjoyed for years to come.

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Use soft pastels for Nighty Night, or spice it up with some bright novelty fabrics! Dots & Blossoms is perfect for showcasing your favorite largescale prints. And Spin Blown lends itself to as much scrappiness as you can muster. No matter what fabrics you choose, these designs will serve you well. Please enjoy them with our compliments, and as always, wed love to see photos of your nished quilts. Send them to editor@quiltmaker.com. You just might see yourself in print!

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Nighty Night

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Spin Blown

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Nighty Night
Setting the mood for rest

Designed and sewn by Carolyn Beam. Quilted by Peg Spradlin. Fabric: Anna Grifn for Windham Fabrics. Batting: The Warm Company. Thread: Coats & Clark.

Make Nighty Night for your favorite little person. Instructions for a larger version of this quilt called Mocha Mist, shown left, appear in Quiltmaker Jan/Feb 08 (No.119). Limited quantities of some back issues are found at quiltandsewshop.com; 877-269-8024.

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Crib: 52 x 52 Finished Blocks: 12 Yellow Paisley 1L yards for blocks and border #2 Teal Print M yards for blocks and border #1 Teal Stripe (see Step 5) I yard for blocks and binding Yellow Solid G yard for blocks Cream Print N yard for blocks Pale Teal Stripe H yard for blocks Light Green Dot N yard for blocks Backing 3K yards Batting 56 x 56

Making the Blocks Refer to the technique TriangleSquares. Use the teal print As and the yellow paisley As to make 10 unit1s. Using the teal print As and the teal stripeAs, make 10 unit 2s.

Assembling the Quilt Top Join the blocks to make the rows as shown. Starting and ending with a row 1, sew the rows together.

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Block Y Yellow Paisley Make 5 for border #2 Block Y 2 strips 6H x 43 for sides Make 5to the TriangleAgain referring 2 strips 6H x 55 for top/bottom Squares technique, use the pale tealUnit 13 squares (A) 5J x 5J stripe As and the yellow paisley As to 1 5 squares 3M x 3M cut diagonally make 16 unit 3s. Unit to yield 10 triangles (B) 1 Teal Print 5 strips 2Hx 40 for border Unit#1 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 10 squares (A) 5J x 5Make J 10 Make 10 Make 16 Block Block Z 5 squares 3M x 3M cut diagonally Y Unit 1 Unit 2 Unit 3 to yield 10 triangles (B) Make 10 Make 10 Make 16 Block Y Block Z 4 squares (D) 4I x 4I Teal Stripe Row 1 Make 2 Sew together the unit 3s and 6 strips 2G x 40 for binding patchesas shown to make a block Z. 5 squares (A) 5J x 5J Row 1 Make 2 block Zs. Make 4 8 squares 3M x 3M cut diagonally B Z to yield 16 triangles (B) B Block Y B Block C C B Yellow Solid 10 squares 3M x 3M cut diagonally Block Y B Block B B B B Z C C B C C D to yield 20 triangles (B) Row 2 Make 1 Cream Print BB C C 5 squares 7G x 7G cut diagonally 2 Make 1 D Row twice to yield 20 triangles (C) Pale Teal Stripe Block Y Block Z Make Make 4 8 squares (A) 5J x 5J 5 Light Green Dot Block Y Block Z 4 squares 7G x 7G cut diagonally Make 5 Make 4 twice to yield 16 triangles (C) Unit Backing 1 2 panels 29 x 56
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Triangle-Squares. With right sides together and the lighter fabric on top, pair one square of each color that makes the unit. On the lighter patch, draw a diagonal line from corner to corner. Stitch 14 out from both sides of the line. Cut apart on the marked line. With the darker fabric up, open out the top patch and press the block. A pair of squares will yield 2 units.
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Quilting and Finishing Matching the center mark of the Paisley Flourish Quilting (on page 6) with the center of a block, mark the motif 4 times in each block, rotating the motif as shown in the quilting placement diagram. Draw curved lines, as shown in red, to connect the blocks. Mark the motifs in the border as shown, marking partial motifs and curved lines, as shown in red, to connect the motifs. Layer and baste together the backing, batting and quilt top. Quilt the motifs and marked lines. The binding strips in the photographed quilt were cut on the bias. If you would like to do the same, more fabric may be needed. Bind the quilt.
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Dots & Blossoms

Chunky patches make a quick quilt

Designed by Jennifer Schifano Eutsler. Sewn by June Dudley. Fabric: Love by Amy Butler for Westminster Fibers, Inc.

