Seaside Salsa

Updated: Thursday, November 12, 2009

by Christine Thomas & Melyn Robinson

Size: 52½" square

REQUIREMENTS

• 9 Fat quarters bright fabric - windmill ‘sails’
• 2½m Contrast fabric – background & border
• 1½m SquareWadding
• 1½m Square backing

More detailed instructions can be found in the December issue of Patchwork & Quilting magazine with ‘Salsa Spin’, a smaller (33½" square) quilt.
 
Cutting,.
Sails, dia. 1
1a. Cut 3 strips 6" x 20" from each bright fabric.
b. A total of 22 strips are needed, 2 or 3 of each fabric.
2. Cut 11 strips 6½" x 20" from background fabric.
3. Stitch 3 strips together – a bright strip either side of a background one.
4. Slice at a small angle, then cut a wedge 5½" wide lining up with the new angle just created.
5a. Continue cutting a small angle off fabric strip and cutting a 5½" wedge across the whole strip.
b. 3 wedges are needed from each strip.

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VERY IMPORTANT!
Be consistent and cut the angles and the wedges in the same direction on every strip. If you change the angle, the sails won’t all rotate in the same direction and the overall pattern will not work.

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Blocks

1. Cut 2, 5½" squares from each wedge, dia. 2.
2. Stitch 4 squares to make a block measuring 10½" square, dia. 3.
3. 16 blocks are needed to make quilt centre measuring 40½" square.

Borders, dia. 4
1. Cut from strips made up of short pieces bright fabrics:
two, 1¼" x 40½" strips
    two, 1¼" x 52½" strips
four, 1¼" x 5 ½" strips.
2. Cut from background fabric:
four, 5½" x 40½" strips
four, 5½" squares
3a. Add 40½" bright borders to top and bottom of quilt, then 40½" background borders.
b. Stitch longest bright strips to sides of quilt.
c. Stitch shortest bright strips to one side of each of background squares.
d. Join a square to each side of long background border strips and then stitch to sides of quilt.

Completion

1. Prepare the quilt sandwich.
2. Quilt.
3. Double bind.