King Size Quilt pt.1
I decided this week to start a new project - a full-size quilt! I'm doing a Sarah's Choice pattern, and I'll be using a series of installments to track my progress through this quilting journey.
I have to do 16 12" blocks for the size quilt that I'm making. Then I'll be doing the sashing and border once the blocks are finished.
My goal is to get at least one block done every week. If I get time, and I have the daylight on my side I'm hoping I can do more (I have terrible lighting in my apartment and the only time I can really get good light is when I'm home during the day on the weekends - since it's been getting dark around 4-5pm lately).
Quilt Block Pattern: Sarah's Choice
Approximate Finished Quilt Size: King Size (100" x 100")
Blocks: 14" x 14" (x36)
Fabric Yardage:
- Dark Brown: 2 yards (1.8288 meters rounded up to 2 meters)
- Blue: 2 yards (1.8288 meters rounded up to 2 meters)
- Cream: 4.5 yards (4.1148 meters rounded up to 5 meters)
Gather the two 4 1/4" dark brown squares and the two blue squares of the same size. Use the sandwich method to sew a dark brown square to a blue square. Cut them apart to create two half-square triangle units. Press flat, with seam allowance in the favor of the blue half. Repeat to create four units.
sandwich style squares
Gather four 4 x 7" cream rectangles, two 4 x 4" dark brown squares and two 4 x 4" blue squares. Use the quick flying geese method to create four flying geese for the outer rows of your quilt block. Take care to orient the squares as shown to end up with a unit with a dark triangle on one end and a blue triangle on the other.
flying geese style rectangles
Arrange the pieced units and four background squares into three rows - as shown in the example illustration below. You can get creative here with how your pieces are arranged. Sew components of each row together. Press seam allowances in top and bottom rows towards the corner squares. Press seam allowances in the middle row towards the center unit. Create thirty six blocks.
You can tell I decided to switch the 'tails' of the flying geese so they formed a slightly different shape.
Sarah's Choice quilt block
It's a lot trickier than I realized to get all the corners to line up perfectly, but hey it's only my first block so far :)
Stay tuned for further installments!
