QM Patterns: Christmas in Bloom

 Instructions

Step 3 Adding the Borders

Fold each middle border strip in half along the length of the strip with wrong sides together. Press.

Aligning raw edges, baste each folded middle border strip to its corresponding inner border strip and press. Sandwiching the folded strips in the seams, join the outer border strips to their corresponding inner border strips to make 4 border units.

Join the border units to the quilt and miter the corners.

Step 4 Quilting

Trace the quilting motifs shown in the E patch and on the motifs page. Following the diagram below, mark the motifs. In the border, start in the center of each strip and work outward.

Layer and baste together the lining, batting and quilt top.

Outline quilt the patches as shown and quilt the marked motifs. Quilt in the ditch the inner and outer borders.

Step 5 Finishing Up

Make a continuous binding and sew it to the quilt. To display the wall quilt, add a sleeve to the lining.