Create this checkerboard-style design in cool tones of blue and cream
Designed and made by LYNNE GOLDSWORTHY
FAT QUARTER PROJECT
You will need
■ Dark blue prints – Five (5) FQs*
■ Light blue prints – Five (5) FQs*
■ Beige prints – Five (5) FQs*
■ Cream and light blue prints – Seven-eight (7-8) FQs
■ Background fabric – 2½yds
■ Binding fabric – ¾yd
■ Backing fabric – 4½yds
■ Batting – 79in x 79in
■ Templates – Seven (7) QST templates, Eight (8) small HST templates, Twelve (12) large HST templates
Finished size
■ Quilt: 71in x 71in
■ Blocks: 10in square
■ Friendship Star blocks: 6in square
Materials used
■ Fabrics: Bleu De France by French General for Moda mymodafabrics.com
■ Batting: Cotton Mix 279
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■ Threads: Aurifil 50wt for piecing and 40wt for quilting www.aurifil.com
■ Basting: Odif 505 spray www.odifusa.com
Notes
■ *You may wish to use more prints for more variety.
■ Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted.
■ Press after each seam.
■ Press seams open, unless otherwise instructed.
■ Press all fabrics well before cutting.
■ WOF = width of fabric – a strip of fabric cut from selvedge to selvedge, approx. 42in.
■ WOFQ = a strip of fabric cut from selvedge to centre cut edge, approx. 21in.
■ BKG = background.
■ HST(s) = half-square triangle(s).
Cutting out
1 From the dark blue prints, cut the following:
■ Twenty (20) 2½in x WOFQ strips, subcut into the following:
– Thirteen (13) strips into fifty-two (52) 2½in x 4½in lengths.
– Seven (7) strips into fifty-two (52) 2½in squares.
■ Seven (7) 7in squares.
2 From the light blue prints, cut the following:
■ Eight (8) 2½in x WOFQ strips, subcut into sixty-four (64) 2½in squares.
■ Three (3) 6¼in x WOFQ strips, subcut into eight (8) 6¼in squares.
■ Three (3) 7in x WOFQ strips, subcut into eight (8) 7in squares.
■ One (1) 7½in square.
3 From the beige fabrics, cut the following:
■ Six (6) 6¼in x WOFQ strips, subcut into twelve (12) 6¼in x 9¼in rectangles.
■ Eight (8) 2½in WOFQ strips, subcut into sixty (60) 2½in squares.
4 From the cream and light blue prints, cut forty-five (45) 2½in x WOFQ strips. Subcut into the following:
– Eleven (11) strips into thirty-two (32) 2½in x 6½in lengths.
– Eight (8) strips into sixteen (16) 2½in x 8½in lengths.
– Twenty-six (26) strips into fifty-two (52) 2½in x 10½in lengths.
5 From the background (BKG) fabric, cut the following:
■ Two (2) 7in x WOF strips, subcut into seven (7) 7in squares and two (2) 6¼in squares.
■ Eight (8) 2½in x WOF strips, cut into one-hundred-and-twenty-five (125) 2½in squares.
■ Four (4) 4⅞in x WOF strips, subcut into twenty-six (26) 4⅞in squares. Cut each square in half on the diagonal once to yield fifty-two (52) triangles.
■ Five (5) 6¼in x WOF strips, subcut into twelve (12) 6¼ x 9¼in rectangles and six (
