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Spring Delight
Designed by Jean Baker White
Simple and pretty, Jean’s wall quilt will add special elegance to your springtime décor.
Finished Quilt Size
35 1/4" x 46 "
Number of Blocks
and Finished Size
12 Shoo Fly Blocks 7 1/2" x 7 1/2"
6 Alternate Blocks 7 1/2" x 7 1/2"
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Fabric Requirements
White texture (Shoo Fly Blocks) 3/4 yd.
Large floral (blocks) 3/4 yd.
Yellow texture (Alternate Blocks, border) 5/8 yd.
Green mottle (Alternate Blocks, binding) 3/8 yd.
Green texture (setting triangles) 5/8 yd.
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Backing 1 1/2 yds.
Batting Crib size
Other Materials
Sewing thread
6" square acrylic rotary cutting ruler
Machine quilting thread
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Planning
Jean fell in love with the large floral fabric used in her quilt during an especially hard New England winter. She created this simple, cheery design with thoughts of spring. We instruct you to make the pieced squares for the Shoo Fly Blocks using Jean's quick method (see Diagrams I and II)—the squares turn out slightly large and are trimmed to the exact size needed.
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Cutting the Fabric
White texture
... *6 squares 7 1/2" x 7 1/2"
... 48 squares 3" x 3"
Large floral
... *6 squares 7 1/2" x 7 1/2"
... 12 squares 3" x 3"
... 6 squares 5" x 5"
Yellow texture
... 6 strips 2" x width of fabric
(WOF)
... 2 strips 2" x 46", pieced from 3 WOF strips
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Green mottle
... 4 strips 2" x WOF
Green texture
... 3 squares 12 1/2" x 12 1/2", cut in
half twice diagonally to make 12 quarter-square triangles (2 left over)
... 2 squares 6 1/2" x 6 1/2", cut in
half diagonally to make 4 half-square triangles
*Cut first.
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Step 1. On wrong side of white texture 7 1/2" square, draw 2 diagonal lines (from corner to corner) and horizontal and vertical lines through center (3 3/4" from edges) with marking tool of your choice. Place marked square on large floral 7 1/2" square, right sides together (see Diagram I-A). Press lightly. Pin away from center along marked lines. Referring to Diagram I-B, sew 1/4" seam on each side of marked diagonal lines. Press sewing lines.
Step 2. Cut along all drawn lines (I-C) to yield 8 pieced squares (I-D). Repeat process with remaining 7 1/2" square pairs to make 48 total pieced squares. Using 6" square acrylic rotary cutting ruler, trim all pieced squares to 3" square (see Diagram II).
Diagram I-A |
Diagram I-B |
Diagram I-C |
Diagram I-D |
Diagram II
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