Other Tools & Supplies
- 1-1/3 yds quilt batting (58” wide)
- rotary cutter & mat
- tape measure & ruler
- sewing machine & coordinating thread
- straight pins Notes
- Please wash, dry & press your fabric before beginning, and trim your selvages.
- Sew all seams with an accurate 1/4” allowance.
- WOF = Width of Fabric, from selvage to selvage (42”) or 20” for Fat Quarters.
- LOF = Length of Fabric, parallel to the selvage (18“ for Fat Quarters)
- Press seams open as you go.
- Each finished block is 8” square.
- To avoid confusion, place pieces for each block together as you cut and label each block as it is completed.
Fabric A (Block A)
- cut (2) 5” x WOF strips - sub-cut (5) 5” squares
Fabric B (Blocks B & C)
- cut (3) 5” x WOF strips - sub-cut (10) 5” squares
Fabric C (Blocks D & E)
- cut (2) 5” x WOF strips - sub-cut (5) 5” squares
Fabric D (All Blocks)
- cut (1) 5” x WOF strip - sub-cut (20) 1” x 5” rectangles
- cut (1) 5-1/2” x WOF strips - sub-cut (20) 1” x 5-1/2” rectangles
Fabric E (Blocks A & E)
- cut (1) 5-1/2” x WOF strip - sub-cut (6) 5-1/2” x 1-1/2” rectangles
- cut (1) 6-1/2” x WOF strip - sub-cut (6) 6-1/2” x 1-1/2” rectangles
Fabric F (All Blocks)
- cut (2) 6-1/2” x WOF strips - sub-cut (40) 6-1/2” x 1” rectangles
Fabric G (Blocks A & C)
- cut (2) 6-1/2” x WOF strips - sub-cut (20) 6-1/2” x 2” rectangles
Fabric H (All Blocks)
- cut (3) 2-1/2” x WOF strips - sub-cut (20) 2-1/2” squares
Fabric I (Blocks B, C & D)
- cut (1) 5-1/2” x WOF strip & (1) 1-1/2” x WOF strip - sub-cut (14)
5-1/2” x 1-1/2” rectangles
- cut (1) 6-1/2” x WOF strip & (1) 1-1/2” x WOF strip - sub-cut (14)
6-1/2” x 1-1/2” rectangles
Fabric J (Blocks B, D & E)
- cut (2) 6-1/2” x WOF strips - sub-cut (20) 6-1/2” x 2” rectangles
Fabric K - Inner Border
- cut (4) 1-1/2” x WOF strips - sub-cut (2) 1-1/2” x 40-1/2” strips (Sides) & (2) 1-1/2” x 34-1/2” strips (Top/Bottom)
Fabric L - Middle Border
- cut (5) 2-1/2” x WOF strips - join end-to-end
- sub-cut (2) 2-1/2“ x 42-1/2” strips (Sides) & (2) 2-1/2” x 38-1/2” strips (Top/Bottom)
Fabric M - Outer Border
- cut (4) 3-1/4” x LOF strips - sub-cut (2) 3-1/4“ x 46-1/2” strips (Sides) & (2) 3-1/4” x 42” strips (Top/Bottom)
Fabric N - Binding
- cut (6) 2-1/2” x WOF strips - join end-to-end
Note - Grey letters indicate which fabric is used for each piece.
Fabrics D, F and H are used in the same way in all blocks.
Block A
1. Sew a 1” x 5” Fabric D rectangle to the bottom of a 5” Fabric A square.
2. Sew a 1” x 5-1/2” Fabric D rectangle to the right-hand side of the unit you just created, to make a 5-1/2” square unit.
3. Sew a 1-1/2” x 5-1/2” Fabric E rectangle to the bottom of the unit, followed by a 1-1/2” x 6” Fabric E rectangle on the right-hand side, to make a 6-1/2” square unit.
4. Sew a 1” x 6-1/2” Fabric F rectangle to the top of a 6-1/2” x 2” Fabric G rectangle to make a 2” x 6-1/2” unit. Make (2)
5. Sew (1) F-G unit to the bottom of your 6-1/2” square unit.
6. Sew a 2-1/2” Fabric H square to the left-hand side of your remaining F-G unit. Sew this F-G-H unit to the right-hand side of the unit from Step 5, to finish Block A at 8-1/2” square.
Make (5) of Block A and set them aside.
Blocks B - E are made in the same way as Block A, with the following fabric substitutions:
Block B - make (5)
Step 1 - Fabric A replaced by Fabric B
Step 3 - Fabric E replaced by Fabric I
Step 4 - Fabric G replaced by Fabric J
Block C - make (5)
Step 1 - Fabric A replaced by Fabric B
Step 3 - Fabric E eplaced by Fabric I
Block D - make (4)
Step 1 - Fabric A replaced by Fabric C
Step 3 - Fabric E replaced by Fabric I
Step 4 - Fabric G replaced by Fabric J
Block E - make (1)
Step 1 - Fabric A replaced by Fabric C
Step 4 - Fabric G - replaced by Fabric J
COMPLETING THE QUILT CENTER
Referring to the Assembly Layout on the following page, sew (5) blocks together to make each column, then sew the columns together to finish the center at 32-1/2” x 40-1/2”.
The circled letters indicate which Block is used in each spot.
Note: take care to rotate the blocks as shown in the Layout.
ADDING THE BORDERS
1. Sew the Inner Border 1-1/2” Side strips to the left- and right-hand sides of the quilt, then add the Top & Bottom 1-1/2” strips.
2. Sew the Middle Border 2-1/2” Side strips to the left- and right-hand sides of the quilt, then add the Top & Bottom 2-1/2” strips.
3. Sew the Outer Border 3-1/4” Side strips to the left- and right-hand sides of the quilt, then add the Top & Bottom 3-1/4” strips.
This finishes the quilt top at 42” x 52”. Baste, quilt and bind the quilt as desired, using the 2-1/2” Binding strips. E A B C D A B C C D A B B C D A A B C D