Materials:

This quilt was designed with a block size such that you can use fat quarters as much as possible.  Since not all fat quarters are exactly 18” wide, I chose to cut my squares at 4.25”.  This seemed to maximize the use of the fat quarters.  However, two colors require more than 16 squares, so you’ll need slightly more fabric for those two colors.

1 fat quarter yellow

1 fat quarter orange

1 fat quarter green

1 fat quarter blue

1 generous quarter yard cut purple (slightly more than a fat quarter!)

14” cut of rose (slightly more than a fat quarter!)

2/3 yard darker blue border fabric

½ yard fabric for binding (less if same as borders)

batting

fabric for backing

thread for piecing

thread for quilting (if desired)

Tools:  

Rotary cutter, mat, and 6x24” ruler  Sewing machine and basic sewing supplies

Cutting:

For the yellow, orange, green and blue colors, cut each fat quarter into 4 strips that are 4.25” x 21”.  Cut these strips such that you have 16  4.25” squares of each of these 4 colors.

From the purple, cut 2 strips selvage to selvage that are 4.25” wide.  You should be able to get 17  4.25” squares from these strips.

From the rose fabric you will need either 2 or 3 strips that are 4.25” wide.  From these you need to cut 18 squares.

Cut five 4.5” wide strips from selvage to selvage from the border fabric.  Cut off the selvages.

Sewing:

Lay out your squares in the configuration shown above.  If you have directional fabrics, pay careful attention.  Mark the left block of each row with a row number.  Pin together the rows and sew the rows together.  Iron the seams in the odd numbered rows to the left (towards the row marker).  Iron the seams in the even numbered rows away from the row marker.  Sew the rows together.

Measure, cut, pin, and sew on the border pieces to the two short sides of the quilt.  Press seams towards the borders.  

For the two longer borders you’ll need to piece the borders.  Again, measure, cut, pin, and sew on the border pieces to the two long sides of the quilt.  Press seams towards the borders.

Layer backing, batting, and pieced top.  Baste with thread or safety pins if quilting.   Meandering will look nice, or try using a walking foot and sew diagonally through each block to create large concentric diamonds.

 If you need further details for these steps I recommend click on the image below