McCalls Quick Quilts - USA (2019-08 & 2019-09)

46 McCall’s Quick Quilts August/September 2019

In similar manner and using

gray print D’s, make17 block Z’s

total (Diagram I-B).

2 Note:RefertoAssemblyDiagram for

following steps, watching block place-

ment and orientation. Sew 7 rows of

5 blocks each. Join rows together.

3 Refer to Borders in Quilt Basics. Join

gray border 1 strips and cut to sizes

shown in Assembly Diagram. Match-

ing centers and ends, sew border side

strips to quilt. Repeat to add border

top and bottom strips.

4 Join 65½ ̋ border 2 strips to sides of

quilt. Join yellow print D’s to each end

of 47½ ̋ border 2 strips and then add

strips to top and bottom quilt.

5 Layer, baste, and quilt. Nancy machine

quilted an atom motif across the quilt

surface. Bind the quilt.

Cut

Patches are lettered in order of use. Cut
largest patches fi rst. Measurements in-
clude ¼ ̋ seam allowances. Border strips
will be pieced and cut to exact length
needed. You may want to make them
longer to allow for piecing variations.

• Assorted large prints
  cut a total of:
  35 squares 7½ ̋ (A)


• Assorted small prints
  cut 35 matched sets of:
  2 rectangles 1½ ̋ x 9½ ̋ (C)
  2 rectangles 1½ ̋ x 7½ ̋ (B)


• Blue print
  72 squares 3½ ̋ (D)


• Gray print
  6 strips 1½ ̋ x WOF for border 1
  68 squares 3½ ̋ (D)


• Border print*
  2 strips 3½ ̋ x 65½ ̋ for border 2
  2 strips 3½ ̋ x 47½ ̋ for border 2


• Yellow print
  7 strips 2½ ̋ x WOF for binding
  4 squares 3½ ̋ (D)

*cut lengthwise

NOTE: Fabrics in the quilt shown are
from the Big Bang collection designed by
Deborah Edwards for Northcott.

Sew

1 Refer to Diagram I-A for the following

steps. Join matched sets of assorted

small print B’s and C’s to assorted

large print A as shown.

Sew a blue print D to each corner

as shown. Trim corners and press to

completeblockY. Make 18 block Y’s

total.

A

C

B

D

Block Y

Make 18 total

Diagram I-A

D

D D

Block Z

Make 17 total

Diagram I-B