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Aunt Gracie's Garden
An interlocking circle pattern emerges when combining 54-40 or Fight blocks and
Shoo Fly blocks. Adorn the borders with appliqué before or after
attaching them to the quilt center.
Size: 85" × 103"
Blocks: 63 (9") blocks
Materials
16 fat quarters* assorted 1930s
prints
7 yards white solid
2 yards green print for border
and binding
Assorted print and solid fat quarters*
for applique
12 yards green rickrack
Tri-Recs™ Tools (optional)
Fons & Porter Half & Quarter Ruler
(optional)
Paper-backed fusible web
77⁄8 yards backing fabric
Queen-size quilt batting
*fat quarter = 18" × 20"
Quilt by Cynthia LeBlanc Regone.
Machine quilted by Jane Plisga.
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Cutting
Note: If not using Fons & Porter Half
Measurements include ¼" seam
allowances. Patterns for C and D
triangles are on page 5. Patterns for
appliqué shapes are on pages 5-7.
Follow manufacturer's instructions
for using fusible web.
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Use the Tri-Recs™ Tools to make
quick work of cutting C and D
triangles. —Marianne
From fat quarters, cut a total of:
• 32 (2"-wide) strips for strip sets.
• 47 (3½"-wide) strips. From strips,
cut 63 (3½") A squares, 124 halfsquare B triangles, and 128 C
triangles.
Note: If not using Fons & Porter Half
& Quarter Ruler to cut B triangles, cut:
• 16 (37⁄8"-wide) strips. From strips,
cut 62 (37⁄8") squares. Cut squares
in half diagonally to make 124
half-square B triangles.
& Quarter Ruler to cut B triangles, cut:
• 7 (37⁄8"-wide) strips. From strips,
cut 62 (37⁄8") squares. Cut squares
in half diagonally to make 124
half-square B triangles.
• 22 (3½"-wide) strips. From strips,
cut 124 (3½") A squares, 128
D triangles, and 128 D triangles
reversed.
From remainder of white solid,
cut:
• 4 (8½"-wide) lengthwise strips.
From strips, cut 2 (8½" × 108")
side border strips and 2
(8½" × 90") top and bottom
border strips.
• 12 Small Flowers.
• 12 Small Flower Centers.
• 4 Large Leaves and 4 Large Leaves
reversed.
• 34 Small Leaves and 34 Small
leaves reversed.
54-40 or fight
block Assembly
1. Join 1 print C triangle, 1 white
D triangle, and 1 white D triangle
reversed as shown in Star Point
Unit Diagrams. Make 128 Star
Point Units.
From green print, cut:
• 11 (2¼"-wide) strips for binding.
• 20 (2"-wide) strips. Piece strips to
make 4 (2" × 108") side border
strips and 4 (2" × 90") top and
bottom border strips.
From solid fabrics and remainders
C
D
Star Point Unit Diagrams
Star Point Unit Diagrams
2. Join 1 print strip and 1 white
strip as shown in Strip Set
Diagram. Make 32 strip sets. From
strip sets, cut 256 (2"-wide)
segments.
2"
of prints, cut:
C
• 2 Birds
2 Birds reversed.
D andDr
• 2 Bird Wings and 2 Bird Wings
cut 63 (3½") A squares and 128
reversed.
Star
Point Unit Diagrams
C triangles.
• 4 Butterfly Bodies and 4 Butterfly
From white solid, cut:
Bodies reversed.
• 16 (2"-wide) strips. Cut strips in
• 4 Large Butterfly Wings and 4
half to make 32 (2" × 20") strips
Large Butterfly Wings reversed.
for strip sets.
• 4 Medium Butterfly Wings and 4
• 29 (3½"-wide) strips. From strips,
Medium Butterfly Wings reversed.
cut 124 (3½") A squares, 124 half• 4 Small Butterfly Wings and 4
square B triangles, 128 D triangles, 2"
A
C
Small Butterfly
Wings reversed.
D and 128
Dr D triangles reversed.
• 4 Large Flowers.
• 4 Large Flower Centers.
Star Point Unit Diagrams
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• 12 Medium Flowers.
Stack strips with wrong sides
Fight
Assembly
Diagram
• 12Block
Medium
Flower Centers.
• 28 (3½"-wide) strips. From strips,
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facing to cut D and D reversed
triangles at the same time. —Liz
Dr
A
Strip
SetSet
Diagram
Strip
Diagram
Fight
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3.
