Cerda - 75 Fun Fat-Quarter Quilts

Publisher: Amy Marson Creative Director: Gailen Runge Art Director / Book Designer: Kristy Zacharias Editors: Lynn Koolish and Monica Gyulai Technical Editors: Priscilla Read and Susan Nelsen Production Coordinator: Freesia Pearson Blizard Production Editors: Katie Van Amburg and Joanna Burgarino Illustrator: Tim Manibusan Photo Assistant: Mary Peyton Peppo Style photography by Nissa Brehmer and instructional photography by Diane Pedersen, unless otherwise noted Published by C&T Publishing, Inc., P.O. Box 1456, Lafayette, CA 94549 Introduction Who among us hasnt been drawn to tantalizing piles of coordinated fat quarters? They really do look like candy, strung together in harmonic hues. By dividing a yard of fabric into chunks instead of strips, we quilters have more options when cutting them apart for piecing. Indeed, when it comes to a quarter yard of fabric, fat beats skinny any day! We asked fourteen inspiring quilters from around the country to design quilts that make the best of this unique cut of fabric. And they delivered. 75 Fun Fat-Quarter Quilts presents an array of stunning quilt designs that range from modern to traditional, geometric to figurative, patchy to elegant.

Every chapter includes a main design and variations on it. By setting blocks on point or switching a high-contrast design to all neutrals or rotating some blocks 90, a quilter can completely change the look of a project. Choose a favorite version to make with your own fat quarters, or find inspiration in the variations and create a new look based on the blocks presented. With Kims Deal, Jo Kramer and Kelli Hanken present seven different quilt designs based on one block, the Churn Dash block. In Beaded Curtain, Allegory Lanham combines rectangles and half-square triangles to make designs that look like beads, candies, and even Christmas crackers. In Log Jam, Kate Carlson Colleran manipulates a classic Log Cabin block and offers numerous electric designs that seem energized by their complementary color schemes.

Take a tour of these brightly illustrated projects and find plenty of reasons to dig into your own stash of fat quarters or scraps. Like eating candy, dont be surprised if its hard to stop with just one. FAT QUARTERS ARE 18 20 AND FABRIC IS 40 WIDE UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED IN A PROJECT. Spring Petals Gone Graphic MADE BY LIZ ANELOSKI FINISHED BLOCK SIZE: 9 9 FINISHED QUILT SIZE: 37 37 Spring Petals Gone Graphic is made of eight petal blocks 9 9 held together with simple, repeated center units. This flower section can be repeated four times on point or in a straight set to create a larger quilt, or the blocks can be used in a line to make a table runner. Mix and match the blocks to create a project featuring your favorite colors or fat quarters.

MATERIALS Yardage is based on 42 width.Bright pink: 2 fat quarters for Block A Apricot: 2 fat quarters for Block B and Unit C White-with-black print: 1 fat quarter for Unit C Solid black: 1 fat quarter for Block A and Unit C Coordinating print: 1 fat quarter for Center D Black-with-white print: 3 fat quarters for Block A, Block B, and Backgrounds E, F, and G Binding: yard Backing: 42 42 Batting: 42 42 CUTTING WOF = width of fabric BRIGHT PINK Cut 2 strips 9 20. Subcut into 4 squares 9 9. APRICOT Cut 2 strips 9 20. Subcut into 4 squares 9 9. From the remaining fabric, cut 4 pieces 1 3. WHITE-WITH-BLACK PRINT Cut 2 strips 3 20.

Subcut into 8 squares 3 3. SOLID BLACK Cut 2 strips 3 20. Subcut into 8 squares 3 3. Cut 1 strip 3 20. Subcut into 8 pieces 1 3. COORDINATING PRINT Cut 1 square 9 9.

BLACK-WITH-WHITE PRINT See cutting diagrams. Cut 12 squares 3 3. Cut 4 pieces 2 9. Cut 4 pieces 5 9. Cut 4 pieces 5 14. Cutting for black-with-white print BINDING Cut 4 strips 2 WOF for double-fold binding. Mark diagonal lines. Mark diagonal lines.

Block A Place a marked white-with-black print square and a marked black-with-white print square on opposite corners of a large bright pink square, right sides together. Sew just inside the line of each small square (see Sewing a Scant Seam). Trim, leaving a seam allowance. Make 4. Sew and trim. Sew just next to line.

Sewing a Scant Seam Sew just inside the marked line (a threads width toward the corner of the large square). This will allow for the thickness of the fold and will ensure that you dont end up with a short corner. Press the small corners open. Trim each block to 9 9 if necessary. Make 4. Block A Block B Place a marked white-with-black print square and a marked black-with-white print square on opposite corners of a large apricot square, right sides together. Sew just inside the line of each small square (see Sewing a Scant Seam,).

Trim, leaving a seam allowance. Make 4. Sew and trim. Press the small corners open. Trim each block to 9 9 if necessary. Block B Unit C Sew a solid black strip on each side of an apricot strip. Block B Unit C Sew a solid black strip on each side of an apricot strip.

Sew a white-with-black print square on each side of this unit. Press. Make 4. Unit C CENTER SQUARE Place a marked solid black square on each corner of the large coordinating print square, right sides together. Sew just inside the line of each small square (see Sewing a Scant Seam,). Make 1. Sew and trim. Sew and trim.

Press the small corners open. Trim the block to 9 9 if necessary. Make 1. Center square QUILT CONSTRUCTION Refer to the quilt layout diagram to arrange the blocks, units, and black-with-white print background pieces. Sew together the pieces into rows. Press.