2. Sew one unit from step 1 between two Dragon Cabin Blocks as shown. Press. Make two. Sew these units Diagram 14
to sides of unit from step 1. Press seams toward center.
Make @
Adding the Borders 1. Sew !2” x $@” Fabric C strips end-to-end to make one continuous !2”-wide Fabric C strip. Press. Measure quilt from side to side. Cut two 1!2”-wide strips to this measurement. Sew to top, and bottom of quilt. Press seams toward border.
2. Measure quilt through center from top to bottom, including borders just added. Cut two !2”-wide Fabric C strips to that measurement. Sew to sides of quilt and press.
3. Refer to Outside Border tip to cut borders or refer to steps ! and @ to join, measure, trim, and sew ^”-wide Fabric D, strips to top, bottom, and sides of quilt. Press. OR Sew ^%2” x ^” Fabric D strips to top and bottom and sides of quilt, mitering corners. Press seams toward border just sewn.
Finishing the Quilt 1. Cut backing fabric piece into two equal pieces. Sew pieces together to make one &@” x *)” approximate backing piece. Press and trim to backing to measure ^*” x ^*”.
2. Press backing and quilt top trimming all excess threads. Refer to Finishing the Quilt in General Instructions to layer and baste backing, batting, and quilt top together. Hand or machine quilt as desired. Refer to Binding the Quilt and bind as desired.
Ask at your local quilt shop for Pepper’s Dragon stencil
manufactured by Quilting Creations. The stock number is PCW1921. If your local shop doesn’t have it, email Patti Brown
at ALB Fabrics. You may also purchase the kit for the quiltcomplete with stencil-or the stencil separately at ALB Fabrics.
Contact Patti via email: contact@albfabrics.com or phone her at 252-222-0787 (open Tue-Sat).
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