Celebrate springtime with this fun easy quilt. Spend a rainy afternoon sewing and be ready to enjoy a beautiful day using your flowery quilt. Check your stash for some bright and cheery fat quarters to make this whimsical project. Download printable instructions.
Materials:
- Madeira Cotona Thread to match fabrics
- Madeira Quilting Thread
- 14 Fat quarters of a variety of prints cut into 54 9” squares or a combination of 54 9” squares from fabric stash.
- 2 1/3 yards for white border-cut into 5” strips (40” wide)
- de) 2/3 yard for pink border-cut into 3” strips (40” wide)
- ½ yard for grey border- cut into 2” strips (40” wide)
- 6 ½ yards 45” backing fabric
- 3 ½ yards of batting
- Pins
- Rotary cutter mat and ruler
- Iron and ironing mat
Tools:
- Baby Lock Crescendo Sewing Machine
- Baby Lock Crown Jewel
- Pearl Frame
- Pro-Stitcher Software
Steps:
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Cut 54 9-inch squares from fat quarters or fabric stash.
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Cut fabric squares vertically 5½ inches from the edge of the fabric.
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Then cut those cut sections horizontally 3½ inches. You will end up with four stacks of squares.
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One- 5½” X 5½”
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Two- 5½” X 3½”
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One- 3½” X 3½”
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Rearrange the fabrics into different stacks for each section of the cut 9-inch block.
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Thread the Crescendo with the Madeira Cotona thread. Using a ¼ inch seam allowance and a straight stitch piece the sections together to create a block.
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Mix and match fabric patterns to add variety to quilt blocks.
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Piece block A and B along the 3½ inch edge.
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Piece blocks C and D along the 5½ inch edge.
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Then attach the block A/B pieces with the C/D pieces along the 8½-inch edge.
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Continue until you have 54 completed blocks. Lightly press.
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Connect blocks into 9 rows of 6 blocks. Alternate block direction when assembling into pieced top section. Lightly press.
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Cut eight 5-inch (40 inches wide) strips for white border.
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Cut eight 3-inch (40 inches wide) strips for pink border.
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Cut eight 2-inch (40 inches wide) strips for grey border.
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Attach borders to edges of the quilt.
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Miter border corners if desired. Lightly press.
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Load backing batting and pieced top onto the Pearl frame accordingly to quilt with the Crown Jewel and Pro-Stitcher software.
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Select your pattern. (Note: Clover Edge to Edge was the pattern used for pantograph quilting on this project)
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Set the sewing area for your designs by selecting one row of the pieced quilt section at a time.
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Repeat the pattern to fill the area on your quilt top.
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Skew the design to fit into the sewing area and make any other adjustments to the pattern to customize your quilt design.
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Quilt the middle section of the quilt by repeating the stitch design for each row of the pieced block section.
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Continue the pattern until the entire center section is complete.
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Quilt the borders by stitching-in-the-ditch stippling or adding another design with the Crown Jewel and Pro-Stitcher
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Once your quilting is complete remove the quilt from the frame.
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Trim to away the excess backing and batting and lightly press.
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Cut nine 3-inch strips (40 inches wide) for binding.
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Attach the binding to finish quilt.
