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By Jennifer Rounds
With machine quilting By
Elaine Beattie
www.rosiequilters.com www.seehowwesew.wordpress.com
• 45" x 60" quilt top (pieced or whole cloth)
• 50" x 65" backing fabric • ¾ yard coordinating print for faced
binding, ½ yard for traditional mitered binding
• 1 package of crib‐size batting • 25 mm (1") bias tape maker, see the
Clover product • Basting glue, Roxanne’s Glue‐Baste‐It
• 2 yards green prints for stems and leaves (select contrasting tones and/or prints)
• Scraps of green prints for leaf backs • 10 circles 6" wide for rose bases
(choose a blending neutral or accenting color)
• 6 circles 9" wide for roses bases • 2 circles 12" wide for rose base • 6‐8 fat quarters to make bias strips for
ruching (floral prints and colors)
Radically Ruched
Roses
Supply List for a 45" x 60" Throw Quilt
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Quilt Assembly 1. Cutting Bias Strips for Stems: I used 1 yard each of 2 different green prints to make the stems and leaves (and I had plenty of strips left over). Cut at least 350" of bias strips from each green print following the instructions on the 1" bias tape maker for the strip width (about 1 ¾"). 2. Making Bias Strips: Sew the bias strips into longer lengths. Follow the instructions on the package for the bias tape maker to make the bias tape. Dry ironing works best; use spray sizing or starch to set the folds. (Spray the strips lightly before ironing.) Make 15 strips, 50" in length. 3. Cutting Strips for Leaves: From the leftover green prints, cut at least 60" of 1 ½" strips from each green print. Sew the strips together to make a wider, bicolor strips. Trace a 3 3/4" leaf pattern, cut out 34 leaves. From green print scraps, cut 34 leaf backs.
4. Making Leaves: Sew the bicolor leaf fronts to the scrap leaf backs with a scant ¼" seam, right sides together. Trim. Make a small slit in the back of the leaf unit and turn to the right side. Ease out the edges and then press. See the third photo to the right for decorative veining detail. 5. Placing Bias Strips: Fold the quilt top into thirds and press each fold lightly to mark guidelines. Pick up 3 matching bias strips. Pin each one to the pressed lines in easy curves. Use basting glue to fix the strips in place prior to sewing. 6. Sewing the Bias Strips: Once the glue is dry, use your preferred machine‐appliqué stitch to sew the strips. Press. 7. Completing the Strip Layout: Repeat the process for the remaining strips, alternating the green prints. Fifteen rows is an optimal number for a 60" length. 8. Quilting the Quilt: Surprised? Quilt at this point if you want the background to recede from the leaves and flowers. Layer the backing, batting, and quilt top in preparation for quilting. Quilt long undulating lines roughly parallel to the stems. Narrow and widen the lines to suit your taste. In alternating rows, quilt freeform flowers and leaves.
Bias strips and leaf fronts at the ready
Quilt top detail prior to quilting
Cutting multiple leaf fronts from pieced strip
Veining detail sewn on leaf front
9. Making Rose Bases: Match up and sew 2 same‐sized rose bases, right sides together. Make a small slit in the back and turn to the right side. Ease out the edges carefully and press. Make 9 rose bases. 10. Making Ruched Strips for Roses: Yes, more bias strips with the same‐sized strip maker. A fat quarter delivers more than enough strips for the 2 smaller‐sized circles, but the 12" circles eat up more, so plan accordingly. Same process: sew the strips into longer lengths and then feed them through the bias tape maker as you press. Ruche the strip. (Google is great for ruching how‐to’s!) 11. Making Roses: Match a rose base to a length of ruched‐bias strip. Start by pinning the strip end to the approximate center of the front of a rose base and spiral the ruched strip to the outer edge, pinning as you go. It may take a few trial efforts to get a spiral you like. Tuck the end of the strip under the base. Stitch in place. Repeat the steps to make a total of 9 roses. 12. Placing the Roses and Leaves: Use a design wall to place the flowers and greenery in a pleasing arrangement. Pin to set the design and then baste in place. 13. Finishing the Quilt: Stitch the roses and leaves to the quilt using your preferred hand or machine method. Consider adding stitches, either top stitches or French knots, to the rose spirals to control puffiness. Then bind the quilt to finish.
Several steps shown at once: ruching, gathering stitches, and auditioning a spiral
for tightness. Plus, do I have enough ruched‐bias tape to complete the circuit?
Quilt Layout
Alternate Layout/Horizontal Orientation