Friday, October 21, 2011

Whoop Whoop! 10/21/11 and Pattern

WHAT?  It's Friday?!  When I was a career woman, Friday could not sneak up on me.  In retirement, it's totally different.  Or, I should say, the same!  Monday, Wednesday, Friday.  So Whoop Whoop! Friday came unannounced.  But I do have something to be glad for -- I finished quilting a Christmas gift -- YAY!!!  And I typed up the instructions for it, as well.  One problem, though, is I can't seem to scan it in order to include the piecing diagram. So here are the directions, you'll have to look at the picture of the quilt to see how it's pieced.

 ANOTHER FIVE-YARD QUILT
60” Square
(takes five one-yard cuts of coordinating fabrics)

#1 - Large scale focus fabric
#2 - Small print that surrounds focus
#3 - Four-patches and binding
#4 - Four-patches and first small border
#5 - Medium scale focus for center of blocks and outer border
Plus 4 yards for backing.

BLOCK ONE
Fabric #1 - Cut 3 strips 6 ½” wide
Subcut into 18 ea 6 ½” squares
Fabric #2 - Cut 18 strips 1 ½” wide
Subcut into 36 ea 1 ½” x 6 ½” rectangles 
and 36 ea 1 ½” x 8 ½” rectangles
Sew 6 ½” strips on two opposite sides of the 6 ½” square.  Sew 8 ½” strips to the other two sides.


BLOCK TWO
Fabrics #3 and #4 - Cut 3 strips 4 ½” wide
Cut 3 strips 4 ½” wide
Sew a 4 ½” strip from each together.  You will have 3 strip sets that you will then subcut every 3”, this is Set 1.
Sew a 2” wide strip from each together.  You will have 3 strip sets that you will then subcut every 3”, this is Set 2. 

Fabric #5 - Cut 2 strips 3 ½” wide
Cut into 18 ea 3 ½” squares

Arrange and sew as in diagrams for Block A and Block B.  Then sew the top, alternating Blocks A and Block B in a 6 by 6 design. 

Add borders. 
BORDER 1
Fabric #4 - Cut 5 strips 2” wide
BORDER 2 
Fabric #5 - Cut 6 strips 4 ½” wide
BINDING
Fabric #3 - cut 6 strips 2 ½” wide

This quilt has been thoroughly belly-tested by my in-house quilt inspector, Annabella.  

Now, go to Sarah's website for more Whoop Whoop! :-D

7 comments:

  1. Sweet - love the colors and fabrics. Design flows. Whoop Whoop

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  2. LOL! Friday's sneak up on me, too, these days! Love your beautiful quilt inspector! :)

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  3. I'm retired also , and EVERY day sneaks up on me . Love your quilt !!

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  4. Great quilt, Brita, and thanks for the tutorial! This one will be great for the quilt ministry! Whoop whoop!!

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  5. Thanks so much!!!!! I love this quilt almost as much as Annabella (beautiful eyes!)does.

    Whoop Whoop!

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  6. Nice Christmas Quilt!!! ...and the backing too!

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