Quilters Companion

Darcy Cushion

Finished size: 50.5cm (20in) square

Cut and baste the fabrics

From the mottled cream fabric, cut:

• one square, 16in

From the dark print fabric, cut:

• two strips, 31⁄2in x width of fabric. From each strip, cut one rectangle, 31⁄2in x 141⁄2in and one rectangle, 31⁄2in x 201⁄2in (borders)

From the dark cream print fabric, cut:

• one strip, 14in across the width of the fabric. Cross cut it to yield two rectangles, 14in x 201⁄2in (cushion back)

From the fusible batting, cut:

• one square, 21in

1 Trace the chubby Dresden, pointed pentagon, curved pentagon and circle from the Pattern Sheet onto template plastic using a permanent-marking pen. Cut them out just inside the lines. These templates do not include seam allowances.

Trace around these templates on the cartridge paper with a sharp pencil

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