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Floral Appliqué Quilt - Make an Appliqué Medallion & Learn Fusible Appliqué

By Janet Wickell, About.com

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Assemble the Patchwork Units & Finish the Appliqué Quilt

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Assemble the Floral Appliqué Medallion Quilt

© Janet Wickell

Make the Patchwork Units

Since there aren't too many of them, we'll assemble these units piece by piece instead of using strip piecing methods. Take care to align patch edges as you sew, since there won't be an opportunity to square up units.

  1. Sew a 2-1/2" wine strip lengthwise to a background strip of the same size. Sew a green strip along the remaining edge of the background strip.

  2. Press seam allowances away from the center strip. Repeat to make a total of four identical units.

  3. Make a nine patch unit by arranging 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" squares into three rows as shown in the illustration.

    • Row 1: wine / red / green
    • Row 2: red / wine / red
    • Row 3: green / red / background

  4. Sew the squares in each row together. Press seam allowances in all rows towards the red squares.

  5. Repeat to make a total of four identical nine-patch units.

  6. Assemble the quilt into three rows as shown. Press seam allowances towards the long "striped" units.

  7. Sew rows together and press.

  8. Sandwich with batting and backing, quilt, and bind.

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