Easy Quilt Patterns: 11 Applique Quilt Patterns Quick Quilts

Improve your applique and free motion design skills as you put the hexies together! This is the perfect quilt for both playtime and naptime. Its big enough to give your little one some space to crawl around and cuddly enough to keep him or her warm and cozy. You cant go wrong! Materials: Fat Quarters 3/8 Yard for Binding 1 1/4 Yard for Backing Hexagon ruler Instructions: Note: To make cutting the hexies easier, outline the different hexagons in different colors on your ruler as shown below: Cutting Press your fat quarters. Trim them into two strips of 9 1/4 each. The 9 1/4 strips will allow us to cut hexagons with 5 finished sides.
Place your ruler onto the strip aligning the top and the bottom of the strip with the corresponding mark on your ruler . Align the left hand side of the strip with the mark on the ruler.

Once you are all lined up, place your rotary cutter in the designated slot and cut in the slot. Repeat for the other side. Once you have cut the first two slots, rotate your ruler 90 degrees and align the top and bottom. You can also align the left hand side where you just cut. Once all sides are aligned along the yellow line, cut the two remaining sides using the designated slots. Repeat the process cutting another 5 finished side hexagon out of the second 9 1/4" strip.

Set the two large hexagons aside. F rom the remainder of the strips, cut the applique hexagons. Cut the strips into widths for other sized hexagons. You should have a 3 side hexagon, a 1 1/2 side hexagon, and a 4 side hexagon. C ut your hexagons from the new strips the exact same way as before using the designated grid. Repeat for all your strips.

You will have 4 to 5 hexagons cut from your fat quarter. Repeat for all 15 of your fat quarters being sure to get two large hexagons from each fat quarter. The exact square sizes are as follows: 1/2 - 3 1/8 x 3 5/8 2 4 x 4 5/8 2 1/2 - 4 7/8 x 5 3/4 3 - 5 3/4 x 6 5/8 3 1/2 - 6 5/8 x 7 5/8 4 - 7 1/2 x 8 3/4 4 1/2 - 8 3/8 x 9 3/4 5 - 9 1/4 x 10 5/8 You will have 30 large 5-sided hexagons, 2 from each of your 15 fat quarters. Applique Grab your first large hexie and any applique hexie. Center the applique onto the large hexie. Secure stitch your applique to your large hexie. Secure stitch your applique to your large hexie.

To get the shabby fun edges, stitch a 1/4 straight stitch from the edge of your applique. Pivot 1/4 from the edges and sew all around the applique, back stitching a stitch or two at the beginning and end. You can add another layer or call it good. Then, move onto your next large hexie. Be sure to applique all 30 of your hexies. Sub-cutting Align your appliqued hexie on your mat with the points matching on a vertical line.

Using your long ruler, cut the hexagon in half from point to point. Cut all 30 hexagons in half.