Night Story - FabShop Hop...Night Story Size: 58" x 58" Fabric Requirements ... After the quilt top has been quilted trim background triangles leaving a ¼" seam allowance. Block 1

Night Story Size: 58" x 58"

Fabric Requirements2 Nocturne Turnovers© (1380TO) • 2 yards background and binding (1357-29) • 3⅔ yards backing (1384-17)

Cutting

Construction

Assembly

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Background Fabric1. Clip and tear away selvages. Press.

2. Measure across 30½" clip and tear length of fabric. Press.

3. From remaining piece of background fabric (approx. 13"x 72") clip and tear 4 – 2½"x LOF strips for binding. Press.

4. Cut 2 – 30½"x30½" squares from 30½"x 72"strip. Cut squares once diagonally for quilt corners.

1. Using a scant ¼" seam stitch 2 Turnovers© together diagonally. Press seam toward darker fabric.

2. Trim and square each block to measure 5½"x5½".

3. Repeat steps to make 64 – 5½"x5½" blocks.

The four star blocks in this quilt are pieced with 64 half square triangle blocks. Refer to the illustrations at right to select the various fabric combinations from the two Moda Turnover© bundles. Press seams toward arrows.Sort and label half square triangle blocks as they are pieced

Block 1 – Make 1

Make 2

Make 2

Make 4

Make 4

Make 2

Make 2

Block 2 – Make 1

Make 4

Make 2

Make 2

Make 2

Make 2

Make 2

Make 2

Block 3 – Make 1

Make 4

Make 2

Make 2

Make 2

Make 2

Make 2

Make 2

Block 4 – Make 1

Make 4

Make 4

Make 4

Make 2

Make 2

Block 1 – Make 1

Block 2 – Make 1

Referring to the following diagrams and stitch the half square triangle blocks into four large star blocks. Press seams toward arrows.

Block 1 Block 2

Block 3 Block 4

Block 3 – Make 1 Block 4 – Make 1

Assembly – cont.

Adding the Background

Finishing

NOTE: The large corner background triangles are slightly oversized. After the quilt top has been quilted trim background triangles leaving a ¼" seam allowance.

Block 1

Block 2

Block 4

Block 3

Block 1

Block 2

Block 4

Block 3

center

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Fold large triangle in half to find center. Matching centers stitch large triangles to opposite sides of pieced star blocks.Press seams toward large triangles. Repeat with remaining large triangles.

Quilt should measure 58½"x58½" with seams.

Using a bias seam, join the 2½" strips end to end. Press seams open. Fold prepared strip in half wrong sides together and gently press to make the binding.

Layer, Quilt and Bind