ATELIER

MATERIALS

• One layer cake or 24 squares, 10in or an assortment of coordinated print fabrics – see Note

• 40cm ( 1/2yd) cream tone-on-tone print fabric (Border 2)

• 1.1m (1 1/4yd) light red floral print fabric (Borders 4 and 8)

• 4m (4 3/8yd) backing fabric

• 1.2m (1 3/8yd) red tone-on-tone print fabric (centre block, Borders 1, 3 and 6, and binding)

• 1.1m (1 1/4yd) light sage print fabric (centre block and Borders 6 and 7)

• 1.25m (1 3/8yd) sage floral print fabric (Borders 5 and 6)

• Batting at least 195cm (78in) square

• Rotary cutter, ruler and mat

• Sewing machine with 1/4in foot

• General sewing supplies

Finished size:

178cm (70 1/2in) square

Note: Read all the instructions before starting the project. Requirements are based on fabric 107cm (42in) wide. It is recommended that fabrics be 100% cotton, pre-washed and well ironed. Deb used a variety of fabrics designed by French General, many from one of their recent ranges, Atelier De France. The instructions assume that at least three fabrics in the layer cake will be repeated – that is, that there will be two 10in squares of each of them. A seam allowance of 1/4in is used throughout for the patchwork.

CENTRE BLOCK AND BORDER 1

1 From two layer cake squares of the same print fabric, cut:

• A total of 16 squares, 3in.

2 From the light sage print fabric, cut:

• Two strips, 3in across the width of the fabric. Crosscut