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FINISHED QUILT SIZE: 48½"
x 48½"
FABRIC SELECTION:
If you have
extra yardage from Small Bites of Confetti at Midnight, you can use
that. If you have less than ¼ yard of a fabric, then you may or may
not need more of another fabric.
¼
yard each of 4 different blue violet fabrics
¼
yard each of 4 different blue green fabrics
¼
yard each of 4 different red violet fabrics
¼
yard each of 4 different yellow green fabrics
¼
yard each of 4 different yellow orange fabrics
¼
yard each of 4 different red orange fabrics
1/3
yard of white or a very light gray (that reads almost white)
1/3
yard of black
BATTING: 54" x 54"
BACKING: 3 yards
BINDING:
½ yard
SUPPLIES:
Sewing machine in good working
order.
Sewing supplies you regularly use
such as thread, straight pins,
scissors, seam ripper, etc.
Rotary cutting equipment: mat (18"
x 24"), ruler (6" x 24"), and cutter with a sharp blade.
CUTTING:
If you have
extra strips from Small Bites of Confetti at Midnight, you may be
able to use these. Cut more strips as needed to equal the total
number of strips or sections below. If you have more than 12
different cool fabrics and 12 different warm fabrics, that's OK.
More variety in this quilt works great!
Note: Cool
fabrics are blue violet (BV), blue green (BG), and red violet (RV).
Warm fabrics are red orange (RO), yellow orange (YO), and yellow
green (YG)
From every warm
fabric and every cool fabric, cut 1 strip, 2½” x 42”.
Cut each strip
in half so you have 2 strips of each fabric, 2½” x 22”
approximately. You don't have to cut the strips exactly 22” long.
Just cut the strip, whatever its original length, in half to you
have 2 pieces, 2½” wide.
Set aside 1
strip, 2½” x 22”, of each warm and each cool fabric. You will use
these to make warm Four Patch Blocks and cool Four Patch Blocks.
From the
remaining warm and cool strips, 2½” x 22”:
From each cool
strip, 2½” x 22”, cut 3 squares, 2½” x 2½”, for a total of 36 cool
squares. You will use 32.
From the
remainder of the blue green and blue violet strips (not the red
violet strips), you will cut border strips. Use variety. You may
need to cut additional 2½” strips from the blue green and blue
violet fabrics.
Borders:
4
strips, 2½” x 10½”
4
strips, 2½” x 12½”
4
strips, 2½” x 14½”
4
strips, 2½” x 16½”
4 strips, 2½” x
18½”
4 strips, 2½” x
20½”
4 strips, 2½” x
22½”
4 strips, 2½” x
24½”
Remember to use
variety. Remember to use only blue green and blue violet strips.
Remember to cut additional 2½” strips from your blue green and blue
violet fabrics as needed.
From each warm
strip, 2½” x 22”, cut 7 squares, 2½” x 2½” for a total of 84 warm
squares. You will use 80.
From the
white/light gray fabric, cut 5 strips, 1½” x 42”.
From the
black fabric, cut 5 strips, 1½” x 42”.
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