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Tutorial – scrappy ‘herringbone’ HST quilt … Here’s a mini tutorial for my latest scrappy ‘herringbone’ quilt made from the ‘leftovers’ of my second Simply Retro challenge quilt . Half Square Triangles Step 1 … Construct your HST (half square triangles). Cut patterned and plain fabric into 5 7/8 inch strips, and then trim into 5 7/8 square inches. I have used Mormor fabric by Lotta Jansdotter, and white quilters’ homespun. In my scrappy quilt there are 13 rows; each row consists of 14 blocks, making a total of 182 HST blocks. I cut 91 white squares and 91 patterned squares. Step 2 … Place one white square on top of one patterned square, right sides together. Draw a pencil line diagonally on the white square, from corner to corner. Pin either side of the drawn line. Do this with all the squares. Step 3 … Sew/ 1/4 inch from the drawn line on each side of the pencil line, then cut along the pencil line. You will now have two HSTs. Finger press and then press the HSTs, pressing the seam towards the patterned side of the square. Trim the corners off each square. Quilt design Step 4 … Now comes the fun part. I opened up an image of a ‘herringbone’ quilt on my laptop, and put my laptop where I could easily see it. Then it was just a matter of laying out the quilt top (I laid mine out on the floor), checking often to make sure the HSTs were ‘running’ the right way, using the image of the quilt on my laptop as a guide.

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Tutorial  –  scrappy  ‘herringbone’  HST  quilt  …    Here’s  a  mini  tutorial  for  my  latest  scrappy  ‘herringbone’  quilt  made  from  the  ‘leftovers’  of  my  second  Simply  Retro  challenge  quilt.      Half  Square  Triangles    Step  1  …  Construct  your  HST  (half  square  triangles).  Cut  patterned  and  plain  fabric  into  5  7/8  inch  strips,  and  then  trim  into  5  7/8  square  inches.  I  have  used  Mormor  fabric  by  Lotta  Jansdotter,  and  white  quilters’  homespun.    In  my  scrappy  quilt  there  are  13  rows;  each  row  consists  of  14  blocks,  making  a  total  of  182  HST  blocks.  I  cut  91  white  squares  and  91  patterned  squares.      Step  2  …  Place  one  white  square  on  top  of  one  patterned  square,  right  sides  together.  Draw  a  pencil  line  diagonally  on  the  white  square,  from  corner  to  corner.  Pin  either  side  of  the  drawn  line.  Do  this  with  all  the  squares.    Step  3  …  Sew/  1/4  inch  from  the  drawn  line  on  each  side  of  the  pencil  line,  then  cut  along  the  pencil  line.  You  will  now  have  two  HSTs.  Finger  press  and  then  press  the  HSTs,  pressing  the  seam  towards  the  patterned  side  of  the  square.  Trim  the  corners  off  each  square.    

   Quilt  design    Step  4  …  Now  comes  the  fun  part.  I  opened  up  an  image  of  a  ‘herringbone’  quilt  on  my  laptop,  and  put  my  laptop  where  I  could  easily  see  it.  Then  it  was  just  a  matter  of  laying  out  the  quilt  top  (I  laid  mine  out  on  the  floor),  checking  often  to  make  sure  the  HSTs  were  ‘running’  the  right  way,  using  the  image  of  the  quilt  on  my  laptop  as  a  guide.  

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   Step  5  …  When  you  have  a  design  laid  out,  don’t  forget  to  step  back  from  the  quilt  top  and  check  your  colour  placement  and  overall  ‘feel’  of  the  quilt.    Constructing  the  quilt  top    Step  6  …  Carefully  place  each  row  into  piles  and  number  each  row.  I  have  pinned  a  number  on  the  first  block  of  each  row,  so  that  I  don’t  mix  up  the  order.    

   

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Step  7  …  Pin  each  row.  Make  sure  you  check  the  row  when  you  have  finished  pinning  it  (before  you  sew  the  blocks  together)  to  make  sure  you  haven’t  accidentally  turned  any  of  the  blocks.    Step  8  …  Sew  the  rows  of  blocks  together.  I  chain-­‐piece  six  rows  together  at  the  same  time.    

   

Step  9  …  Lay  the  rows  on  top  of  each  other  in  order,  then  carefully  press  them.  If  you  press  them  in  order,  you  can  make  sure  that  you  press  the  seams  of  the  blocks  alternately.  For  example,  row  1  seams  are  pressed  to  the  left,  row  2  seams  are  pressed  to  the  right,  row  3  seams  are  pressed  to  the  left.    

   

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Step  10  …  Pin  the  rows  together  in  order.  This  is  where  I  use  my  Clover  fork  pins,  pinning  each  side  of  the  seams.  It  makes  for  very  neat  and  easy  sewing.  Sew  the  rows  together.    

   

Step  11  …  Carefully  press  these  seams,  then  press  the  finished  quilt  top.  Now  you  are  ready  to  begin  the  next  part  of  the  journey,  the  quilting  process.