Jennifer Sampou - Wintertime Shimmer Quilt & Table Runner: 2 Sophisticated Projects to Piece & Appliqué

Publisher: Amy Marson Creative Director: Gailen Runge Acquisitions Editor: Roxane Cerda Managing Editor: Liz Aneloski Technical Editor/Illustrator: Linda Johnson Cover/Book Designer: April Mostek Production Coordinator: Zinnia Heinzmann Production Editor: Alice Mace Nakanishi Photo Assistant: Rachel Holmes Photography by Kelly Burgoyne of C&T Publishing, Inc., unless otherwise noted Published by C&T Publishing, Inc., P.O. Box 1456, Lafayette, CA 94549 GENERAL INSTRUCTIONS Read all instructions before beginning your project. For accuracy, use a presser foot for seam allowances. Use my Octagon Shimmer Acrylic Templates to cut your fabric and trim your blocks. Or make your own templates from the Octagon Shimmer Kite and Side Triangle patterns provided (pattern sheet P1). Octagon Shimmer Acrylic Templates for cutting and trimming Create other versions of the Cardinal Shimmer Quilt; for inspiration, see More Ideas.

Watch a video tutorial about making this quilt; for the link, see Bonus Video. Useful TermsHST Half-square triangle WOF Width of fabric, 4044 FQ Fat quarter, 18 22 FE Fat eighth, 9 22 If FEs are not available, use an FQ.

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Available on my websiteCardinal Shimmer Quilt Finished quilt: 74 74 Finished block: 24 24 Skill level: Confident beginner with some appliqu experienceThis stylish quilt features a pieced background created with fabrics from my Winter Shimmer Collection by Robert Kaufman Fabrics and my Octagon Shimmer Acrylic Templates. I applied the central cardinal appliqu using a turned-edge, fusible, machine appliqu method. There are many ways to appliquchoose your favorite. Materials If you want to use Kona Cotton Solids by Robert Kaufman Fabrics, note that their color names are in parentheses. MEDIUM- TO DARK-COLORED FABRICS: 9 fat quarters, in colors ranging from blues to dark teals, for kites Note: If you want to fussy cut or have stars on grain, use yard each of 9 fabrics. LIGHT-COLORED FABRICS: Creams, whites, slivers, and pale blues: yard each of 9 fabrics for background triangles yard of additional fabric for background triangles DARK BLUE (DELFT): 1 fat quarter for wreath branches DARK RED (RICH RED): 1 fat eighth for cardinal body BROWN (CHESTNUT): 1 fat eighth for cardinals branch SCRAPS: Light blue (Blue) for branch tips Teal (Azure) for winter berries Light red (Red) for cardinal chest Black (Pepper) for cardinal face and foot Orange (Butterscotch) for cardinal beak BACKING: 4 yards BATTING: 79 79 BINDING: yard FUSIBLE WEB: yard (I used 18-wide Lite Steam-A-Seam 2.) CLOVER BIAS TAPE MAKERS: 25mm (1) and 18mm () TEMPLATES: Use my Octagon Shimmer Acrylic Templates for cutting and trimming. Or use template plastic, such as Visi-GRID Quilters Template Sheets (by C&T Publishing), for making templates from the Octagon Shimmer Kite and Octagon Shimmer Side Triangle patterns (sheet P1). THREAD: To match, or use MonoPoly by Superior Threads for invisible machine appliqu Cutting MEDIUM- TO DARK- COLORED FABRICS Cut 4 kites from each FQ, using the Octagon Shimmer Kite pattern (sheet P1).

Due to bias edges, use starch and be careful not to stretch the fabric. Cut 4 kites from each FQ. LIGHT-COLORED FABRICS Method One: Traditional Cut 10 strips 12 WOF from each fabric for background triangles, using the Octagon Shimmer Side Triangle pattern (sheet P1). Carefully cut 7 triangles from each strip plus 2 extra, 72 total. Cut out exact shapes. You will trim them down after they are sewn and pressed as HST units. Make extra-long triangles to use with Method Two: Octagon Triangle Trimming. You will trim them down after they are sewn and pressed as HST units. Make extra-long triangles to use with Method Two: Octagon Triangle Trimming.

DARK BLUE Cut 4 strips of each size: 1 17 (A1) 1 13 (B1) Cut 4 rectangles of each size: 1 8 (C1) 1 7 (D) 1 4 (E) LIGHT BLUE Cut 4 rectangles of each size: 1 3 (A2) 1 3 (B2) 1 4 (C2) FUSIBLE WEB Cut 16 strips 18. * TipMethod Two: Octagon Triangle Trimming eliminates the problem of trying to perfectly line up and piece exact triangles to the kites. It creates a little bit more waste, but I prefer this relaxed approach with more accurate results. Construction Use seam allowance and press the seams open. QUILT TOP Sew the short side of a triangle to each long side of a kite to create a large HST. Press the seams open. Make a total of 36 HSTs. NOTE If you chose Method Two: Octagon Triangle Trimming and cut extra-long triangles, center the triangle on the kites side edge and sew.

After the seams are pressed open, trim the HST to size, using the Octagon Triangle Acrylic Template; or tape 1 Octagon Shimmer Kite pattern and 2 Side Triangle patterns together, lining them up along their solid lines to create a large HST template. Match the seams to the printed kite lines on the ruler or template and trim all the sides. This will give you more accurate blocks to work with. Sew 2 HSTs with the same color kite together. Repeat to sew the other 2 matching kite HSTs together. Sew these kite units together to create one large star block. Fig.A Repeat 8 more times to make a total of 9 star blocks, measuring 25 25 unfinished.

Fig.B Lay out the blocks in a 3 3 setting. Sew the blocks together in rows; then join rows to create the quilt top background. WREATH APPLIQU Sew the A1 to A2, B1 to B2, and C1 to C2 light blue and dark blue strips together along the short sides. Press the seams open. Feed the 1-wide A and B branch strips through a 25mm bias maker and the 1-wide C, D, and E branch strips through an 18mm bias maker. Press the tips and ends under.

Create a natural look by varying the fold over. The bias maker is only a guide. Cut the fusible strips to the lengths needed, remove paper backing from one side, and fuse them to the back of the branches, tapering them to the end. See the diagram for placement of a wreath quarter section onto the quilt background.

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