Quilts & More - USA (2020 - Summer)

30 Quilts & More | SUMMER 2020

QUILT

Finished size: 481 ∕ 2 " square

Finished block: 8" square

MATERIALS

Yardages and cutting

instructions are based on

42" of usable fabric width.

❏ 1 ∕ 2 yard solid white (blocks)

❏ 24—10" squares assorted

fabrics (Group 1) (Designer

Vanessa Goertzen used one

square each black large

floral, black stripe, aqua

dot, black small floral, aqua

stripe, aqua large floral,

tan lattice print, tan small

floral, white large floral, tan

medium floral, green stripe,

tan large floral, coral dot, tan

stripe, green lattice print,

green diamond print, pink

stripe, green small floral,

coral stripe, pink small floral,

coral small floral, and pink

lattice print; and two squares

white small floral.)

❏ 12—10" squares assorted

fabrics (Group 2) (Vanessa

used one square each black

lattice print, black medium

floral, black dot, black small

floral, aqua lattice print, aqua

medium floral, coral large

floral, pink small floral, coral

medium floral, and tan small

floral; and two squares aqua

diamond print.)

❏ 3—10" squares assorted

fabrics (Group 3) (Vanessa

used one square each black

diamond print, green small

floral, and white dot.)

❏ 1 ∕ 2 yard aqua dot (binding)

❏ 31 ∕ 4 yards backing fabric

❏ 57"-square batting

CUT FABRICS

Cut pieces in the following order.

To ensure a good mix of fabrics in

her blocks, Designer Vanessa Goertzen

divided her Layer Cake into a group

of 24 squares (Group 1), a group of

12 squares (Group 2), and a group

of three squares (Group 3). Group 1

should have three black, three aqua,

three white, five tan, four green, three

coral, and three pink squares. Group 2

should have four black, four aqua, two

coral, one pink, and one tan square.

Group 3 should have one black, one

green, and one white square. Keep

pieces from each group together as

you cut.

From solid white, cut:

■ 24—2^1 ∕ 2 × 61 ∕ 2 " rectangles

■ 48—2^1 ∕ 2 " squares

From each 10" square in Group 1, cut:

■ 4—2^1 ∕ 2 × 61 ∕ 2 " rectangles

■ 4—2^1 ∕ 2 " squares

From each 10" square in Group 2, cut:

■ 2—2^1 ∕ 2 × 61 ∕ 2 " rectangles

■ 2—2^1 ∕ 2 " squares

From each 10" square in Group 3, cut:

■ 16—2^1 ∕ 2 " squares

From aqua dot, cut:

■ 6—2^1 ∕ 2 ×42" binding strips

Variety is the slice of life in a baby quilt composed of

Courthouse Steps blocks that are cut and put back together.

DESIGNER VANESSA GOERTZEN (LELLABOUTIQUE.COM)

MACHINE QUILTER NATALIA BONNER (PIECENQUILT.COM)

(^3) BABY QUILT
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