Island Chain

Island Chain - 8 - Borders

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Island Chain - 8 - Borders

This session you will be finishing your quilt top by adding borders!   You will need:               - 24 (4) - 3½” nine-patch blocks               - 24 (0) - 9½” x 3½” background fabric rectangles               - 0 (23) - 4½” B squares               - 0 (46) - 4” C squares               - 9 (0) - 3½” x WOF Outer Border strips                - 8 (0) - 1½” x WOF Inner Border strips Version 1 Using 12 - 9½” x 3½” background fabric rectangles and 10 - nine-patch blocks make 2 more sash strips...

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Island Chain - 7 - Assembly

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This session you will be assembling the center of the quilt top. You will need:               - 36 -  9½” blocks               - 25 - 3½” nine-patch blocks               - 60 - 9½” x 3½” background fabric rectangles               - fabric marking pen Use the diagram on page 5 as a reference. On a large surface, arrange the 9½” blocks in a pleasing manner. Using a fabric marking pen or pins and bits of paper, label it’s position on each block. For example, the top left block is 1A (row #1 and column A), the next block to the right...

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Island Chain - 6 - Nine-Patch Blocks

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This session you will be making version 1 - 49 (version 2 - 29) nine-patch blocks. You will need:               - the 1½” x half WOF strips of background and island colours fabrics               - a rotary cutter with a sharp blade               - cutting mat               - a ruler     Since the 2 versions of the Island Chain quilt require differing number of nine-patch blocks, I will show the variations as Version 1 (Version 2). For example, in this session, you will be making 49 (29) nine-patch blocks.   1. Sew a background strip and an island colour strip together...

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Island Chain - 5 - Cutting

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This session you will be cutting the reminder of the fabric pieces. You will need:               - all of your remaining fabrics               - a rotary cutter with a sharp blade               - cutting mat               - a ruler Rather than jumping between pages, the cutting instructions have been consolidated into charts below. Also, the pattern designer suggests cutting small 1½” squares for the nine-patch blocks. You can go ahead and do this if you wish, but a less labour intensive method would be to make the nine-patch blocks from strips, as will be tackled in session #6. The cutting...

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Island Chain - 4 - Block Assembly

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This session you will be assembling 36 blocks. You will need:               - the pattern: Island Chain by Eye Candy Quilts               - 36 groupings of combination-square-triangles               - 36 groupings of corner-square-triangles       To assemble the block, follow the diagram on page 3. Note that the seams on the combination-square-triangles may be different than the diagram. As long as the feature fabric triangles are around the center square the block will be fine. The arrows on the diagram below are the pressing directions.   Make 36 - 9½” blocks. Set aside.  

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