Wednesday, May 4, 2016

Cutting Directions for quilt along

Hi everyone, here are the cutting directions for the quilt along. This week all we are doing is cutting, next week we will start sewing. :) Just scroll down to the size that you are doing and follow those instructions. It is always nice to have a couple of ziploc bags on hand in order to keep the pieces in so they don't get lost.

Cutting Instructions for Crib size:

Focus Fabric. These are your center squares. You will cut 5 width of fabric strips at 6 1/2”. Then cut into 30 6 1/2” squares.


Solid fabrics. Cut 9 width of fabric 2 1/2” wide strips out of each of your 3 fabrics. Take 4 strips of each fabric and cut into 6 1⁄2” segments (you need 20 2 1/2” x 6 1/2” rectangles of each of the three colors.)  Take the remaining, which should be 5 of each color and cut into 10 1/2” segments (you need 20 2 1/2” x 10 1/2” rectangles of each of the three colors). After cutting organize into piles of color and size. If you put 2 small rectangles and 2 large rectangles with each square, you should have 10 squares of each of the three colors.



Cutting instructions for the Twin Size:

Focus Fabric. These are your center squares. You will cut 11 width of fabric strips at 6 1/2”. Then cut into 63 6 1/2” squares.


Solid fabrics. Cut 18 width of fabric 2 1/2” wide strips out of each of your 3 fabrics. Take 7 strips of each fabric and cut into 6 1⁄2” segments (you need 42 2 1/2” x 6 1/2” rectangles of each of the three colors.) Take the remaining, which should be 11 of each color and cut into 10 1/2” segments (you need 42 2 1/2” x 10 1/2” rectangles of each of the three colors). After cutting organize into piles of
color and size. you should have 21 squares with 2 small rectangles and 2 large rectangles of each color.


Cutting instructions for the Queen size:

Focus Fabric. These are your center squares. You will cut 14 width of fabric strips at 6 1/2”. Then cut into 81 6 1/2” squares.


Solid fabrics. Cut 27 width of fabric 2 1/2” wide strips out of each of your 3 fabrics. Take 9 strips of each fabric and cut into 6 1⁄2” segments (you need 54 2 1/2” x 6 1/2” rectangles of each of the three colors.) Take the remaining, which should be 18 of each color and cut into 10 1/2” segments (you need 54 2 1/2” x 10 1/2” rectangles of each of the three colors). After cutting organize into piles of
color and size. You should have 27 squares with 2 small rectangles and 2 large rectangles of each color.



There you have it. I hope you come back next week to find out how to assemble the squares. Happy Cutting!

4 comments:

  1. Hi Kathy! This looks fun--it would be great to see a photo of the finished quilt for planning purposes! Or is this a mystery quilt along? Thanks for sharing it in LNQC!

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    1. Thanks Kitty. Good idea to post the finished quilt.

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  2. Lovely quilt Kathy, I saw the pic in your earlier post.
    Looking forward to getting to know you in the blog hop.
    Smiles
    Kate

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    1. Thanks Kate. I am hoping to learn a lot about blogging through the blog hop.

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