PROJECTS & IDEAS | FOR BABY

Traffic Jam Wall Hanging

Assemble and Add Borders

1. Use a pencil to mark a diagonal line on wrong side of 36 solid white 3-1⁄2" squares. (To prevent fabric from stretching as you draw lines, place 220-grit sandpaper under each square.)

2. Align a marked solid white 3-1⁄2" square with one end of a green print 3-1⁄2x6-1⁄2" rectangle (Flying Geese Diagram; note direction of marked line). Sew on marked line. Trim seam allowance to 1⁄4". Press open attached triangle, pressing seam toward solid white. In same manner, add a second marked solid white square to opposite end of same rectangle to make a green print Flying Geese unit. The unit should be 6-1⁄2x3-1⁄2" including seam allowances. Repeat to make six green print Flying Geese units total.

3. Using yellow stripe and red dot 3-1⁄2x6-1⁄2" rectangles, repeat Step 2 to make six yellow stripe Flying Geese units and six red dot Flying Geese units.

4. Referring to Quilt Assembly Diagram, sew together five assorted Flying Geese units to make a side border No. 1 strip. Press seams in one direction. The strip should be 3-1⁄2x30-1⁄2" including seam allowances. Repeat to make a second side border No. 1 strip.

5. Sew together four assorted Flying Geese units to make a border No. 1 segment. Press seams in one direction. Add a solid white 3-1⁄2" square to each end of border No. 1 segment to make a top border No. 1 strip (Quilt Assembly Diagram). Press seams toward Flying Geese units. The strip should be 3-1⁄2x30-1⁄2" including seam allowances. Repeat to make bottom border No. 1 strip.

6. Join side border No. 1 strips to long edges of quilt center. Add top and bottom border No. 1 strips to remaining edges. Press all seams toward border No. 1.

7. Add blue stripe 2x36-1⁄2" border No. 2 strips to long edges of quilt center. Join blue stripe 2x33-1⁄2" border No. 2 strips to remaining edges. Press seams toward border No. 2.

8. Referring to Quilt Assembly Diagram, sew together two gray print 1-1⁄2x39-1⁄2" strips and one green stripe 1-1⁄2x39-1⁄2" strip to make a long border No. 3 strip. Press seams toward green stripe. Repeat to make a second long border No. 3 strip. Join long border No. 3 strips to long edges of quilt center. Press seams toward border No. 3.

9. Referring to Quilt Assembly Diagram, sew together two gray print 1-1⁄2x33-1⁄2" strips and one green stripe 1-1⁄2x33-1⁄2" strip to make a short border No. 3 strip. Press seams toward green stripe. Add a red dot 31⁄2" square to each end of short border No. 3 strip to make a top border No. 3 strip. Press seams toward squares. Repeat to make a matching bottom border No. 3 strip. Sew top and bottom border No. 3 strips to remaining edges of quilt center. Press seams toward border No. 3.

10. Add blue dot 5x45-1⁄2" border No. 4 strips to long edges of quilt center. Join blue dot 5x48-1⁄2" border No. 4 strips to remaining edges to complete quilt top. Press seams toward border No. 4.

Continued on Page 5: Finish Quilt

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