Create a quick work of art with the generously-sized patches in Dots & Blossoms. It uses just the center portion from Wine & Cheese, shown left, a queen-size quilt patterned in Quiltmaker March/April 10 (No. 132). Limited quantities of some back issues are found at quiltandsewshop.com; 877-269-8024.

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Crib: 48 x 48 Burgundy Print M yard for center star (see Step 1) Lime Green Print#1 and Lime Green Print #2 K yard each for center star Red Print I yard for center star and binding D Aqua Print 1L yards for setting triangles Backing 3J yards Batting 52 x 52

B Top B D the Quilt Making Join the B patches as shown to B Add a D patch to make the centerBstar. each corner.

Quilting and Finishing Layer and baste together the backing, batting and quilt top. Quilt the Leafy Twist Quilting freeform over the entire quilt surface. Bind the quilt.

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Burgundy Print, Lime Green Print#1 and Lime Green Print #2 (see Step 1) from each 4 squares 9K x 9K cut diagonally to yield 8 triangles (B) Red Print 6 strips 2 x 40 for binding 4 squares 9K x 9K cut diagonally to yield 8 triangles (B) Aqua Print 2 squares 24M x 24M cut diago- nally to yield 4 triangles (D)

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About the Burgundy Print If using fabrics different from those shown, you will need only 3 8 yard of whatever fabric you substitute for the burgundy print. If using the burgundy fabric shown to cut the B patches, refer to the photograph below. Make a transparent template 938"x 938". Use the template to center the circular motifs before cutting the Bpatches.
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Spin Blown
Pinwheels in the breeze

Designed by Carolyn Beam. Sewn by Sheri Ruwe. Fabric: Red Rooster Fabrics.

Soft colors in this version of Pinwheel Party create a charming crib quilt. Complete instructions for the original Pinwheel Party, shown left, appear in Quiltmaker March/April 09 (No. 126). Limited quantities of some back issues are found at quiltandsewshop.com; 877-269-8024.

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Crib: 42H x 42H Finished Blocks: 6 Assorted Prints and Tone-on-Tones H yard total for blocks Cream Print H yard for blocks Multicolor Stripe G yard for blocks Dark Pink Tone-on-Tone 1H yards for border and binding Yellow Paisley O yard for setting squares Backing 2M yards Batting 47 x 47

technique
Triangle-Squares. With right sides together and the lighter fabric on top, pair one square of each color that makes the unit. On the lighter patch, draw a diagonal line C B from corner to corner. Stitch 14 out B from both sides of the line. the marked line.
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Making the Units and Blocks Using 2 different assortedAs, refer to the Triangle-Squares technique to make 2 unit 1s. Use the same 2 fabrics to make 2 more unit 1s. Repeat with all the assorted As, keeping matching sets of 4 unit 1s together for a total of 84unit1s. Sew 4 matching unit 1s together to make a Pinwheel. Make 21 Pinwheels.
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Assorted Prints and Tone-on-Tones 84 squares (A) 2K x 2K Join patches, 4 matching unit 2s and Cream Print Unit 3 a Pinwheel as shown to make a block. Unit 3 FK 18 squares (A) 2K x 2 Make 9 blocks. 36 squares (B) 2 x 2 F E E 18 rectangles (C) 2 x 3H Unit 3 Block C B Multicolor Stripe 18 squares (A) 2K x 2K E Dark Pink Tone-on-Tone Unit Pinwheel 3 Unit for border B 1 2 strips 4I x 37 for sides 2 strips 4I x 45 for top/bottom 5 strips 2G x 39 for binding 1 5H cut Pinwheel Unit 2 Block 6 squares Unit 5Hx diagonally Make 84 Make 21 Make 36 Make 9 twice to yield 24 triangles F (D) 2 squares 5J x 5J cut diago- Join a Pinwheel F and Ds to make a nally to yield 4 triangles (F) Assembly unit3. Make 12 unit 3s. Yellow Paisley 16 squares (E) 6H x 6H
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Using 2 cream As and 2 stripeAs (making sure the stripes are oriented the same), again refer to the Triangle-Squares technique to make 4 unit 2s. Make a total of 36 unit2s.

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