The Quilter Updates & Corrections

March 2010
Strawberries 'n Cream (page 14)
Under the ordering information: The telephone number and website were inadvertently omitted. For phone orders, call (603) 880-2021 or at www.marianneelizabeth.com.

Holiday 2009
Home for the Holidays (page 60)
In the Quilt Assembly and Finishing
1. Sashing units. Stitch a 2½" red tonal square to each end of a 2½" x 14½" red large floral strip. Repeat to make a second short sashing unit. Sew three 2½" x 14½" red large floral strips alternately together with four 2½" red tonal squares. Repeat to make a second long sashing unit. Stitch the remaining 2½" x 14½" red large floral strips to each of two opposite sides of each Block A.

2. Referring to the Quilt Center Diagrams and noting placement, stitch Blocks A and B together with the setting sections in diagonal rows. Sew the rows together with the long and short sashing units, then attach the corner sections as shown. Trim to measure 46" x 46", making sure to leave a ¼" seam allowance beyond all seam intersections.

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Quilt Center Diagram		Quilt Layout Diagram

July 2009
Antebellum Star (page 52)
Under the cutting directions for the brown paisley fabric, cut: Seven 2-½" x 42" strips (not 2" x 42" strips); recut into twenty 2-½" squares and forty-eight 2-½" x 42" pieces. If you have already cut these strips at 2" wide, and have purchased 4 yds. of fabric, you should have enough fabric scraps left over to cut all your squares and rectangles.

May 2009
Simple Pleasures (page 49)
In the materials list, the sku numbers for the green small floral and green large floral fabrics were reversed. The green small floral is No. 89062-736 and the green large floral is No. 89061-736.

Also, under the Cutting Directions for the green large floral, cut one 24" x 42" strip (not one 22-½" x 42" strip); then cut one 22-½" square and two 11-½" squares (not one 11-½" square). If you have already cut a 22-½" strip, you can cut one 22-½" square and one 16-½" square, then cut the 16-½" square diagonally in half twice for your corner triangles. If you have cut all your strips, you may need to purchase ⅜ of a yard extra of the green large floral.

September 2008
Tapestry Rose (page 36)
On page 36, under the Cutting Directions for the green tonal fabric, the following information was omitted: Cut two 4-¼" x 42" strips; recut into ten 4-¼" squares, then cut diagonally in half twice. Increase the yardage for the green tonal fabric from 1-¼ yds. to 1-½ yds.

March 2008
Jewel of the Night (page 56)
The Cutting Directions on page 57 for Jewel of the Night contained a typographical error. Under the large leaf print fabric, cut: Two 18-¼" x 42" strips; recut into three 18-¼" squares. (not 18-½" squares). Also, under step 1, third sentence, "press seams toward the green (not blue) fabric to yield two half-square triangle units."

July 2007
Garden Patch (page 25).
Due to a printer error, page 25 is missing and page 26 was printed twice. Page 25 consisted of a photo of the project, which also appears in a different shot on the cover. The directions are complete and there is nothing missing from the text.
To see a larger version of the missing photo, click here.

Winsome (page 63)
Under the Cutting Directions for the large pink/beige floral fabric, cut: Four 7-⅝ " (not 6-⅝ ") x 42" strips; recut into eighteen 7-⅝ " (not 6-⅝ ") squares (Note: If you have already cut your fabric, trim Blocks B and C to measure 10" square from raw edge to raw edge. Finished blocks will measure 9-½" square instead of 10" square.)

March 2007
Orient Express (page 66).
On Diagram 4, the segment size was mislabeled. The correct width is 2" wide, as stated in the directions on page 65, not 2-½" wide as stated on the diagram.

Royal Stars (page 62).
The pattern for Piece A was omitted from the pattern section.
Click here for pattern in PDF format .

Peppermint & Holly Berries (page 67)
Under the Cutting Directions, From the tan swirl fabric, cut: Three (not two) 13" x 42" strips. Increase yardage to 1-⅝ yds. from 1-¼ yds.

Gingerbread Houses (page 87). Under Cutting Directions, From the border stripe fabric, fussy cut: Four (not one) 9-⅛" x 18-½" piece (for setting triangles).

March 2006
Rainbow Log Cabin (page 85) Under the Cutting directions for the yellow, green, blue, purple, red, and orange fabrics, cut three (not one) 1-¾" x 4" pieces from the first set of eight strips and one (not three) 1-¾" x 42" pieces from the second set of eight strips for the border pieces. Cut an additional twelve 1-¾" x 4" pieces from the remaining scraps.

Out of Africa (page 95). In step 9, add 22 rust/black segments to the number of 8-¼" wide sgements to be cut for the border.

January 2006
In the Pattern Power ad for Suzanne Sievers on page 96, the phone number should read 1-800-736-2578.

Burgoyne’s Surrender (page 20) Under the Cutting directions: From the light red floral check fabric, cut: Fourteen (not twelve) 2-¼" x 42" strips; recut four strips into forty-eight 2-¼" squares (not two strips into twenty-four 2-¼" squares). Increase the yardage in the Materials list to 1 yd. Also, From the light blue floral check fabric, cut: Twenty (not eighteen) 2-¼" x 42" strips; recut four strips into forty-eight 2¼" squares (not two strips into twenty-four 2-¼" squares). Increase yardage to 1⅓ yds.

