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Stephanie Kitchens at Hightower Stitching shares a quilting tutorial beautiful table topper with diagonal strips of color, yards of complimentary trim, and a border based on Seminole piecing. Two parts: center rectangle, Seminole piecing technique.

Source:
Love of Quilting, Spring, 2025, p. 52

Time Codes:
00:00 Introduction
01:31 1" trim strips WOF
03:26 Part 1: Center rectangle
08:35 Cutting Center to 31 1/2 x 14 1/2" (need to butt two rulers to go across)
(line up 4 x 9" w top of strip)
11:50 Add trim to ends
12:37 Adding my extra border
13:15 Part 2: Bands for Seminole piecing
15:34 Cutting 2 sections
16:04 Sample of patches to join
19:18 Sampe Seminole pieced for short side 15 1/2"
23:49 Magazine diagram for adding trim

Notes:
1. White 1 1/8 yards x
4 - 4 1/2 & 21 1/8" for center
8 - 2" by WOF for bands border
4 - 2" squares cut diagonally for Seminole pieced borders
2. 1 in. trim 7/8 yard fabric, cut WOF 1" strips (16)
3. 4 prints for diagonal strips & border print squares-1/2 yards approx.
WOF, 2" wide from 4 prints

4. backing 3/4 yards
A. Short sides of center Seminole piecing- 15 1/2" length (7 units needed)
B. Long sides of center Seminole piecing- 36 1/2" length (17 units needed)



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