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• Place BACKING FABRIC on a large surface wrong side
up. Stretch it with masking tape against that surface.
• Place BATTING on top of backing fabric.
• Place TOP on top of the batting with right side facing up.
Smooth away wrinkles using your hands.
asseMBLinG the top
Sew all rights sides together with
¼"seam allowance. Press open.
QUiLt asseMBLy
Sew rights sides together.
• Pin all layers together and baste with basting thread,
using long stitches. You can also use safety pins to join
the layers.
• Machine or hand quilt starting at the center and work-
ing towards the corners. Remember that quilting motifs
are a matter of personal preference. Have fun choosing
yours!
• After you finished, trim excess of any fabric or batting,
squaring the quilt to proceed to bind it.
BindinG
Sew rights sides together.
•Follow diagram below for each row assembly.
DIAGRAM 3
•Cut enough strips 1½" wide by the width of the fabric
Ato make a final strip 82" long. Start sewing the
binding strip in the middle of one of the sides of the
quilt, placing the strip right side down and leaving
an approximated 5" tail. Sew with ¼" seam allowance
(using straight stitch), aligning the strip’s raw edge
with the quilt top’s raw edge.
• Stop stitching ¼" before the edge of the quilt (DIA-
GRAM B 1). Clip the threads. Remove the quilt from
under the machine presser foot. Fold the strip in a
motion of 45° and upward, pressing with your fingers
(DIAGRAM B2). Hold this fold with your finger, bring
the strip down in line with the next edge, making a
horizontal fold that aligns with the top edge of the
quilt (DIAGRAM B3). Start sewing at ¼" of the bor-
der, stitching all the layers. Do the same in the four
corners of the quilt.
• Stop stitching before you reach the last 5 or 6 inches.
Cut the threads and remove the quilt from under
the machine presser foot. Lay the loose ends of the
binding flat along the quilt edge, folding the ends
back on themselves where they meet. Press them
together to form a crease. Using this crease as the
stitching line, sew the two open ends of the bind-
ing with right sides together (you can help yourself
marking with a pencil if the crease is difficult to see).
• Trim seam to ¼" and press open. Complete the sew-
ing. Turn binding to back of the quilt, turn raw edge
inside and stitch by hand using blind stitch.
45˚
DIAGRAM B2
DIAGRAM B1 Stop stitching here
DIAGRAM B3 fold
