Materials
• 2.9m (3¼yd) orange-red tone-on-tone print fabric
• 50cm (⅝yd) each of six print fabrics (whirligig swirls). Margaret used Kaffe Fassett prints in her quilt
• 10cm (⅛yd) each of 15 fabrics (outer bands around the whirligig swirls)
• 60cm (1yd) turquoise print fabric #1 (applique)
• 40cm (½yd) each of four print fabrics (zigzag frame)
• 2m (2¼yd) turquoise print fabric #2 (border)
• 60cm (¾yd) orange-red print fabric (binding)
• 2.3m (2½yd) extra-wide (275cm/108in) backing fabric
• Batting at least 185cm (88in) square
• Thread to match the applique fabric. Margaret appliqued by hand using a 50-weight machine cotton thread
• Fusible web
• Spray starch
• Freezer paper or baking paper (for blocking the blocks)
• Scrap of light cardstock
• Template plastic and fine permanent-marking pen
• Pencil or erasable fabric-marking pen
• Fine chalk pencil
• Rotary cutter, large square quilter’s ruler, long quilter’s ruler and cutting mat
• 1m (1⅛yd) steel ruler
• Sewing machine with ¼in foot
• General sewing supplies
Preparation and cutting
1 Trace Shapes A–E and G and H for this project from the Pattern Sheet onto template plastic using a fine permanent-marking pen. Trace each shape twice: trace one on the outer broken line — this shape includes a ¼in seam allowance. Then trace one on the inner unbroken line — this shape does not include a seam allowance. Label each shape, mark the grainline on them and then cut them out on the traced lines.