Flaming Star (page 24) Under the Cutting directions: From the dark green dot fabric, cut: Two 3-½" (not 3") x 42" strips; recut into eight 3-½" (not 3") x 7-½" pieces.

Bonnie Blue (page 68) Omitted under the Cutting directions: From the beige print fabric, cut: Four 4-7⁄8" squares. Also: From the green tonal and beige tonal fabrics, cut: Eight 3-5⁄8" x 9" pieces (not sixteen). Cut four (not eight) diagonally in half from upper left to lower right, and four (not eight) diagonally in half from upper right to lower left.

March 2005
Under the Materials List for Hydrandea Clusters on page 76, the yardage for the plum blossom print should be 2-¾ yards., not ¾ yds. and the yardage for the periwinkle hydrangea print should be 4-¼ yds., not 2-¼ yds.

January 2005
Under the Directions on pages 20, 31, 35, 39, 59 and 62: Note: Sew all pieces with right sides together (not wrong sides together) and raw edges even using matching thread.

Holiday 2004 — Quilting for Christmas
Holiday Squares (page 12)
Under From the third red print fabric (C), cut: Three 2-⅝ " x 40 strips (not two); recut into forty 2-⅝ " squares (not twenty)

HoHo! (page 70)
Under From the cream word print fabric, cut: Six 6-⅝ " squares (not 6" squares). If you have already cut these squares, you can trim the red block centers down to 8" square instead of 8-½" square.

Pearl Louise's Cinnamon Sugar Scones (page 50)
In the ingredients list, add one egg to the ingredients listed. (Scones can be made without the egg, but the dough will be a little dry.)

November 2004
Floral pinwheels (page 28) Under the Cutting Directions: From both the yellow print and dark pink print fabrics, cut six 7-¼" squares (not three); cut diagonally in half twice. Increase the yardages for these fabrics from ⅜ yd. to ⅝ yd.

JULY 2004
Temple Flowers (page 48) Under the Cutting Directions, it should read From the blue check fabric, cut: Twelve 6-½" x 18-½" strips, NOT twelve 6-½" x 18" strips. If you have already cut these strips, they can be lengthened by cutting and sewing a 1" x 6-½" strip of the same fabric to one end of each strip, carefully matching the design. Or you can cut and sew a ¾" x 6-½" piece of contrasting fabric to each end of each strip to create a scrappy look.

Vanity Fair (page 62) The exploded view for the Block A Diagram is incorrect. The lower left unit is incorrectly turned. Please refer to the finished block diagram for the correct orientation.

MAY 2003
Garden Walk (page 36) An incorrect measurement was given for cutting the side setting triangles. Increase the yardage for the large floral fabric to ⅜ yd., then under the Cutting Directions, cut four 9-⅛" squares diagonally in half twice, not four 6-¾" squares. In addition, from the floral stripe fabric, be sure to fussy cut the sixty 2-⅛" x 3-¼" pieces so that the floral design is centered.

MARCH 2003
Glorious Grapes (page 45) Please note: Paper piecing pattern in the pullout section was NOT printed in reverse--if paper piecing, please reverse the pattern.

Hard Candy (page 53) In the Materials list, increase the yardage for the white fabric from ½ yd. to ⅞ yd.

Ship's Compass Crib Quilt (page 79) Under Cutting Directions for blue star print fabric, the first few lines should read: '"From the blue star print fabric, cut: 2 and 2 reverse of Piece A, 6 and 6 reverse of Piece D."
Please omit: "From the blue star print fabric, cut 2 and 2 reverse: 4 of Piece A, 6 of Piece D"

QUILTING FOR CHRISTMAS 2003
Holiday Elegance (page 9) The following was omitted from the Cutting Directions for the burgundy scroll fabric: "Fourteen 1-½" x 4-½" pieces (for pieced border)". The pieces are shown correctly placed in the Quilt Layout Diagram.

MAY 2002
High Tea (page 95) The Materials list should have called for ½ yard of large blue floral fabric, not ⅓ yd.

Heritage Schoolhouse A reverse template for the paper piecing pattern is available in the September 2002 issue.

Down the Garden Path Revised pattern for Piece 1. A revised pattern will be printed in the July 2002 pattern pullout section or download the revised pattern.

MARCH 2002
Patriotic Banners (page 82) Step 2 of the Many Roads to the White House block directions should read "cut sixteen 3" squares" not sixteen 5-½" squares as printed.

QUILTING FOR CHRISTMAS 2002
Chains of Hope (page 20) The quilt layout diagram should have six horizontal rows with four blocks in each row for a total of 24 blocks, not six rows with five blocks in each row as shown. The text is correct; the diagram is wrong. You can refer to the photo or download the revised diagram.

NOVEMBER 2001
Crystal Dawn In the Materials list on page 61, 2-½ yds. of raspberry swirl fabric are needed, not 2 yds. as printed. On page 62, the middle illustration in the right hand column of Diagram 7 should illustrate a yellow rectangle with red and blue corners, not a red rectangle with yellow and blue corners.

SEPTEMBER 2001
Japanese Lanterns (page 21) Under the Cutting Directions, the measurements for Piece B to be cut from the black tonal fabric should read 1-⅞" x 3-⅜" not 3-⅝ " as printed.