Cupid's Arrow - The Finish

 Hello Everyone

We have everything made so let's put it together!  The only things we need to cut will be the outer borders. Then of course you will need to decide on backing and binding. We'll complete here with just the top but I will post mine once it is quilted and I would encourage you to do the same. 

Below is an exploded assembly diagram.

Sew the 4 rows across starting and ending with a Checkerboard square.

1st Row:  Checkerboard Block, 'L' Block, Star, Heart, Star, Checkerboard Block

2nd Row: Checkerboard Block, Sar, 'O' Block, Star. Heart, Checkerboard Block

3rd Row: Checkerboard Block, Heart, Star, 'V' Block, Star, Checkerboard Block

4th Row: Checkerboard Block, Star, Heart, Star 'E' Blcok, Checkerboard Block

Next, measure the sides of your quilt. Sew a 1 1/2" wide by your length strip to each side.  In a perfect world, this measurement is 40 1/2". 

Take the remaining 8 Checkerboard blocks and sew them into rows of (4) each. Use the diagram for reference to insure they are in the correct order.

Sew a 1 1/2" wide x 40 1/2" strip to the top of each. Sew the small heart blocks to each end.  All the hearts are facing up so be sure to sew them correctly nto the Checkerboard Borders just made.

Sew these borders to the top and bottom. To help the seams nest, it is easy to spin some of the seams on the Checkerboard Blocks so that they match the center quilt rows.

Cut (4) strips from Background 2 1/2" x WOF.  Subcut from these strips (4) 2 1/2" x 12 1/2" and (6) 2 1/2" x 10 1/2" pieces.

The Arrow side borders are:  Arrow Block 2 1/2" x 10 1/2" Background, Arrow Block, 2 1/2" x 10 1/2" Background., Arrow Block. Make the borders, then sew in place. Press away from the border.

The Arrow top and bottom borders are 2 1/2" x 12 1/2" Background, Arrow, 2 1/2" x 10 1/2", Arrow, 2 1/2" x 12 1/2". Sew in place then press away from the border.

Outside Border:

Background:    Cut (6) 2 1/2" x WOF

Sew (3) strips together on a 45 degree angle. Measure the sides of yor top and cut the border pieces from the strips et. Sew in place and press out to the border. 

Repeat for the top and bottom borders.

In a perfect world, the side borders would measure 54 1/2" and the top/bottom borders would measure 58 1/2".

You are finished! Layer, quilt and bind as desired. I am quilting mine with a swirl pattern and adding a pink and white flanged border. I will cover flanged machine binding in another blog so stay tuned.

Thanks for dsewing along!

Sue