Sweet Tea - Anthology Fabrics

Assemble Quilt Center & Add Borders
1/4 in. Seam Allowance Throughout
Arrange Blocks
Refer to the Quilt Lay Out Diagram (pg. 6) to arrange Blocks 1 & 2. You will have 4 rows of 4 blocks.
Sashing Rows
Make Sashing Rows by alternating Keystone Squares and Sashing Strips. Note the placement in the Quilt Lay
Out Diagram.
Each Sashing Row will begin and end with a Keystone. Press seams toward the Sashing strip.
Make (5) Sashing Rows.
Block Rows
Make Block Rows by sewing sashing strips to the Blocks. Each row will begin and end with a sashing strip.
Press seams toward Sashing.
Put it all Together
Alternate sewing Sashing Rows to Block Rows, as shown in the Quilt Lay Out Diagram, to complete the body
of the quilt. Press seams toward Sashing.
Clean up the edges of the completed top
Add Border I & Folded Accent Border 1
Sew 2 1/2 in. strips of fabric M together to create one continuous strip for Border I
Sew 1 in. strips of fabric G together to create one continuous strip for Accent Border 1. Press in half
lengthwise so that you have a 1/2 in. wide Accent Border.
Left & Right Border
1. To find the average length of the quilt body, measure the quilt center from top to bottom on the left,
middle and right side.
2. Cut two Border strips and two Accent Border strips to this exact measurement.
3. Sew borders to the left and right sides of the quilt body.
4. Press seams toward the outer edge.
5. Align Accent Border 1 along the outside edge of Border I, matching raw edges, and machine baste to
Border I with a 1/8 in. seam allowance.
Top & Bottom Border
6. Add the 2 1/2 in. top and bottom border in the same manner by measuring the quilt body from left to
right through its horizontal midpoint (including the border).
7. Press seams toward the outer edge.
8. Cut the top and bottom Accent Border 1 to the same measurement as the top and bottom Border. Align
Accent Border 1 along the outside edge of Border I, matching raw edges, and machine baste to Border I
with a 1/8 in. seam allowance.
Add Border II, Folded Accent Border 2 and the Outer Border
Repeat the steps above for Border II, Accent Border 2 and the Outer Border.
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