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Summer in the Country: Country Picnic
Summer in the Country: Country Picnic
This simple setting with Hourglass cornerstones makes a perfect picnic quilt. Or imagine using it on a sleeping porch on a summer evening.
YIELD
72" x 72" quilt
INGREDIENTS
BLOCKS: (16) 12½” unfinished blocks
BACKGROUND: 1½ yards white
ACCENT: ¼ yard blue, ¼ yard red
BACKING: 4½ yards
BINDING: 5/8 yard
INSTRUCTIONS
From BACKGROUND, cut:
(9) 4½” x WOF strips; subcut into (28) 12½” strips
(2) 5½” x WOF strips; subcut into (14) 5½” squares
From Accent FABRIC 1, CUT:
(2) 5½” x WOF strips; subcut (7) 5½” squares
From Accent FABRIC 2, CUT:
(2) 5½” x WOF strips; subcut (7) 5½” squares
From Border FABRIC, CUT:
(7) 2½” x WOF strips. Remove selvedges and sew together end-to-end. Press. Subcut (2) 68½” strips for side borders and (2) 72½” strips for top and bottom borders
From Binding FABRIC, CUT:
(8) 2½” x WOF strips. Create binding as desired.
Step 1: Half-Square Triangles (HSTs)
Mark a pencil line along the diagonal of the WRONG SIDE of (14) 5½” white squares.
Place 7 white squares right sides together with (7) 5½” red squares. Sew ¼” away from each side of the marked line. Cut apart at pencil line. Press. Do not trim
Make 13 red + white Half-Square Triangles (HSTs).
Place remaining 7 white squares right sides together with (7) 5½” blue squares. Sew ¼” away from each side of the marked line. Cut apart at pencil line. Press. Do not trim.
Make 14 blue + white Half-Square Triangles (HSTs).
Step 2: Quarter Square Triangles
Draw a diagonal pencil line on the wrong side of EACH red HST unit. Place 1 red HST and 1 blue HST right sides together so the whites triangles are opposite one another and the seams are nested together. Pin in place.
Sew ¼” away from each side of the marked line. Cut apart at pencil line. Press. Trim to 4½” square.
Make 25 Quarter-Square Triangles (QSTs).
NOTE: This settiing only uses 25 QSTs. You will have extra HST units.
Step 3: Sashing
Sew 5 rows of QSTs and 4½” x 12½” sashing strips as shown. Flip each QST so the colors alternate to create a pattern.
Sew 4 rows of blocks with 4½” x 12½” sashing strips as shown.
ASSEMBLE THE QUILT
Sew the sashing strip rows and the sashing block rows together.
Attach borders.
Baste, bind and quilt as desired.
Lisa Jo Girodat
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