Quilts & More - USA (2020 - Summer)

42 Quilts & More | SUMMER 2020

QUILT

Finished size:

931 ⁄ 2 " square

Finished blocks:

Block A—9×15";

Block B—15" square

MATERIALS

Yardages and cutting

instructions are based

on 42" of usable fabric

width.

❏ 23 ⁄ 8 yards solid white

(Block A, border strips,

block rows, sashing

rows)

❏ 21 ⁄ 2 yards dark teal

print (blocks A and B,

border strips, block

rows)

❏ 11 ⁄ 3 yards blue print

(Block A, border strips,

block rows)

❏ 1 ⁄ 2 yard dark pink print

(Block A)

❏ 2 yards teal print

(Block B, binding)

❏ 21 ⁄ 4 yards light pink

print (Block B)

❏ 3 ⁄ 4 yard medium pink

print (Block B)

❏ 2—^1 ⁄ 4 -yard pieces

chartreuse prints

(Block B)

❏ 81 ⁄ 2 yards backing

fabric

❏ 102"-square batting

FABRICS are from the

Playground collection

by Dylan Mierzwinski

for Windham Fabrics

(windhamfabrics.com).

CUT FABRICS

Cut pieces in the following order.

From solid white, cut:

■ 12—3^1 ⁄ 2 ×42" strips

■ 9—9^1 ⁄ 2 " squares

■ 12—3^1 ⁄ 2 × 91 ⁄ 2 " rectangles

■ 4—3^1 ⁄ 2 " squares

From dark teal print, cut:

■ 24—3^1 ⁄ 2 ×42" strips

From blue print, cut:

■ 12—3^1 ⁄ 2 ×42" strips

From dark pink print, cut:

■ 3—3^1 ⁄ 2 ×42" strips

From teal print, cut:

■ 10—2^1 ⁄ 2 ×42" binding strips

■ 128—3^1 ⁄ 2 " squares

From light pink print, cut:

■ 64—6^1 ⁄ 2 " squares

From medium pink print, cut:

■ 6—3^1 ⁄ 2 ×42" strips

From each chartreuse print, cut:

■ 8—3^1 ⁄ 2 " squares

ASSEMBLE A BLOCKS

Measurements include^1 ⁄ 4 " seam

allowances. Sew with right sides

together unless otherwise stated.

Press seams in directions indicated

by arrows on diagrams. If no direction

is specified, press seam toward darker

fabric.

1 ) Referring to Diagram 1, sew

together two solid white

31 ⁄ 2 ×42" strips, two dark teal

print 3^1 ⁄ 2 ×42" strips, and one

blue print 3^1 ⁄ 2 ×42" strip along

long edges to make Strip Set A.

Repeat to make six A strip sets

total. Cut strip sets into sixty-four

31 ⁄ 2 "-wide A segments. Set aside

16 A segments to be used as

border units.

2 ) Referring to Diagram 2, sew

together two dark teal print 3^1 ⁄ 2 ×42"

strips, two blue print 3^1 ⁄ 2 ×42" strips,

and one dark pink print 3^1 ⁄ 2 ×42"

strip along long edges to make

Strip Set B. Repeat to make three

B strip sets total. Cut strip sets into

twenty-four 3^1 ⁄ 2 "-wide B segments.

3 ) Sew together two A segments and

one B segment along long edges to

make Block A (Diagram 3). The

block should be 9^1 ⁄ 2 × 151 ⁄ 2 " including

seam allowances. Repeat to make 24

A blocks total.

ASSEMBLE B BLOCKS

1 ) Use a pencil to mark a diagonal line

on wrong side of each teal print

31 ⁄ 2 " square. (To prevent fabric

from stretching as you draw lines,

place 220-grit sandpaper under

each square.)

31 ∕ 2 "

DIAGRAM 1

Strip Set A

31 ∕ 2 "

DIAGRAM 2

Strip Set B

A B A

DIAGRAM 3

Block A

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