TABLE OF CONTENTS - American Quilter · fabric, right side against the previous fabric. Remember to overlap the crease by approximately ¼". Th e arc foundation paper should be aligned

TABLE OF CONTENTSForeword by Debbie Welch 4

Introduction 4

TechniqueLearn the Lingo 5

General Hints 5

Materials and Supplies 6

Choosing Fabric 6

Preparing Arcs and Templates 7

Cutting the Background and Pie Shapes 8

Piecing the Arc Foundations 9

Assembling and Trimming the Blocks 12

Top Assembly 15

Adding Borders 16

Quilting 16

Troubleshooting 18

Quilts and Projects – from Easiest to Challenging

Wall Street

Beauties on Broadway

Jones Beach

Cosmos at the Copa

Rock Around the Christmas Blocks

Fifth Avenue Fiesta

The Lights on Broadway

Midnight in Manhattan

Soho

Botanical Bonsai

Blooms in Binghamton

Park Avenue Pansies

Rockefeller Ice

Chelsea Market

Autumn in the Adirondacks

Crowns of Ellis

Geisha Girls

The Minis

New York Leading Lady Tote

NYB Sweatshirt

NYB Practice Sheet

Gallery (Th ank you, my students!)

Resources

About the Author

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New York Beauty Simplified ❂ Linda J. Hahn – 11

TechniquePlace the next piece, which will be a background spire

fabric, right side against the previous fabric. Remember to

overlap the crease by approximately ¼". Th e arc foundation

paper should be aligned vertically away from you, and the

excess background fabric should be toward you.

Pin if you would like. Flip the unit over and stitch on the

line, again from one outermost line to the other.

Before you trim, be sure that the piece you just sewed covers

the background spire area: fold the background piece over

onto the foundation. Once you are satisfi ed that the area

will be covered, cut away the excess background and the

spire fabrics leaving an approximate ⅛" seam allowance.

Tip

If you are using very light fabrics against dark fabrics, pay

careful attention when trimming. You may want to trim the

fabrics in layers (also called grading the seam) so that there is

no shadowing of the darker fabric through the lighter fabric.

Continue stitching, trimming, and fl ipping the fabrics onto

the arc foundation until the pattern has been covered.

Trim the arc foundation on the outermost line. Th ere should

be a ¼" space between the spire tips and the trimmed edge.

You can choose to stay stitch around the perimeter of the

arc by stitching about ⅛" away from the raw edge.

24 – New York Beauty Simplified ❂ Linda J. Hahn

When you can’t decide which colors to use in your quilt, grab a bundle of fat quarters,

add a little yardage, and you’re on your way. Th is is not a scrap quilt, but a “collection” quilt.

Save the cutaways from this piece; they will make a gorgeous mini quilt (see page 74)!

50" x 50". Made by Linda Eaves, Middletown, New Jersey; quilted by the author.


Park Avenue Pansies

SuppliesMake 36 copies of the arc foundation pattern on page

22 to yield 36 arc foundations. Use the 6" pie and

background templates on page 22.

Background 2 yards

Pie Shapes 1 yard

Background Spires 3 yards

Spires 2 yards

Binding ½ yard

Batting 40" x 40"

Backing & Sleeve 1½ yards

If you will be using multiple fabrics for each piece,

purchase yardage to total the above requirements.

CuttingBackground 36 squares 7½" x 7½"

Pie Shapes 36 squares 4½" x 4½"

Background Spires 216 rectangles 3" x 4"

Spires 180 rectangles 2½" x 3½"

ConstructionRefer to pages 7–14 and construct 36 New York

Beauty blocks.

Following the diagram, assemble the quilt top.

Square the top, baste the layers, quilt, and bind.

Assembly Diagram

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To be sure that the split seams stay straight in this block, cut the background and pie shapes precisely.

DO NOT leave the extra fabric allowance (your “personal measurement”—see page 8) when cutting.

Also, use the traditional method of pinning HEAVILY to set in the pie and background shapes.

29" x 29". Made by Barbara Smith, Hightstown, New Jersey; quilted by Sarah L. Hahn, Manalapan, New Jersey.

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Autumn in the Adirondacks

SuppliesMake 16 copies of the arc foundation pattern on page

22 to yield 16 arc foundations.

Use the split pie and split background patterns on page

65; make 16 copies.

Make 16 copies of the spire strip foundation pattern

on page 67 to yield 16 spire strips.

Make 1 copy of the Skewed Square-in-a-Square block

pattern on page 64 to yield 4 corner blocks.

For the Blocks

Split Backgrounds 1½ yards each of

2 diff erent fabrics

Split Pie Strips ¼ yard each of

2 diff erent fabrics

Background Spires 1 yard

Spires 1 yard

For the Spire Strip

Background Spires 1 yard

Spires 1 yard

Corner Blocks

Center Squares ⅛ yard

Skewed Pieces ⅛ yard

CuttingFor the Block

Background 2 strips 5" wide of each of the

2 background fabrics

Pie Shapes 2 strips 3" wide of each of the

2 pie fabrics

Background Spires 88 rectangles 3" x 4"

Spires 80 rectangles 3" x 4"

ConstructionCreating the Split Background

Remember to heavily starch your fabrics prior to beginning.

Cut two 5" strips of each of the 2 background fabrics. Stitch

them together using a ¼" seam allowance. Press the seam

toward the darker fabric or you can press the seam open.

Place the 45-degree line of the template directly on the

seam line and cut out the background shape.

Creating the Split Pie

Remember to heavily starch your fabrics prior to beginning.

Cut two 3" strips of each of the pie fabrics. Stitch them

together using a ¼" seam allowance. Press the seam

towards the darker fabric or you can press the seam open.

Place the 45-degree line of the template directly on the

seam line and cut out the pie shape.

Making the Block

Refer to pages 7–14 to piece the arc foundations and spire

strips.

Fold the arc foundation and the pie and background shapes

in half to fi nd their centers. Pin the pie or background

shape to the arc foundation in the center.


Th is project is another stash quilt—an exercise in using up what you have available—

so I am only giving you cutting requirements for the blocks, no yardage.

34" x 42". Made by Rebecca Szabo, Howell, New Jersey; quilted by the author.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS - American Quilter · fabric, right side against the previous fabric. Remember to overlap the crease by approximately ¼". Th e arc foundation paper should be aligned