Description:
Just perfect for spring, these spinning
hearts are fun, fast and easy to make.
Quilt design by Karen Combs for Clearwater Fabrics.
Finished Quilt Size: 15" x 15"
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Fabric Requirements For Quilt: 
Karen Combs' Texture Stripe Fabric (CF2477):
½ yard of TS-15 (greens)
¾ yard of TS-17 (purples)
½ yard backing fabric
Paper backed fusible web
Multi-colored decorative thread
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Click here to download the heart template (pdf)
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Cutting Instructions
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4
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Light Green
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From Green, cut
(4) 5" squares from the lightest valued fabric strip.
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| B
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5
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Light Purple
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From Purple, cut:
(5) 5" squares from lightest valued fabric strip.
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| C
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4
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Medium Purple
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From Purple, cut:
(4) 2 ½" x 4 ½" rectangles from medium
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| D
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4
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Dark Purple
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From Purple, cut:
(4) 2 ½" x 4 ½" rectangles from darkest fabric strip
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5
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Medium Green
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From Green, cut:
(5) 2 ½" x 4 ½" rectangles from medium
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5
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Dark Green
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From Green, cut:
(5) 2 ½" x 4 ½" rectangles from darkest fabric strip.
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| Borders
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4
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Dark Purple
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Cut (2) 2" x 13" and (2) 2" x 15 ½" of medium/dark purple.
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| Binding
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3
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Medium/Dark Purple
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Cut (3) 2" x 27" of medium/dark value purple.
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Assembly (1/4" seam allowance throughout):
| Step 1: Following the block
diagram here, sew medium and dark purple 2 ½" x 4 ½"
rectangles and press seams open. Sew medium and dark green
2 ½" x 4 ½" rectangles together and press seams open.
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| Step 2: Trace (9) heart motifs
onto a paper-backed fusible web. Cut out hearts slightly larger
than the tracing line. Following the manufacturers directions,
fuse ONE heart onto the back of each rectangle set, lining up
the center of the heart with the seam line.
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| Step 3: Cut out the heart on
the tracing line. Center the hearts as shown below. Fuse the
purple hearts onto the light green squares and the green hearts
onto the light purple squares.
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| Step 4: Using a decorative
thread and a blanket stitch, stitch around each heart.
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| Step 5: Trim squares to 4½".
Arrange the hearts as shown in diagram above.
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Step 6 - Borders:
Sew 2" x 13" border strips to top and bottom of quilt. Press
seams toward quilt. Sew 2" x 15 ½" border strips to right and
left sides of quilt. Press seams toward quilt.
Layer the backing, batting and quilt top. Baste the layers together.
Quilt with multi-colored thread in a meandering stipple stitch.
Sew binding strips together into one long strip and bind as desired.
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Color Options
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Settings
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| Some Pictures Created in EQ5 |
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Company Information:
Clearwater Fabrics (wholesale only)
2 Bridge Street
Suite 220
Irvington, NY 10533
914-478-3100
914-478-4456 (fax)
©2003 Karen Combs' Studio Copyright holder grants permission to shop owners
to make quilts from this pattern, copy this pattern to hand out to customers
purchasing Karen Combs' Texture Stripe fabrics.
(www.karencombs.com)
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