We'll start with fabric requirements. The yardage listed here is for a baby quilt, approximately 38x50 inches. I may or may not eventually do the math and post fabric amounts for larger quilts. We'll see how things go. In the coming few weeks I'll post instructions for the two blocks used in this quilt and describe how to add the sashing (the strips in between the blocks) and put it all together. For now, here are the fabrics you need:
*5 fat quarters of coordinating fabrics for blocks. These cannot be regular quarter-yard cuts of fabric, they need to be fat quarters (18X22 pieces of fabric available at quilt shops or chain fabric stores)
*1 yard of a fabric for the sashing and to be used a little bit in the blocks (the stripes, in my quilt)
*3/8 yard of binding fabric
*1.5 yard of backing fabric
So... get your fabric ready (I recommend prewashing, machine drying is optional) and check back in a few days for the next step!
I've bookmarked this to play along. I never have much luck with quilts (they look pretty from a distance, but don't get too close), but maybe if I take it a step at a time, I'll actually make a nice one! Thanks for doing this.
ReplyDeletevery nice. i would love to play along. i will run out and get my fabric.
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