Designer: Amy Smart - Diary of a Quilter
Techniques Used: Conventional piecing
Skills Needed: Conventional piecing - straight seams, bias and straight edges, quilt layout
Type : Printed Pattern
5 Finished Sizes: Crib, Throw, Twin, Queen & King
Fat 1/8 and Fat 1/4 Friendly!
This quilt pattern uses Amy's quick method for making a very-traditional Churn Dash quilt block, plus the pattern is both Fat Quarter and Fat Eighth friendly! It's a perfect quilt project for busting through some of your stash or using up some of those fat quarter bundles you’ve got sitting around. This quilt is also great for playing around with different color palettes - the trick behind making a “controlled scrappy” quilt, as seen in some of the other photos, is collecting a bunch of light and dark prints with good contrast between them. Pay attention to all factors - value, color, & scale.
See image of back of pattern or look below for fabric requirements.
This pattern works with both Fat 1/8th and regular 1/8th yards (4½” x Width of Fabric) and Fat Quarters or regular 1/4 yards (9" x Width of Fabric)
Crib Size: Fabric Requirements (42" x 52½”)
- 10 Dark 1/8th yard pieces (OR you can use 5 Dark ¼ yards)
- 10 Light 1/8th yard pieces (OR 5 Light ¼ yards/Fat Quarters)
- Binding 3/8 yards
- Backing 1 5/8 yards
Throw Size: Fabric Requirements (57½” x 78½”)
- 18 Dark 1/8th yard pieces (OR you can use 9 Dark ¼ yards)
- 18 Light 1/8th yard pieces (OR 9 Light ¼ yards/Fat Quarters)
- 1st Border: 5/8 yards
- Binding 1/2 yards
- Backing 4 3/4 yards
Twin Size: Fabric Requirements (68" x 89")
- 24 Dark 1/8th yard pieces (OR you can use 12 Dark ¼ yards)
- 24 Light 1/8th yard pieces (OR 12 Light ¼ yards/Fat Quarters)
- 1st Border: 3/4 yards
- Binding 5/8 yards
- Backing 5 1/2 yards
Queen Size: Fabric Requirements (83½” x 94")
- 28 Dark 1/8th yard pieces (OR you can use 14 Dark ¼ yards)
- 28 Light 1/8th yard pieces (OR 14 Light ¼ yards/Fat Quarters)
- 1st Border: 1 1/2 yards
- Binding 3/4 yards
- Backing 7 1/2 yards
King Size: Fabric Requirements (106” x 106")
- 32 Dark 1/8th yard pieces (OR you can use 16 Dark ¼ yards)
- 32 Light 1/8th yard pieces (OR 16 Light ¼ yards/Fat Quarters)
- 1st Border: 1 1/4 yards
- 2nd Border 2 1/2 yards
- Binding 7/8 yards
- Backing 9 1/2 yards
