pattern easy • Project Linus

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Designed by Denise Starck. Made by Peg Spradlin. Fabric: Blank Quilting. Batting: The Warm Company. Model: Parker Beam.

Ladybug HugsWrapped up in love

This is the fourteenth pattern Quiltmaker has published in support of Project Linus, an organization that provides hand-made blankets for seri-ously ill or traumatized children.

Learn more about Project Linus at projectlinus.org or by writing to: Project Linus National HQ, P.O. Box 5621, Bloomington, IL 61702-5621.

You are invited to contribute to this worthwhile project:

• By February 8, 2013, make and send quilts, blocks or rows, with foundation papers removed, to a Project Linus chapter near you or to their headquar-ters at the address above.

• Volunteer at your local Project Linus chapter to sew blocks and rows into quilts on National Make-A-Blanket Day, February 16, 2013.

materialsCrib: 38”x 38”Finished Blocks: 6”

Black Solid 1G yards for blocks, border and bindingRed Tone-on-Tone L yard for blocksAssorted Green Tone-on-Tones 1J yards total for blocks and setting patchesBacking 1G yardsBatting 42”x 42”(Although fabric amounts for founda-tion piecing are adequate, you may need more if you cut very generous patches.)

cuttingBlack Solid for border 2 strips 4H”x 33” for sides 2 strips 4H”x 41” for top/bottom 5 strips 2G”x 40” for binding foundation patchesRed Tone-on-Tone foundation patchesAssorted Green Tone-on-Tones 26 squares 3M”x 3M” cut diagonally to yield 52 triangles (A) 12 squares (B) 6H”x 6H” foundation patches

1Making the Quilt Top Make 13 paper copies of each foundation section. Foundation piece each section in numerical order, pressing and trimming after each patch addition.

Sew sections 1–2 and A’s together as shown to make a block. Make 13 blocks.

Section 1Make 13

Section 2Make 13

BlockMake 13

Section 2

A

A

Section 1

Row 1Make 3 BBlock BBlock

Assembly

Block

B B BBlock BlockRow 2Make 2

Row 1

Row 2

Row 1

Section 1Make 13

Section 2Make 13

BlockMake 13

Section 2

A

A

Section 1

Row 1Make 3 BBlock BBlock

Assembly

Block

B B BBlock BlockRow 2Make 2

Row 1

Row 2

Row 1

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Randomly changing the orientation of the blocks, sew the blocks and B’s together as shown to make 3 row 1’s and 2 row 2’s. Sew the rows together as shown.

Sew the border side strips to the quilt and trim any extra length. Add the bor-der top and bottom strips in the same way.

Section 1Make 13

Section 2Make 13

BlockMake 13

Section 2

A

A

Section 1

Row 1Make 3 BBlock BBlock

Assembly

Block

B B BBlock BlockRow 2Make 2

Row 1

Row 2

Row 1

Quilting Placement

Patterns are the reverse of the finished block.

1black

2red

3red

4red

9green

10black

5red

6black8

green

7green

Seam Allowance

Ladybug Hugs Section 2

1black

2red

3red

4red

9green

10black

5red

6black 8

green

7green

Seam Allowance

Ladybug Hugs Section 1

This line should measure 2".

2Quilting and Finishing Layer and baste together the backing, batting and quilt top. Quilt a loopy meander with random leaves over the quilt surface.

Bind the quilt.