This is one of my favorite quilts ever! I was inspired by an article in Quilty magazine (May/June 2013). They had taken a single star block and super-sized it to make a very contemporary quilt. I liked the idea, but traded out the star block and replaced it with one of my favorite blocks. Not only is it a striking design, but it was incredibly fast to make! I pieced the top on day one, finished the quilting on day 2, and finished binding it on day 3. I probably could have done it faster than that, but I had to squeeze it in after work. (I sometimes get quite annoyed that I have to interrupt my quilting with reality!)
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Shopping List:
4 yards – backing material
2 yards – Background (Black)
½ yard – Green
¾ yard – Purple
Thread – I used a charcoal grey color and went through the better part of 1200 yards
Batting – At least 53” x 61”
Basting Spray
2 yards – Background (Black)
½ yard – Green
¾ yard – Purple
Thread – I used a charcoal grey color and went through the better part of 1200 yards
Batting – At least 53” x 61”
Basting Spray
Cutting List:
Purple 2 – 11 ½” squares
2 – 13” squares
4 – 6” squares
2 – 13” squares
4 – 6” squares
Green 2 – 11 ½” squares
1 – 13” square
1 – 13” square
Background 1 –
13” square
8 – 5 ½” squares
4 – 6” squares
4 – 5 ½” x 10 ½” rectangles
4 – 5 ½” x 15 ½” rectangles
2 – 8 ½” x 40 ½” rectangle (top borders)
3 – 4 ½” x width of fabric (side borders)
8 – 5 ½” squares
4 – 6” squares
4 – 5 ½” x 10 ½” rectangles
4 – 5 ½” x 15 ½” rectangles
2 – 8 ½” x 40 ½” rectangle (top borders)
3 – 4 ½” x width of fabric (side borders)
Backing Fabric – divide into two 2-yard lengths and sew
together along the selvedge edges to form a rectangle measuring about 72” x 84”. I know this is too big, but I like leftover
fabric, and I don’t like any more seams than necessary on the back of my
quilts.
Technique:
I used the “Quilt in a Day” method for making
flying geese. Of course, you can choose
any method you want to use. I am quite
certain that Eleanor Burns can explain her technique better than I can, so I
will simply say that you need to make 14 flying geese blocks that measure 5 ½”
by 10 ½” (the finished size is 5 x 10).
Four of them are purple with black corners. Use one 13” square and one 11 ½” square.
Six of them are green with purple corners. Use two 13” purple squares, and two 11 ½”
green squares. This method actually
makes 4 blocks at a time, so I just made 8 and set 2 of them aside for my next
scrappy project!
Four of them are purple with green corners. Use one 13” green square and one 11 ½” purple
square.
Now take all your
blocks to the design wall and lay them out like this:
Assemble the quilt in rows and then assemble the rows to
make the top.
Carefully sew the borders to the top and the bottom and then
to the sides. Use lots of pins for this
step to avoid wonky seams!
Baste the layers together using basting spray (or pins) and
begin quilting. I did simple
straight-line quilting up and down the quilt spaced about ½” apart. I intentionally went a bit crooked and spaced
the lines a bit more or less than ½”. I
knew I wouldn’t be able to be perfect, so I tried to emphasize the
imperfection!
When I made my quilt, I wrapped the backing material around
the edges to bind the quilt. This is the
one thing I would do differently next time.
So I would suggest you trim all the layers even and add a binding
instead!
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