Serene Garden – 72” x 72”
Designed by Theresa Litz – c2014
REQUIRED FABRICS
3 yds – Focal Fabric
(Asian Inspired Floral) – blocks, outer
border
1 ¾ yds – Light Blue
background – blocks
1 ½ yds – Light Cream
background – blocks
1 yd - Dark Teal – blocks, inner border
SPECIAL TOOLS
CUTTING CHART
Focal Fabric – Asian Inspired Floral
100 -
3 ¼” x 5 ½” rectangles for blocks
(cut 9 – 5 ½” wide x WOF strips,
then sub-cut into 100
Rectangles)
25 -
4 ½” squares for center of each block (cut 3 – 4 ½” x WOF
strips, sub-cut into 25 squares)
7
- 4 ½” x WOF strips – for outer
border
Light Blue –
52 – 3 ¼” x 5 ½” rectangles for blocks - (cut
5 – 5 ½” wide x WOF strips, then sub-cut into 52 rectangles)
52 – 4 ½” squares for blocks – (cut 6 – 4 ½” x WOF
strips, sub-cut into 52 4 ½” squares)
Light Cream –
48 – 3 ¼” x 5 ½” rectangles for blocks – (cut 4 – 5
½” wide x WOF strips, then sub-cut into 48 rectangles)
48 – 4 ½” squares for blocks – (cut 6 – 4 ½” x WOF strips,
sub-cut into 48 4 ½” squares)
Dark Teal –
100 – 2 ½” squares for blocks – (cut 7 – 2 ½” x WOF
strips, sub-cut into 100 squares)
6 -
2 ½” x WOF strips – for inner border
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(Reference
Method 2 on Ruler Instruction Pamphlet)
You
will use The Learning Curve Ruler, to trim all 100 - 3 ¼” x 5 ½” FOCAL
FABRIC rectangles.
All FOCAL FABRIC
rectangles should now look like this.
Next, trim the 52 light blue 3 ¼” x 5 ½” rectangles AND
the 48 light cream 3 ¼” x 5 ½”
rectangles.
All light blue AND light cream
rectangles should now look like this.
We are now finished using
The Learning Curve Ruler.
Now we just need to sew all the Focal Fabric curved pieces to the Light Blue and Light Cream curved pieces.
LINK to my tutorial showing how to sew these two pieces together.
LINK to my tutorial showing how to sew these two pieces together.
Use the instruction sheet that came with your ruler for Method 2 to trim your curved square down to 4 1/2" - or use my past blog tutorials to view detailed photos for using the ruler to trim these units.
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Draw a diagonal line on
the back of all 100 Dark Teal 2 ½” squares.
Sew along the center diagonal
pencil line.
Trim approximately a ¼” from seam, flip the Dark Teal triangle face up and press with iron.
****Side note: You may notice in the photo above that I have drawn two lines rather than just one down the center. I am very frugal and enjoy getting "bonus triangles" that can be used in a future project rather than to throw away the corners we don't need for this quilt. I learned how to obtain a usable, 2" unfinished Half-Square Triangle from the well-known Quilt Designer, Instructor (and too many other titles to list), Bonnie K. Hunter of Quiltville. You can view and learn this method for Bonus Triangles at this LINK.
You should now have 52 – 4
½” light blue squares that look like this:
And 48 – 4 ½” light cream squares that look
like this:
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ASSEMBLE
BLOCKS
Blocks should measure 12 ½” unfinished
Assemble 13 light blue
blocks using photo below as a guide.
Assemble 12 light cream blocks using photo below as a guide.
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Blocks should measure 12 1/2" once sewn together at this point.
Sew blocks into rows using
quilt photo as a guide, for a total of five rows of five blocks each.
Sew rows together. In a perfect world, if all your seams are an accurate 1/4", the center of your quilt top should measure 60 1/2" x 60 1/2" at this point.
Add Dark Teal Inner Border
Add Focal Fabric Outer Border
Until next time! By the way, I hope to be sharing the pattern for another quilt top within the next few days.
