I take no credit for this pattern, and have cited in the title
the woman from whom I received the pattern.
There that should take care of that business :)
I did not follow the number of fabrics that she used - I used a multicolored dark blue, swirly pale blue-green and teal.
When I ran out of the multicolored blue - I switched to purple as I wanted a large quilt (can't see doing little quilts when most everyone's beds are bigger these days.)
The above quilt is 10 x 11 blocks for a quilt measuring 105 x 115 inches roughly
The purple fabric came into play when I didn't have enough
of the multicolored blue and
I had already committed to the larger quilt.
It calls for a busy backing and I chose this one.
of the multicolored blue and
I had already committed to the larger quilt.
It calls for a busy backing and I chose this one.
Tutorial :)
Materials: This is a rough estimate as I didn't think I would be doing a tutorial
Fabric A - multicolored blue - 5 yards (remember I had to swap in the purple to complete the quilt) I would buy 8 yards if I was doing it again.
Fabric B - blue green swirly 4 yards - it was an older McKenna Ryan that I got out of a discount bin. I would get 5 yards if I was going to do it again.
Fabric C - teal it came out of my stash and I am guessing maybe 2.5 or 3 yards.
Backing - I had 10 yards and used just about all of it up.
Batting - A king size very FLAT batting - I used the cut off ends from other quilts that I had made. Warm and Natural or any 80/20 batting would be suitable.
Sashing - I used black on the front (2 inch strips) and lime green on the back (1.5 inch strips.) I really like the solid colors from Connecting Threads and bought 5 yards of each and have left overs - likely I used under 3 yards of each color. I used the lime green for a 2.5 binding
Prep work: Get ready to start cutting
From fabric A cut the following:
3.5 inch square - 110
5 inch square - 110
From fabric B cut the following
3.5 inch square - 110
6 1/4th inch square - 110
From fabric C cut the following
4 1/8th inch square - 110
8 inch square - 110
Backing cut 11 inch square - 110
Batting cut 11 inch square - 110
Draw an X on the back of all squares except the largest 11 inch backing square and the smallest 3.5 inch center square. Make a small snip in the center exactly on the line.
Draw an X and a cross on the batting squares.
Place a batting 11 inch square on the wrong side of a backing 11 inch square
See examples below for placement of X's and crosses
I used a children's washable felt marker to draw the X and then the cross on the batting squares.
You want the color to wash out, especially if you use a light color center square.
You want the color to wash out, especially if you use a light color center square.
This is what it will look like once it has been sewn all around the edges. I want you to see the placement of the squares, so I put it first.
1. Place a 3.5" A square right side up on the batting. Place it "square" (the tips of the center square touch the diagonal lines.)
- Place the 3.5 " B square right side down matching the center square. Be sure all points touch the diagonal lines.
- Stitch around the square 1/4" from the edge. Pivot at the drawn line and do not leave an opening.
- Cut only the top square exactly on the diagonal lines completely to the corners.
- Flip the triangles points out and finger press. The tips should touch the X lines drawn on the batting.
It should look like this when you are done :)
Below is showing how to snip the center so you can easily cut the X on your top fabric after sewing around the edges.
Stitch around the square 1/4" from the edge.
Cut only the top square exactly on the diagonal lines right into the corner as far as you can snip
Open the cut fabric to form the triangles.
4. Place a B 6 1/4 " square on the
previous square as follows and
stitch, cut and flip.
5. Place a C 8" square on the
previous square as follows
and Stitch, cut and flip.
You are done the block!!!!
It should look something like this - great job now on to the rest of your blocks :)
Finishing:
- Square up all the blocks to the same size 10" is good (I tried 10.5 and ran into some trouble I don't want you to have those worries) if you can square to 10.25 go for it - I can't do 1/4 inches. Remember all the points are blunted - maybe some a bit more than others but all it good.
- I used You Tube to learn how to do the joining of the blocks. Here is the link - she does a bang up job of teaching the method I used so why re-invent the wheel.
- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji8BLS2rNHA
