OTHER TOOLS & SUPPLIES
1-1/2 yds quilt batting (58” wide)
Rotary Cutter, Mat, Rulers, Straight Pins, Sewing machine, and threads to match your fabrics
CUTTING
Fabric A
NOTES
All seams are sewn with a 1/4” seam allowance. Please wash, dry & iron your fabric before beginning, and trim selvages.
WOF = Width of Fabric. Press seams open as you go.
Cut (1) 8-1/2” x WOF strip - sub-cut (4) 8-1/2” squares (Piece 1)
Cut (1) 4-3/4” x WOF strip - sub-cut (4) 4-3/4” squares (Outer Border Cornerstones)
Fabric B
Cut (1) 8-1/2” x WOF strip - sub-cut (3) 8-1/2” squares (Piece 3)
Fabric C
Cut (4) 4-3/4” x WOF strips - join end-to-end and sub-cut (2) 4-3/4” x 35-1/2” strips (Outer Border Sides)
Fabric D
Cut (5) 1-1/2” x WOF strips
sub-cut (1) strip into (12) 1-1/2” squares (Sashing Cornerstones)
Use the remaining (4) strips for the Sashing
Fabric E
Cut (2) 4-1/2” x WOF strips (Sashing)
Fabric F
Cut (1) 8-1/2” x WOF strip - sub-cut (4) 8-1/2” squares (Piece 2) - sub-cut (4) 1-1/2” squares (Inner Border Corners)
Fabric G
Cut (2) 8-1/2” x WOF strips - sub-cut (5) 8-1/2” squares (Piece 4)
Fabric H
Cut (1) 8-1/2” x WOF strip - sub-cut (4) 8-1/2” squares (Piece 5)
Fabric I - Includes Binding
Cut (4) 1-1/2” x WOF strips (Sashing)
Cut (4) 1-1/2” x WOF strips - join end-to-end
sub-cut (2) 1-1/2” x 37-1/2” strips (Inner Border Top/Bottom)
sub-cut (2) 1-1/2” x 44-1/2” strips (Inner Border Sides)
Cut (1) 1-1/2” x WOF strip - sub-cut (8) 1-1/2” x 4-3/4” rectangles (Outer Cornerstone Frames)
Cut (6) 2-1/2” x WOF strips (Binding)
Backing
Cut (2) 48” x WOF rectangles.
1. Sew a Fabric I Sashing strip to either side of a Fabric E Sashing strip as shown.
2. Sew a Fabric D Sashing strip to each side of the E/I Sashing unit.
8-1/2”
1-1/2”
Make (31)
3. Cut the resulting Sashing unit into (31) 8-1/2” x 1-1/2” rectangles.
4. Sew a Fabric D Sashing Cornerstone to one end of a Sashing rectangle as shown. Repeat to make (12) such units.
Make (12)
5. Join (4) Sashing units from Step 4 end-to-end; sew a Sashing unit to the final Cornerstone. Repeat to make (4) Sashing rows.
Make (4)
1. Sew the 8-1/2” squares together in rows as illustrated on Page 1, with a Sashing unit inserted between each pair of squares.
2. Sew the rows together top-to-bottom, referring to the quilt illustration on Page 1, with a Sashing row between each pair of rows from Step 1.
BORDERS
1. Sew a 1-1/2” x 44-1/2” Fabric I strip to either side of the quilt center.
2. Sew a 1-1/2” Fabric F square to either end of each 1-1/2” x 37-1/2” Fabric I strip.
3. Sew the resulting Inner Border units to the top & bottom of the quilt center. The quilt center & borders should now measure 37-1/2” x 46-1/2”.
4. Sew a 1-1/2” x 4-3/4” Fabric I rectagle to either end of each 4-3/4” x 44-1/2” Fabric C strip.
Make (2)
5. Sew the resulting Outer Border units to either side of the quilt center.
6. Sew a 1-1/2” x 4-3/4” Fabric I rectangle to either end of each 4-3/4” x 35-1/2” Fabric C strip.
7. Sew a 4-3/4” Fabric A square to either end of the resulting units.
Make (2)
8. Sew the Outer Border units from Step 7 to the Top & Bottom of the quilt center, to complete it at 46” x 55”.
FINISHING
1. Sew the Backing rectangles together along the 48” edges.
2. Layer the quilt top, batting & backing together; baste andquilt as desired.
3. Bind the quilt with the Fabric I Binding strips.