YouTube Video – Week 2 – Part A – Arranging your quilt top

YouTube Video – Week 2 – Part B – Sewing your quilt top together

Week 2 – Your First Quilt – Assembling Your Quilt Top

Gather your tools and supplies

Layout your 9” squares to how you want to sew them together

7 squares in each column, and 7 squares in each row

On the top row, pin “column number cards” to each square from 1-7

Pin each numbered column loosely together

Carefully fold each column to prepare to sew

Ensure your ¼” foot is attached on your sewing machine

Adjust your stitch length to 2

Take column 1

Starting with the first pinned pieces, remove the pin, line up the beginning, end and edges of the squares. Pin together. Sew

Repeat until you have sewn all squares together in column 1

Repeat for columns 2-7

Set all seams by pressing with your iron

Press seams in the direction indicated on the “column number cards”

Pin columns 1 & 2 together, paying extra attention to where the seams meet and nesting them together

Sew columns 1 & 2 together

Check you are happy with where all your seams meet, if you are not happy unpick your stitches and start again

Repeat until columns 1-7 are sewn together in the correct order

Set seams by pressing with your iron

Press seams to the side that works best for you

Cut loose threads carefully that are on the right side of your quilt top