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Pretty lap quilt
Pretty lap quilt
Pretty lap quilt
Pretty lap quilt
Pretty lap quilt
Pretty lap quilt

Pretty lap quilt

Designer
Designer
Corinne Bradd
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Designer
Designer
Corinne Bradd
Pattern Guide
Pattern Guide
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About this pattern

This gorgeous quilt is hand stitched from a combination of colourful cottons, and features a motif made from hearts, squares and stripes.

Essentials

  • Fabric: Tanya Whelan Grand Revival cotton, prewashed, nine different prints, 16cm x 110cm of each; white cotton, 90cm x 115cm
  • Quilt wadding: 90cm x 115cm

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    Make a pretty lap quilt

    1. Pick a striped cotton fabric to use as the edging of the quilt and set aside for later use. Cut the remaining eight cotton prints into 15cm squares. Arrange your squares into your preferred placement, or alternatively follow our chart.

    2. Lay out the first row of fabric squares, and pin them together to create a strip, 90cm long. Using a 1cm seam allowance, sew the squares together with a straight machine stitch. Press on the reverse to set the stitches and flatten the raw edges. Repeat to create the remaining seven rows of squares.

    3. Pin the rows of squares together in the preferred order to create the quilt front. Using a 1cm seam allowance and a straight machine stitch, sew along the pinned edges, ensuring that the seams between each square line up accurately for a neat finish. Press the back of the fabric as before, then turn over and press the quilt front on the right side.

    4. Lay the 90cm x 115cm white cotton rectangle out on a large work area or clean floor and place the wadding (also 90cm x 115cm) on top of it, aligning them exact

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