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12 The wide outer border is made up of twenty-eight nine-patch blocks, which are joined together with triangles. If the match between the sizes of the outer and inner borders is not exact, there is some scope for adjustment by changing the size of the inner border. For this reason it is a good idea not to add the inner border until after the outer border is made. Choose nine different fabrics and cut twenty-eight 1½in (3.8cm) squares from each (252 in total). Collect the squares into groups of nine, with all nine fabrics in each group. Sew the groups of nine squares into nine-patch blocks, so you have twenty-eight blocks, each 3½in (8.9cm) square to its raw edges – see Fig 1.

Fig 1 Nine-patch block

13 From the fabric chosen for the border triangles, cut twelve 5½in (14cm) squares. Cut each square across both diagonals to create forty-eight triangles in total. Sew these triangles to the nine-patch blocks to make the border (see Fig 2). Make separate border sections for the two sides, the two ends and the corners, as shown, and set aside.

Fig 2