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Star and Contrary Wife
Lap quilt · 57″ square · Intermediate · 8 colourways
16 blocks · 8 fabrics · 57 × 57″
Finished at 57 × 57 inches. That is the size this one is drawn and cut for.
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Tap a set and the quilt changes. Every one of them is cut and sewn the same way.
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Bands of stars and bands of contrary wives, facing each other down the quilt.
8 colourways
What you’ll practise
- pieced-corner star
- contrary wife
- rows that face each other
- lap
Your copy is your own: rename it, swap the fabrics, change the size. Nothing you do here changes the one on the shelf.
See it go together block by block, in these fabrics, before you cut a thing.
The fabric in this one
Ombre Fairy Dust aubergine
- Riley Blake Wovens Sesame Dotty WovenRiley Blake Wovens Sesame Dotty Woven · Wovens · Riley Blake DesignsFat Quarter Shop
- BrookBrook · Thatched · Moda FabricsFat Quarter Shop
- AubergineAubergine · Ombre Fairy Dust · Moda Fabrics
- PlumPlum · Ombre Fairy Dust · Moda Fabrics
- Dark SaddleDark Saddle · Moda Marbles · Moda FabricsFat Quarter Shop
- DaisyDaisy · Speckled · Ruby Star Society
- AvocadoAvocado · Ombre Fairy Dust · Moda Fabrics
- Kona Cotton LimeLime · Kona Cotton Solids · Robert Kaufman
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