How to make a puff quilt

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Puff or biscuit quilts are created by assembling the sewing squares to form pockets, which are then later stuffed giving the quilt the distinctive 'puffy' look.

Supplies

                Polyester Fibrefill

                Fabric A - your quilting fabric cut into 100   12.5cm squares.

                Fabric B – a plain fabric to be used as a backing, never to be seen and cut into 100 10cm squares.

                Fabric C – backing for the quilt.

Instructions

1. Placing the wrong sides together, align a corner of Fabric A with a corner of Fabric B.
2. Fold a pleat into the middle of the larger Fabric A square, aligning the remaining corners of the two     squares and making them equal in size.
3. Sew three sides of the square, stuff and sew along the fourth side. You have created your first puff,     now to sew the rest.
4. Sew your puffs into rows of 10 and then sew these rows together. You should end up with a quilt           top comprised of 10 x 10 puffs.
5. Cut enough of Fabric C to cover the back of the quilt.
6. Pin the right sides of the backing fabric and quilt top together and sew, leaving a portion open so          that it can be turned right side out.
7. Turn the quilt inside out and slip stitch closed.

               

And there you have it, your very own puff quilt.

Top Tip: Take the time to plan out your quilt before you start - get some graph paper and some coloured pens and map out what will be going where before you commit yourself to disaster. 

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