Patchwork Life Quilt

Hi, I’m Sarah Price from It’s Sew Emma, and I’m really glad to share with you my first pattern on Moda Bake Shop. This quilt is all about warmth and comfort, a simple design that is captivating in rich colors. I hope you enjoy it! Let’s get started.

If you enjoy my version using Pheasant Hill, we have some quilt kits ready to go at Fat Quarter Shop!

Two Pheasant Hill Charm Packs
3/8 yard brown print for inner borders − I used brown Feather Grass Yardage SKU# 9382-16
5/8 yard tonal tan print for middle borders − I used tonal tan Feather Grass Yardage SKU# 9382-21
2 yards for mitered outer borders − I used navy Pheasant Row Yardage SKU# 9380-12
5/8 yard for binding − I used navy Turkey Tracks Yardage SKU# 9384-12
3 1/2 yards for backing

Cutting:

Select and set aside 8 matching pairs (the same print from each charm pack) of dark charm squares for half square triangle units.

Select another 8 matching pairs (the same print from each charm pack) of dark charm squares for four-patch units. From 16 dark charm squares, cut the following:

4 – 2 1/2″ squares, for a total of 64 – 2 1/2″ squares

Select 8 matching pairs (the same print from each charm pack) of light charm squares for four-patch units. From 16 light charm squares, cut the following:

4 – 2 1/2″ squares, for a total of 64 – 2 1/2″ squares

From your inner border fabric, cut the following:

2 – 2″ x 32 1/2″ strips
2 – 2″ x 35 1/2″ strips

From your middle border fabric, cut the following:

2 – 3 1/2″ x 35 1/2″ strips
2 – 3 1/2″ x 41 1/2″ strips

From your outer border fabric, cut the following:

4 – 5 3/4″ strips, cut from length of fabric (refer to photo in instructions before cutting)

From your binding fabric, cut the following:

7 – 2 1/2″ x WOF (width of fabric) strips

Piecing:

1. Assemble two matching 2 1/2″ dark print squares and two matching 2 1/2″ light print squares as shown. Press towards the dark print fabrics. Four-patch unit should measure 4 1/2″ x 4 1/2″. Make four four-patch units from each pair. Make 32 total.

2. From the 8 matching pairs of dark charm squares you set aside, pair a matching pair with another matching pair for four sets of charm squares. From each set, draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of one matching pair. With right sides facing, layer a 5″ dark print square with a different 5″ dark print square from the set. Stitch 1/4″ from each side of the drawn line. Cut apart on the marked line. Press towards the darker print. Trim the half-square triangle units to measure 4 1/2″ x 4 1/2″. Repeat to make four units from each set. Make 32 total.

3. Assemble two identical 4 1/2″ four-patch units and two identical 4 1/2″ half-square triangle units as shown. Patchwork block should measure 8 1/2″ x 8 1/2″. Make two from each pair. Make 16 blocks total.

4. Assemble quilt center as shown. Quilt center should measure 32 1/2″ x 32 1/2″.

5. Attach inner side borders using 2″ x 32 1/2″ brown print strips. Attach inner top and bottom borders using 2″ x 35 1/2″ brown print strips.

6. Attach middle side borders using 3 1/2″ x 35 1/2″ tonal tan print strips. Attach middle top and bottom borders using 3 1/2″ x 41 1/2″ tonal tan print strips.

7. Cut four 5 3/4″ strips along the length of the fabric as shown for the outer border.

8. Attach all four borders to the quilt, repeating the following steps for each side. First, mark the center of the middle border. Mark the center of the 5 3/4” wide outer border. Match center marks and pin the border in place by starting in the center.

9. Sew the outer border to the quilt by beginning and ending 1/4” from the edge of the quilt. Backstitch at the beginning and ending of stitching to secure stitching. If your measurements have been accurate your stitched seam should measure 41”. If your measurement varies slightly, that is ok, but the same measurement needs to be used for every side to ensure your quilt is square.

10. All four borders are now attached and the tails of each border are hanging free.

11. Place one border on top of an adjacent border by folding one corner of the quilt diagonally with right sides together. This can be achieved by folding the entire quilt into a large triangle.

12. Match up outside raw edges of the border and pin in place.

13. Using a ruler with a 45 degree angle marking, draw a line from the end of stitches to the outside edge of border as shown.

14. Stitch along the marked line, starting on the side attached to the quilt center at the end of the stitch from step 9. End the stitchng on the outer edge of the quilt.

15. Backstitch at the beginning and end of stitching to secure stitching. Press open and trim 1/4” away from seam. You have just finished a mitered outer border!

Quilting & Binding

Piece 2 1/2″ navy print strips end to end for binding. Quilt and bind as desired.

A radiant 52″ square quilt!

Sarah Price
{www.itssewemma.com}

Oh Pinwheels! Lap Quilt

Mar14

Hi everyone! Debbie Taylor here from Fat Quarter Shop & It’s Sew Emma! I’m really happy to share with you my first project on Moda Bake Shop, Oh Pinwheels! I love this fun quilt with colorful sprinkles of pinwheels and oblong rings. While I usually make quilts as gifts for others, since I used my current favorite fabric Noteworthy, this one is a gift for moi!

In case you love my version, Fat Quarter Shop is offering kits of Oh Pinwheels in Noteworthy!

