Combine two classic and colourful blocks to create this stunning quilt that exudes vintage charm
Designed and made by LYNNE GOLDSWORTHY
FAT QUARTER PROJECT
You will need
■ Aqua prints – Four (4) FQs*
■ Royal blue prints – Three (3) FQs*
■ Red prints – Three (3) FQs
■ Pink print – One (1) FQ*
■ Black print – One (1) FQ
■ Cream background (BKG) fabric – 4½yds
■ Binding – ⅝yd
■ Backing – 4½yds
■ Batting – 80in square
■ Templates – Sixteen (16) HST template sheets
Finished size
■ Quilt: 72in square approx.
■ Blocks: 12in square
Materials used
■ Fabrics: Julia by Crystal Manning for www.modafabrics.com
■ Batting: 279 Cotton Mix 80/20 from www.vlieseline.com/en/
■ Threads: Aurifil 50wt for piecing and
40wt for quilting from www.aurifil.com
■ Basting: Odif 505 spray from www.odifusa.com
Notes
■ Read all instructions before beginning.
■ *You may wish to use more fabric as Lynne has, for added variety.
■ Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted.
■ Press after each seam.
■ Press seams open, unless otherwise instructed.
■ Press all fabrics well before cutting.
■ FQ = fat quarter.
■ WOFQ = width of fat quarter, approx. 21in.
■ WOF = width of fabric approx.
42in.
■ HST = half-square triangle(s).
■ BKG = background.
Cutting out 1 From the aqua print FQs, cut twenty-five (25) 2in x WOFQ strips.
2 From the royal blue print FQs, cut nine (9) 5in x WOFQ strips and subcut into thirty-four (34) 5in squares. Cut each square in half on the diagonal once to yield sixty-eight (68) triangles. 3 From the red print FQs, cut nine (9) 4¾in x WOFQ strips and subcut into sixteen (16) 4¾in x 9½in rectangles.
4 From the pink print FQ, cut five (5) 3in x WOFQ strips and subcut into thirty-two (32) 3in squares.
5 From the black print FQ, cut five (5) 2½in x WOF strips and subcut into thirty-six (36) 2½in squares for the cornerstones.
6 From the cream background (BKG) fabric, cut the following: ■ Nineteen (19) 2in x WOF strips.
Subcut each strip into two (2) equal lengths.
■ Four (4) 4¼in x WOF strips, subcut into thirty-four (34) 4¼in squares. Cut each square in half on the diagonal once to yield sixty-eight (68) triangles.
■ Four (4) 4¾in x WOF strips, subcut into sixteen (16) 4¾in x 9½in rectangles.
■ Six (6) 1¾in x WOF strips, subcut into one-hundred-and-twenty-eight (128) 1¾in squar
