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Golden Quilts
From McCall's Quilting - December 2001
Ribbon Candy
- Page 2

 

Fabric Requirements
... Assorted red prints
(blocks, border) 1 3/4 yds. total
... Assorted ivory/cream textures
(blocks) 4 1/2 yds. total
... Assorted dark green prints
(blocks) 1 1/4 yds. total
... Ivory texture (border) 2 1/2 yds.

... Dark green texture (binding) 7/8 yd.
... Backing (piece lengthwise) 5 7/8 yds.
... Batting Queen size

Other Materials
... Sewing thread
... Machine quilting thread

Planning, Cutting, and Marking
The unfinished size (raw edge to raw edge) of the pieced half Rolling Star rectangles calculates to be 5" x 9 1/2". However, because of all the set-in seams, your pieced half Rolling Stars may turn out to be slightly different than this. Lynn suggests that you wait to cut the corresponding ivory/cream rectangles until you've completed piecing the rectangles. Measure the pieced rectangles and cut the alternate rectangles the same size to avoid problems piecing sections together.

Cutting Instructions
Assorted red prints—cut a total of:
... *9 strips 2" x width of fabric (WOF) for
pieced inner border
...252 Template A (Download Template Diagram - PDF format)
Assorted ivory/cream textures—cut a total of:
... 63 squares 2 3/4" x 2 3/4", cut in half diagonally to make 126 half-square triangles
... 189 squares 2 3/8" x 2 3/8"

... 63 squares 3 1/2" x 3 1/2", cut in half diagonally to make 126 half-square triangles

... 63 rectangles 5" x 9 1/2" (see Planning,
Cutting, and Marking)
Assorted dark green prints—cut a total of:
... 252 Template A
Ivory texture
... 2 strips 6" x 88", cut on lengthwise grain
... 2 strips 6" x 80", cut on lengthwise grain
*Cut first.

Piecing The Blocks
Step 1.
Referring to Diagram I-A, stitch together 4 assorted red print Template A fabrics, stopping 1/4" from corners as indicated with dots.
Step 2. Add assorted ivory/cream texture 2 3/4" half-square triangles to sides (see Diagram I-B) and set in assorted ivory/ cream texture 2 3/8" squares. Set in assorted dark green print Template A fabrics as shown in Diagram I-C. Add assorted ivory/ cream texture 3 1/2" half-square triangles to corners to complete half Rolling Star (see Diagram I-D). Make 63 total.

Diagram I-A
Diagram I-A
Diagram I-B
Diagram I-B
Diagram I-C
Diagram I-C
Diagram I-D
Diagram I-D