1 Noteworthy Jelly Roll
2 1/2 yards cream tonal for background, sashing and inner borders − I used Vanilla Fly a Kite SKU # 5501-21
5/8 yard pink tonal for binding − I used Kisses Fly a Kite SKU # 5501-13
3 1/4 yards for backing − I used Vanilla Bucket List SKU # 5500-11

Cutting

Choose 25 strips from your Noteworthy Jelly Roll.
From 9 strips, cut:
- 2 – 2.5″ x 8.5″ strips
- 2 – 2.5″ x 4.5″ strips
From 8 strips, cut:
- 1 – 2.5″ x 13.5″ strips
- 8 – 2.5″ squares
From 8 strips, cut:
- 1 – 2.5″ x 10.5″ strips
- 8 – 2.5″ squares
For background, sashing and inner borders, cut:

21 – 4.5″ x 8.5″ rectangles
16 – 2.5″ x 4.5″ rectangles
116 – 2.5″ squares
8 – 4.5″ squares
9 – 2.5″ x WOF strips, subcut into:
- 6 – 2.5″ x 40.5″ strips
- 2 – 2.5″ x 52.5″ strips

For binding, cut 7 – 2.5″ x WOF (width of fabric) strips

All seams are sewn with a 1/4″ seam allowance.

Piecing

1. With right sides facing, layer a 2.5″ cream tonal scribbles square with a 2.5″ jelly roll square. Stitch together along center line. Press toward the darker color and trim off excess. Half-square triangle should measure 2.5″ x 2.5″. Repeat 115 more times. Make 116.

2. Assemble two 2.5″ x 8.5″ rectangles of the same fabric and one 4.5″ x 8.5″ cream tonal scribbles rectangle. Press toward the 2.5″ x 8.5″ rectangles. Unit should measure 8.5″ x 8.5″. Repeat eight more times. Make nine.

3. Assemble two 2.5″ half-square triangles of the same fabric and one 2.5″ x 4.5″ rectangle. Press toward the rectangles. Unit should measure 2.5″ x 8.5″. Repeat with the same fabrics once for two identical units. Repeat eight more times. Make nine pairs of identical units.

4. Assemble Oh Block as shown with matching fabrics. Press toward the 8.5″ x 8.5″ unit. Oh Block should measure 8.5″ x 12.5″. Repeat eight more times. Make nine.

5. Assemble two 2.5″ half-square triangles with different fabrics. Press toward the darker color. Unit should measure 2.5″ x 4.5″. Then assemble two 2.5″ x 4.5″ half-square triangle units of different fabrics and press toward the darker color. Pinwheel unit should measure 4.5″ x 4.5″. Repeat nineteen more times. Make twenty.

6. Assemble two 2.5″ x 4.5″ cream tonal scribbles rectangles and one 4.5″ x 4.5″ pinwheel unit. Press toward the pinwheel. Unit should measure 4.5″ x 8.5″. Repeat five more times. Make six. Assemble two 4.5″ x 8.5″ cream tonal scribbles rectangles and one 4.5″ x 8.5″ cream/pinwheel unit as shown. Press toward the cream/pinwheel units. Pinwheel Block should measure 8.5″ x 12.5″. Repeat five more times. Make six.

7. Assemble three Oh Blocks and two Pinwheel Blocks as shown. Press toward Pinwheel Blocks. Large Row should measure 12.5″ x 40.5″. Repeat two more times. Make three.

8. Assemble two 2.5″ x 4.5″ cream tonal scribbles rectangles, five pinwheel units and four 4.5″ cream tonal scribbles squares as shown. Press toward the cream tonal scribbles. Small Row should measure 4.5″ x 40.5″. Repeat one more time. Make two.

9. Assemble three Large Rows, four 2.5″ x 40.5″ cream tonal scribbles sashing strips and two Small Rows as shown. Press toward sashing. Quilt Center should measure 40.5″ x 52.5″.

10. Assemble four different 2.5″ x 13.5″ jelly roll rectangles as shown. Press toward darker colors. Side Border Unit should measure 2.5″ x 52.5″. Repeat one more time. Make two. Piece 2.5″ cream tonal scribbles strips end to end. Subcut into two 2.5″ x 52.5″ strips for the side borders. Assemble one Side Border Unit and one 2.5″ x 52.5″ cream tonal scribbles strip as shown. Press toward cream tonal scribbles print. Side Border should measure 4.5″ x 52.5″. Repeat one more time. Make two.

11. Assemble four different 2.5″ x 10.5″ jelly roll rectangles. Press toward darker colors. Top and Bottom Border Unit should measure 2.5″ x 40.5″. Repeat one more time. Make two. Assemble one Top and Bottom Border Unit and one 2.5“ x 40.5“ cream tonal scribbles strip. Press toward cream tonal scribbles print. Top and Bottom Border Row should measure 4.5″ x 40.5″. Repeat one more time. Make two. Then assemble two pinwheel units and one Top and Bottom Border Row as shown. Top and Bottom Border should measure 4.5″ x 48.5″. Repeat one more time. Make two.

12. Attach Side Borders to the Quilt Center. Press toward borders. Unit should measure 48.5″ x 52.5″. Second, attach Top and Bottom Borders to Quilt Center as shown. Quilt should measure 48.5″ x 60.5″.