We are back this week with another Fat Quarter Frenzy quilt tutorial! We've been discovering new ways to utilize fat quarters in quilts, and if you're like me and have way too many, a way to use up some of the stash! So far, we've used 48 fat quarters (!) - 16 in Meet Me in St. Louis, 14 in Kaleidoscope, and most recently 18 in a new version of Supernova. But I'm still overflowing with fat quarters, so today we will be exploring a new tutorial, this time for a quilt I call Woven. Let's go!
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Woven
A Fat Quarter Friendly Quilt
FABRIC REQUIREMENTS:
Fat Quarters (FQ) in three different contrasting color groups
Color A - 7
Color B - 5
Color C - 4
CUTTING:
From Color A FQs, cut:
26 4.5” x 12.5”
30 4.5” x 4.5”
To achieve this, and assuming your FQ have 17” x 20” of useable fabric, cut your first six FQ in this manner:
This will give you 24 long strips and 24 squares.
Take your remaining FQ and cut in this manner:
This will give you your remaining 2 long strips and 6 squares.
From Color B FQs, cut:
13 4.5” x 12.5”
30 4.5” x 4.5”
To achieve this, cut the first 3 FQ in this manner:
This will give you 12 long strips and 12 squares.
Take another FQ and cut four 4.5” x 17” strips. From one strip, cut one 4.5” x 12.5” strip and one 4.5” square. Cut the remaining strips into 9 squares. This will give you one more long strip and 10 more squares, for a total of 13 long strips and 22 squares.
Take the final FQ and cut three more 4.5” strips, then crosscut into 8 4.5” squares, giving you a total of 13 long strips and 30 squares.
From Color C FQs, cut:
48 4.5” s 4.5”
To achieve this, cut four 4.5” x 17” strips from each of the four FQ, then cross cut them into 12 4.5” squares for a total of 48 4.5” squares.
ASSEMBLY
This quilt is made up of three separate blocks, shown as follows:
Block 1: Make 13
Block 3: Make 6
LAYOUT:
While it may look complicated to lay out, it’s really quite simple. First of all, take Block 1 and lay it out in a checkerboard design, with 3 blocks in the 1st, 3rd and 5th rows with the stripes running horizontally, and 2 blocks in the 2nd and 4th rows with the stripes running vertically.
Take Block 2 and place them between the horizontal stripe blocks in rows 1, 3, and 5.
Now take Block 3 and place them between the vertical stripe blocks in rows 2 and 4.
Assemble and quilt as desired!
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I hope you enjoy this quilt pattern, and that it helps you use up some random fat quarters in your stash! See you next Sunday with another Fat Quarter Frenzy quilt!
Hugs!
Sarah
