Fandango Clams – Tutorial

Quilt measures 42″ x 42″

Finished Block Size 4″ x 4″

Step 1 –  Rotary cut from charm pack 84 ‘pies’ + 1 from ‘Pie Casing’ fabric

Pies and Pie Casing

Step 2 – Rotary Cut from Turquoise fabric 59 ‘Pie cases’ and from Blue Dot fabric 26 ‘Pie Cases’

Step 3 – Select 26 from ‘pies’ to accompany the blue dot ‘Pie Cases’. Sew them together using the Curve Master foot. Press the seam inward with wooden roller and then press on right side with dry iron.

Handy tools to use with the Curve Master

Blocks should measure 4 1/2″ finished. I use a roller and dry iron to press the seam. Try not to distort the block.

Step 4 – Match up the remaining ‘Pies’ to the Turquoise ‘Pie Cases’ and sew them together.

Step 5 – Lay the blocks out as per the diagram and then sew the rows diagonally.

Oops, three blocks are the wrong way. Can you see them? My four year old was doing some designing while I was sewing.

Press the adjoining block seams open and the rows to one side.

Step 6 – Trim the quilt edges back leaving a 1/4″ from the clam edges as shown below.

Step 7 –  Add the peeper border. Cut 4 x 1″ strips WOF. Press in half longways. Measure the quilt across and cut 2 peepers to that length. Sew them to the quilt and then measure again and attach the last 2 peeper borders.

I used a longer stitch and sewed 1/8 inch from edge

Step 8 – Cut 4 x 4 1/2″ strips from Turquoise fabric for borders. Measure and add borders.

Step 9 – Layer backing, wadding and quilt top, baste and quilt as desired.

Step 10 – Cut 5 x 2 1/4″ strips from WOF for binding. Add binding.

Step 11 – Label, photograph and give this quilt to someone you love.

This is a handy presser foot to have in your sewing machine kit as it makes sewing curved pieces so simple. It will attach to almost any domestic machine with the special shank adapters that come packaged with the foot. I like the foot as it allows you to slip the tip of curved tweezers into the groove in the foot to allow you to grab the two fabric layers right to the last stitch.

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