General Items to Note
- Fabric Requirements
- Rectangles - 0.25m of five (5) or six (6) assorted prints. You will need 22 blocks. (I used 6 patterns)
- Border 1 - 0.3m
- Border 2 - 0.7m
- Posts - 0.3m
- Backing - 1.8m
- All seam allowances are 1/4"
- Press seams as you go, light fabric toward dark fabric
Cutting and Piecing Instructions
- Cut 22 rectangles from the 5 or 6 pattern prints that measure 5 ½” x 9 ½”
- For border 1 – cut 4 - 1 ½” x WOF strips, 4 – 1 ½” x 4 ½” pieces, and 4 – 1 ½” x 5 ½” pieces
- For border 2 – cut 4 – 4 ½” x WOF strips
- For Posts – cut 4 – 4 ½” squares for each corner
- Refer to diagram 1 – arrange fabrics in preferred order. Rows 1, 3, and 5 contain 4 whole blocks. Rows 2 and 4 contain 3 whole blocks and 2 half blocks. When cutting the half blocks be sure to allow ¼” seam allowance on cut end. Stitch blocks in vertical rows.
- Measure top and bottom of quilt. Stitch a border 1 and border 2 strip together, cut to your measurement and attach to top of quilt and repeat for the bottom of quilt.
- Make 4 corner blocks by stitching a 1 ½” x 4 ½” border 1 fabric strip to the bottom of a 4 ½” square. Then stitch a 1 ½” x 5 ½” border 1 fabric strip to the right side of this unit.
- Measure left and right sides of quilt center (do not include the top and bottom boarders in this measurement). Stitch a border 1 and border 2 strip together and cut to your own measurement. Make a strip consisting of a corner block, the strip you just stitched together and another corner block. Attach to left and right sides of quilt making sure to match the seams.
- Sandwich, quilt, and bind using your preferred methods. I'll explain my method of binding in a later post. Below are some pictures. This one is right after I sandwiched the back, backing, and top and quilted them together. I use the sew in the ditch method.
- Below are a few pictures of the binding.
As I was working around my son’s nap schedule, the project took me 5 days or about 10 hours.
