Featurng fabrics from English Garden by Jinny Beyer - RJR Fabrics

Designed by Jinny Beyer
Blue - Colorway 2
Taupe - Colorway 3
Slate - Colorway 4
Red - Colorway 1
All quilts are 56 1 /2" x 66 1 /2"
Featurng fabrics from English Garden by Jinny Beyer

English Garden
Designed by Jinny Beyer
Instructions by Helen Gregory
Skill Level: Intermediate
Finished Quilt: 56 1 /2” x 66 1 /2”
An original design by Jinny Beyer, English Garden consists
of twenty star blocks set in a four-by-five grid. A stunning
secondary design is created by the fabrics used for the
block corners (see the four-pointed stars with on-point
border print squares as centers).
Fabric Requirements
The block piecing can be accomplished successfully by
hand or machine. For quilters who prefer to rotary cut, rotary
cutting sizes are included on the templates for which rotary
cutting is appropriate.
Because this quilt is rectangular, to ensure perfectly matching
motifs in the border corners, the side border print strips
are seamed at the center. Jinny’s step-by-step instructions
for Framing a Rectagular Quilt with a Border Print are
included.
Fabric # Description Yardage
Colorway 1-Red Colorway 2-Blue Colorway 3-Taupe Colorway 4-Slate
Fabric Swatch Style # Fabric Swatch Style # Fabric Swatch Style # Fabric Swatch Style #
1 Center square 1/4 5819-3 5819-2 5819-3 5819-4
2 Light green texture 7/8* 5816-3 5816-3 5816-3 - -
2a* Pink texture 3/8* - - - - - - 5817-4
2b* Lavender texture 5/8* - - - - - - 5816-4
3 Shorter star points 1 5818-1 5818-21 5818-3 5818-1
4** Ivory texture 3/4 5817-31 5817-31 5817-31 5817-31
5*** Longer star points 1 3 /4 5798-1 5798-2 5798-3 5798-4
6 Floral background 1 5815-1 5815-2 5815-3 5815-4
7 Border stripe 3 1 /4 5814-1 5814-2 5814-3 5814-4
8 Binding 5/8 5818-1 5819-2 5818-3 5818-1
*Fabrics 2a & 2b replace Fabric 2 in Quilt 4—Slate.
**Fabric 4 is also the suggested backing fabric. You will need an additional 3 3 /4 yards of 40”-wide fabric for backing this quilt (2 panels pieced widthwise).
***Fabric 5 is also used for the middle border. Cut the middle border strips before cutting F and FR from this fabric.

Making the Templates
Place semi-transparent template plastic over the pattern
and, using a permanent marker, trace the pattern piece onto
the plastic. Add the template letter and the arrow indicating
the grain line.
Cutting the Borders
When cutting strips from the border print, take care to leave
exactly 1 /4" seam allowance beyond the outside edge of
each stripe. From the wide stripe of the border print fabric,
cut two strips 5 1 /4" x 74" (reserve for outer border top and
bottom), and four strips 5 1 /4" x 50" (reserve for outer border
sides). From the narrow stripe, cut two strips 1 3 /4" x 48"
(inner border top and bottom) and four strips 1 3 /4" x 32"
(inner border sides). Note: The border print strip lengths
include allowance for centering motifs as in the featured
design. From Fabric 5, cut lengthwise strips as follows. Cut
two strips 2 3 /4" x 62" (middle border sides) and two strips
2 3 /4" x 52" (middle border top and bottom).
Cutting H from Border Print Fabrics
After cutting the border strips, use the remainder of the
border print yardage to cut 80 H as described and
illustrated. Using a right angle triangle, draw a line down
through the middle of plastic Template H. Place plastic H on
selected mirror-imaged motif in the narrow stripe of the
border print fabric, making sure that a stripe from the fabric
falls just inside the sewing line on the long side of the
template. With the template in place on the fabric, trace a
portion of the design directly onto the template. As you
move the template to cut the remaining pieces, use this
mark as a guide for lining up the template. Carefully draw
around the template and cut out the piece. Cut 80 identical
H triangles; reserve for the block corners.
Cutting the Block Fabrics
Cut the block fabrics according to the quantities indicated on the templates.
Piecing the Blocks
Step-by-step piecing diagrams are shown below. Following are specific diagrams for each colorway.
1. Sew four Template B triangles (Fabric 2) to a Template A
square (Fabric 1) as shown to make the block center.
3. Add Template E triangles (Fabric 4).
E
E
B
A
Make 80
2. Stitch a Template C piece (Fabric 3) to a Template D
triangle (Fabric 2), stopping 1 /4" from inner corner. Set-in
a Template CR piece (Fabric 3).
D
Make 20
4. Stitch Template F and FR triangles (Fabric 5) to a
Template G triangle (Fabric 6).
G
C
CR
F
FR
Make 80 Make 20

