QUILTsocial Issue 6 | Page 51

Protect your ironing board cover with a silicone pressing sheet. Machine quilting with a walking foot Now we quilt! •• Center the front and back of the bag on the two pieces of interfacing and iron in place. •• Place a silicone pressing sheet under the interfacing to prevent it from fusing to the ironing board cover. If you don’t have one of these sheets, then cut two pieces of scrap fabric 26" x 20" each and pin them to the back of the interfacing and iron all three layers together. Use a walking foot to quilt the layers together if desired. I just quilted around the center blocks and down the edges of each flying geese border, but you can add as much quilting as you like. If you have any excess interfacing around the tops, trim it away now. Place the front and backs of the bag right sides together and sew along the bottom edge using a ½" seam. Sewing the front and back of the bag together along the bottom. Wow! Look at this block! New York Beauty block with strips sewn to top and bottom 51 QUILTsocial .com | issue 6