Deb’s Growing Solo Quilt Instructions

BLOCKS
Make:
One 8” Daisiez block, trim to 9” square.
Five 4” ‘on point’ Leavez, trim to 4 1/2” square.
Two 6” ‘straight’ Leavez, trim to 6 1/2” x 4 1/2”.
One 6” ‘straight’ Ladybirdz, trim to 6 1/2” square.
One 6” ‘on point’ Ladybirdz, trim to 6 1/2” square.

Arrange these in position on your design wall, as per the photo, and working from the top down, join the blocks using the following background fabrics as gap fillers.

for the Daisiez:
-stitch on two side fillers 2 1/2” x 9”
-then a top filler 13” x 2 1/2

for the left side:
-stitch together two 4” ‘on point Leavez’ plus a side filler 2 1/2” x 8 1/2”
-stitch on a 6” ‘straight’ Ladybirdz
-stitch on a 6” ‘straight’ Leavez
-stitch together a 4” ‘on point’ Leavez plus a side filler 2 1/2” x 4 1/2”

for the right side:
-stitch together two 4” ‘on point’ Leavez plus a top filler 4 1/2” x 2 1/2” plus a side filler 2 1/2” x 10 1/2”
-stitch on a 6” ‘straight’ Leavez
-stitch on a 6” ‘on point’ Ladybirdz
-stitch on a bottom filler 6 1/2” x 2 1/2”

Stitch the stalk, 1” x 22 1/2”, in between the left and right sides.
Stitch on the Daisiez.
Stitch on the ground, (13” x 3 1/2”).

FINISHING/QUILTING
Sandwich.
Machine quilt in the ditch around the Daisiez, Leavez, Ladybirdz and ground. Free machine quilt butterflies, ladybirds and swirls in the backgrounds.
Bind and label.


made by Debbie Ogilby, 2003
©Copyright Jan Mullen 2003