Referring
Four Patch Diagram
Unit
Diagrams, join 2 segments to make
1 Four Patch Unit. Make 128
Four Patch Units.
A
Four Patch Unit Diagrams
Four Patch Unit Diagrams
Fight Block Diagram
Strip Set Diagram
Shoo Fly Block
Assembly Diagram
A
B
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Fight Block Assembly Diagram
Fight Block Diagram
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A
C
4. Lay out 4 Star Point Units, 4 Four
D
Dr
Patch Units, and 1 print A square
as Star
shown
in 54-40
Fight Block
Point
UnitorDiagrams
Assembly Diagram. Join into rows;
Fight Block Assembly Diagram
join rows to complete 1 block
(54-40 or Fight Block Diagram).
Make 32 54-40 or Fight blocks.
2"
B
2"
A
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Extra
Triangle-Square
Diagrams
A
Fight Block Diagram
Strip Set Diagram
Shoo Fly Block Assembly Diagram
Shoo Fly Block
Assembly Diagram
Four on
Patch
Unit Diagrams
For instructions
mitering
borders, visit our Web site at:
www.FonsandPorter.com/mborders.
Shoo Fly Block
Diagram
B
A
s
B
Four Patch Unit Diagrams
Triangle-Square Diagrams
Strip Set Diagram
Fight
54-40 or Fight
Shoo
Fly Block
Block
Assembly
Diagram
Block
Assembly
Diagram
Assembly Diagram
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Shoo Fly Block Diagram
FightFly
Block
Diagram
Shoo
Block
Diagram
Quilt Assembly
1. Lay out blocks as shown in Quilt
B
Top Assembly
Diagram on page 4.
B
Join blocks into rows; join rows to
A
complete quilt center.
Triangle-Square Diagrams
2. Join 2 green print side border
54-40 or Fight
strips and 1 white side border
FightBlock
Block
Diagram
Diagram
strip to make 1 side border. Make
2 side borders.
shoo
fly
block
Four
Patch
Unit Diagrams 3. In the same manner, make
Shoo Fly Block
Shoo Fly Block
Assembly
top and bottom
borders using
Diagram
Assembly
Diagram
1. Join 1 print
B triangle
and 1
remaining green print and white
white B triangle as shown in
border strips.
Triangle-Square Diagrams. Make
124 triangle-squares.
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5. Referring to photo on page
1, arrange appliqué pieces and
rickrack atop quilt border.
6. Stitch rickrack in place through
center of rickrack using matching
thread. Stitch appliqué pieces
using a blanket stitch and
matching thread.
7. Stitch embroidery details—
antennae on butterflies and eyes
on birds.
Finishing
1. Divide backing into 3 (25⁄8-yard)
Quilting Diagram
lengths. Join panels lengthwise.
Seams will run horizontally.
2. Layer backing, batting, and quilt
If you wish to appliqué borders
top; baste. Quilt as desired. Quilt
before joining them to quilt,
arrange pieces atop borders,
shown was quilted in the ditch,
leaving corner appliqué pieces
outline quilted in the blocks,
unstitched. After adding borders
and echo quilted in the borders
to quilt, complete appliqué in
Quilting Diagram
(Quilting Diagram on page 4).
corners. —Liz
3. Join 2¼"-wide green print
strips into 1 continuous piece
4. Add borders to quilt center,
for straight-grain French-fold
mitering corners.
binding. Add binding to quilt. 
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B
B
Shoo Fly Block
Triangle-Square Diagrams
Triangle-Square
Diagram Diagrams
2. Lay out 4 triangle-squares,
4 white A squares, and 1 print A
square as shown in Shoo Fly Block
Assembly Diagram. Join into rows;
join rows to complete 1 block
(Shoo Fly Block Diagram). Make 31
Shoo Fly blocks.
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D
C
Dr
Four Patch Unit Diagrams
Star Point Unit Diagrams
Strip Set Diagram
B
B
A
Triangle-Square Diagrams
Fight Block Assembly Diagram
Fight Block Diagram
A
Shoo Fly Block
Assembly Diagram
Shoo Fly Block
Diagram
Quilt Top Assembly Diagram
Quilt Top Assembly Diagram
Quilting Diagram
Diagram
Quilting
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Small Flower
Small Flower
Center
C
Large Leaf
D
Small Leaf
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Large Flower
Large Flower
Center
Medium Flower
Medium
Butterfly
Wing
Medium Flower
Center
Large
Butterfly
Wing
Small
Butterfly
Wing
Butterfly Body
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Bird
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