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My apologies for posting a late blog this week. We have been looking after our 2 ½ year old granddaughter.  She has unbelievable energy and we were on the receiving end of it. However, I am well rested today and back on my own rails once again!

 SIGNATURE QUILT Part 3

It is difficult to tell you how many blocks to make because I don’t know how any signatures you may collect for an occasion. As an example though, a small quilt maybe 3 squares across by 3 down, that’s nine squares in total and 36 spaces for signatures. Some can be left empty for dates, comments and the like.

Joining the signature blocks

The horizontal joining strip is made up of 3 squares, positioned as shown below: points square, coloured square, points square. Join them together accurately with a ¼” seam.

 

Horizontal joining strip

 Place the joining strip onto the signature block, with RS together. Use pins to hold them together at the important places and sew an accurate seam. Check the joins from the RS. Join the blocks together to create vertical lines. Try to butt up the seams where possible.

Pinning the seams

The vertical joining strip is created in the sequence shown below: points square, coloured square, points square, coloured square, points square coloured square and so on…..  Part of a strip is shown alongside a constructed line to illustrate its position along sides the joined blocks.

Vertical joining strip

I obviously need to make progress on my friend’s signature quilt, so here is one I did earlier! I made it on the occasion of my Silver Wedding anniversary, when Rog and I went back to the tiny island of Tarawa in the middle of the South Pacific where we got married in 1972.

My signature quilt

Detail