Why have the same bedspread as everyone else when you can have a custom quilt! With some fun fabric and simple piecing techniques your dorm room will be the envy of everyone in your residence hall! Download printable instructions.
Materials:
- All fabrics listed from Amy Butler “Love” collection
- 1 3/8 yards of Garden Midnite 54” wide
- 1 yard of Sandlewood Peri 54” wide
- 7/8 yard of Trumpet Flower 54” wide
- ¾ yard of Bali Gate 54” wide
- 1 ½ yard of Sun Spots 45” wide
- 1 3/8 yard of Bliss Bouquet 45” wide
- 5/8 yard Sandlewood Peri 54” wide for binding
- 5 yards of 45” fabric for backing
- Rotary cutting system
- Twin size quilt batting
- Thread for piecing and a contrast thread for quilting
Tools:
- Baby Lock Sewing Machine
Steps:
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Cutting:
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Garden Midnite fabric: Four 7” wide strips and three 4” wide strips
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Sandlewood Peri fabric: Six 5” wide strips
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Trumpet Flower: Five 4” wide strips and one 6” wide strip
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Bali Gate: Four 3” wide strips and two 4” wide strips
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Sun Spots: Twelve 3” strips
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Bliss Bouquet: Three 7” wide strips three 6” wide strips and one 4” wide strip
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Cut all strips into angled pieces with a 45 degree angle on each end; the long sides of each piece will measure 10 ¼”.
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Make sure to have right sides of fabric facing so that there will be left and right side pieces.
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All left side pieces will be stitched together to form rows while all right side pieces will be joined to form rows.
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When a left row is connected to a right side row this will form the herringbone affect of the quilt.
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At the sewing machine put all the pieces into piles left side pieces with left and right side pieces with right.
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Randomly select two left side pieces and stitch together with a ¼” seam allowance.
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Continue stitching left side pieces together until a row is complete at 93” in length. Press.
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Repeat this process for a right side row.
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Complete a total of nine rows. Four left side rows and five right side rows.
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Lay the rows out to decide which rows look best next to one another.
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Stitch the rows together. Press the seams to one side.
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Trim the ends of the rows making sure the length of the quilt measures 90”.
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Piece the backing fabric together.
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Layer the quilt batting and backing. Quilt the layers with an all over pattern in a contrast color that pops!
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Cut binding strips and bind the quilt.