Premium Online Quilt Magazine – Vol. 3 No. 12

Finishing:
We pieced our backing with a simple brightly coloured strip up the centre.
Premium Online Quilt Magazine – Vol. 3 No. 12
Cut the white fabric left for the backing in half along the crease line from the bolt. From your Christmas
print scraps left over, cut and sew together large rectangles to form a strip the same length of your
backing fabric. (Your backing fabric needs to be a couple of inches larger on each side than your quilt
top.) Sew the pieced strip between the white pieces and press.
Lay the backing face down on a large flat surface. Smooth the batting on top, and then lay your quilt top
on top of that, facing up. Smooth all layers and pin or thread baste.
We quilted medium sized ( ½ inch) stippling on each of the white cross shapes on the quilt and left the
coloured squares alone. Quilt yours as you wish. Trim to square the quilt.
Join the 2¼ inch binding strips with 45 degree seams. Press the ¼ inch seams open, then fold the strip in
half, right sides out and press.
Join the binding to the right side of the quilt edge with a quarter inch seam, mitring each corner as you
go. Turn the folded edge of the binding to the back and slip stitch it in place with thread that matches
the binding to finish.
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