Here's the digital rendering of my quilt Double Crossed. A 64 x 64 inch - Throw quilt using 16 - 14 inch blocks with a FQ bundles and 1 1/2 yards for the background. The block uses 3 inch and 2 1/2 inch strips.
A single block looks like this:
Beautifully simple! These blocks go together very quickly and I just adore that they make a secondary design - how fun!
Cut the following pieces:
- Piece A - (8) - 3 x 5 inch rectangles of your background
- Piece B - (4) - 3 x 7 1/2 inch rectangles for your center cross )2 of each contrasting fabrics)
- Piece C - (4) 2 1/2 x 5 inch rectangles for your corners to create the seconary smaller cross design (2 of each contrasting fabrics)
Ready to start sewing (all seams are 1/4 inch and always sew right sides together)
- Sew your 4 piece C's to 4 of your piece A's along the 5 inch edge and press as desired.
- Sew the last 4 piece C's to the top of the piece AC units so that your piece A's are to the left. Press as desired
- Sew the piece B's to the long background edges (the two C edges) of the units you just have sewn together. and press.
Now lets start assembling your block:
- Sew the 2 of the units together so the the long edge of piece B is sewn to the BC edge of the oposite unit. Press as desired.
- Sew the two large sections together so the long edges of B are top and bottom, oposite of each other. Press as desired.
Your block should meassure 14 1/2 inches square. Now make 15 more or 19 more if you'd like to make a longer quilt.
Add boarders as desired. I opted to add an additional row and skip the boarders as I was too excited to complete my quilt.
I currently have 16 fun scrappy blocks sewn together using various cream and white low volume fabrics. Big debate - do I make mine bigger or just start adding boarders?
Coming later this week at the eldest child's request - a jelly roll friendly version with 12 inch blocks. Here's a sneak peak of my version using a jellyroll of Sweetwater's Authentic and various grey solids for the background fabrics.
Happy sewing, until next time....
Lisa Jo
@neverlandstitches
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