5. Piece the block as shown, adding the fussy-cut Template H triangles (Fabric 7) to the corners.
Make 20
Colorway 1 – Red
Colorway 2 – Blue
Make 20
Make 80 Make 80 Make 80 Make 20
Make 80 Make 80 Make 80
Make 20
Make 20
Colorway 3 – Taupe
Colorway 4 – Slate
Make 20
Make 80 Make 80 Make 80
Make 20
Make 80 Make 80 Make 80
Make 20
Make 20

Assembling the Quilt Center
Refer to the quilt image as a guide. Sew five rows of four blocks and sew the rows together.
Jinny’s Method for Framing a Rectangular Quilt with a Border Print
Because English Garden is rectangular, the side border print
strips must be pieced to ensure perfectly matching motifs in
the border corners, as on the featured quilt. Here are Jinny’s
step-by-step instructions for cutting and piecing the strips.
1. Place one 1 3 /4" x 48" inner border strip across the middle
of the quilt, centering a mirror-image motif from the
border print at the exact center of the quilt (Figure 1).
Use a right-angle, 45° triangle to mark miter along one
end of the strip, positioning triangle at edge of quilt as
indicated (see arrow in diagram) to ensure that the seam
allowance is included. Mark, then cut the miter.
2. Carefully pick up the mitered edge of the border strip
and bring it over to the other end of the border strip at
the opposite side of the quilt. Position it at the precise
point where the miter will be, making sure the fabric
design matches. Cut the second miter.
3. Using this first mitered strip as a pattern, place it on the
remaining 48" inner border strip, matching the design
exactly, and cut an identical strip. Reserve these two
strips for the top and bottom inner borders.
Figure 1 – Cut Top & Bottom Inner Border Strips

4. Because this quilt is rectangular, to ensure that the motifs
will match at the corners, it is necessary to sew a seam
in the center of each side border strip as follows. Place
one of the cut top/bottom inner border strips on one of
the border print 1 3 /4" x 32" strips, matching the fabric
design. Cut one miter to match the miter on the cut strip.
Place the newly cut strip along the length of the quilt
through the center of the quilt with the miter at the edge
of the quilt (Figure 2). Bring the strip to the exact center
of the quilt and cut it off 1 /4" beyond the center.
Cutting line
Sewing line
Figure 2 – Cut Mirror-Image Half Strips for Inner Border Sides

5. Using this cut strip as a guide, cut one more piece identical to it and two strips that are the exact mirror
images of the first piece. Sew two mirror-imaged strips together to form the long (side) borders (Figure 3).
6. To prepare to sew the inner border strips to the quilt, begin by pinning the midpoint of one of the strips to the
middle of one of the edges of the
quilt. Pin the corners next. Then find
the midpoint of each half and pin.
Continue finding midpoints and
pinning. Finally, ease in any fullness,
pinning carefully all along the edge.
Sew all four inner border strips to the
quilt. Sew the miters last.
7. Sew the middle border strips to all
four sides of the quilt and miter the
corners.
8. Repeat Steps 1-6 for the outer
border.
9. Layer the backing, batting, and quilt
top; baste. Quilt, bind, and finish as
desired.
Seam
Figure 3 – Piece Side Strips
Templates
(Shown at 100%, DO NOT scale when printing)
A
Cut 20 from Fabric 1
(or rotary cut 2 1 /2" squares)
B
Cut 80 from Fabric 2
Note: For Quilt 4, cut 80B from pink texture.
0 1" 2" 3"
Use this 3" scale to insure the accuracy of your printout.

Templates
(Shown at 100%, DO NOT scale when printing)
Note: For Quilt 4, cut 80D from lavender texture.
C/CR
(reverse)
Cut 80C and
80CR from
Fabric 3
D
Cut 80 from
Fabric 2
(or rotary cut
80 squares
2 7 /8" x 2 7 /8"
and cut once
diagonally)
E
Cut 160 from
Fabric 4
G
Cut 80 from Fabric 6
H
Cut 80 from
Fabric 7
F/FR (reverse)
Cut 80F and
80FR from
Fabric 5
0 1" 2" 3"
Use this 3" scale to insure the accuracy of your printout.