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PROJECT // liberty fans

illust. 1. Foundation piecing

a. Add fabrics to patches 1 and 2 b. Fold pattern down and trim fabric to c. Add setting triangles
leave ¼" seam allowance

illust. 2. Complete block illust. 3. Second set block

3a. Take one, 2" x 4" fabric 2 rectangle
and place it right sides together with
fabric 1 rectangle on unmarked side
of pattern.
b. Holding fabrics along seam line
between patches 1 and 2, flip fabric 2
open to check it will cover all of patch 2
plus seam allowances on all four sides.
c. Place fabric back right sides together
with fabric 1 rectangle. Pin in place
if wished.
d. Turn pattern over to printed side and
using shorter stitch length than usual,
stitch along line between patches 1 and 2.
Start and stop stitching a few stitches
CUTTING beyond each end of line.
Cut across width of fabric one, 1½" strip sub cut into: 4. Open out fabrics and finger press
twenty, 1½" squares, seam, illust. 1a.
Split Liberty fabrics into two sets of three, 2¼" strips – binding. 5a. With printed side of pattern
six, ensuring fabrics shade nicely. 8. From Straw Linen Texture cut: uppermost, fold pattern down towards
Number fabrics in each set 1 to 6. three, 4½" strips sub cut into: you along line between patches 2 and 3.
twenty four, 4½" squares. b. Trim excess fabric from fabric 2 to
Cut each square in half along leave ¼" seam allowance, illust. 1b.
1. From each number 1 print cut: diagonal once to make forty c. Keeping pattern folded, take one,
six, 2¼" x 3½" rectangles, eight triangles, 2" x 5" fabric 3 rectangle and place it
eight, 1¼" x 6¾" strips. four, 3½" strips – border. right sides together with fabric 2 piece,
2. From each number 2 print cut: aligning raw edges of fabrics.
six, 2" x 4" rectangles, FOUNDATION PIECING d. Open out pattern again and carefully
eight, 1¼" x 6¾" strips. holding fabrics, stitch along line between
3. From each number 3 print cut: EDITOR'S TIP patches 2 and 3 as before.
six, 2" x 5" rectangles, 6. Continue adding fabrics 4 to 6 in
eight, 1¼" x 6¾" strips. Work on one set of six fabrics at similar manner.
a time.
4. From each number 4 print cut: 7a. Take one, 3½" brown triangle and add
six, 2" x 5" rectangles, to block to cover patch 7 in same way.
eight, 1¼" x 6¾" strips. 1a. Trace fan foundation pattern given b. Add four, 4½" Straw Linen Texture
5. From each number 5 print cut: full size on page 31 twelve times onto triangles to cover patches 8 to 11,
six, 2" x 4" rectangles, foundation paper. folding pattern back and trimming
eight, 1¼" x 6¾" strips. b. Cut out each pattern on outer seam excess fabric to leave ¼" seam allowance
6. From each number 6 print cut: allowance lines. as before, illust. 1c.
six, 2¼" x 3½" rectangles, 2a. Take one pattern and place one, c. Press block and trim excess fabric
eight, 1¼" x 6¾" strips. 2¼" x 3½" fabric 1 rectangle on from beyond outer seam allowance line
7. From brown cut: unmarked side of pattern, ensuring of pattern.
one, 3½" strip sub cut into: that it covers all of patch one plus seam d. Block should measure 6½" square,
six, 3½" squares. Cut squares in allowance on all four sides on pattern. illust. 2.
half along diagonal once to make b. When happy that it does, pin fabric 8. Repeat to make six blocks in total
twelve triangles, in place on unmarked side of pattern. using fabrics from set 1.

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