Quiltmaker - CA (2020-05 & 2020-06)

40 Quiltmaker • May/June ’20

It’s hip to be square, and
reimagine traditional grid-based
designs.

1

About This Quilt
With selective color placement
in traditional quilt blocks, what is
old is new again. This design moves
one step deeper into modern trends
by using bold solid colors that are
clean and sophisticated. Note that
Geraldine added a pop of color to
her binding by adding in a bit of
red.

2

Making the Units and
Blocks
Refer to “Stitch-and-Flip” in Basic
Lessons. Use dark gray A’s and
gray B’s to make 63 unit 1’s as
shown.

Refer to “Triangle-Squares”inBasic
Lessons. PairgrayC’sandpinkC’s
to make 52unit2’stotal.

In the samemanner,usegreyC’s
and red C’s to make 2 unit 3’s total.

Sew 2 gray strips and 1 pink strip

together to make a band. Make

3 bands. Cut the bands at 3½" incre-

ments tomake 26 unit 4’s total.

Sew together 1 gray A and 2 unit 1’s

as shown to make block X. Make

27 block X’s total.

Sew together 2 gray D’s, 2 unit 2’s,

and 1 unit 4 as shown to make

block Y. Make 26 block Y’s total.

Sew together2 grayD’s,2 unit 3’s,

2 gray B’s, and 1 red B as shown to

make block Z.

Unit 1

Stitch& Flip

Make 63

A

BB

Unit 2

Make 52

Unit 3

Make 2

Unit 4

Cut 26

Band

Make 3

3 ½”

Block X

Make 27

A

Unit

1 Unit 1

Block Y

Make 26

D

Block Z

Make 1

BBB

D

3

Assembling the Quilt

Center

Refer to the Assembly Diagram.

Sew patches and blocks together

as shown to make a row. Make

6 row 1’s, 2 row 2’s, and 1 row 3.

Sew the rows together, carefully

watching row placement and orien-

tation.

4

Adding the Borders

Refer to “Borders” in Basic

Lessons. Join border 1 strips and

cut to sizes shown in Assembly

Diagram. Matching centers and

ends, sew border 1 side strips to

quilt; repeat to add top and bottom

strips.