Today's Quilter

STAR BRIGHT

You will need

• Red prints – eight (8) fat quarters
• Lime prints – four (4) fat quarters*
• Green prints – four (4) fat quarters*
• Background fabric – 4¼yds
• Backing fabric – 4½yds
• Binding fabric – ½yd
• Batting – 80in square
• Templates – one (1) each of triangle block A, B, and C templates, eighteen (18) small HST templates and eighteen (18) large HST templates

Products used

■ Fabrics – Christmas Figs II by Fig Tree Quilts my.modafabrics.com

■ Batting – R80 available from www.vlieseline.com/en/ and in the UK from www.ladysewandsew.co.uk

■ Threads – Aurifil 50wt for piecing and 40wt for quilting from www.aurifil.com

Finished size

■ Approx. 72in square

Notes

• Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted.• Press after each seam.• Press seams open, unless otherwise instructed.• Press all fabrics well before cutting.• WOF = width of fabric.• WOFQ = width of fabric cut from a fat quarter or fat eighth – cut from selvedge to centre cut.• BKG = background.• HST = half-square triangle.• QST = quarter-square triangle. * We used more prints for greater variety

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