Bug Jar Quilt
Most of the bug jars quilts I've seen depict tall, quart-sized canning jars. I wanted to make something a bit flattened, with more jar width to accommodate prints that extend along the crosswise grain.Here's the result, a bug jar in a square. If you don't like bugs, fill your jars with candy, flower fairies, cookies... or even people.
The instructions include cutting charts for two block sizes, a 12-inch finished square bug jar block and a smaller block that finishes at 6-inches square.
Use any background you like. Black is pretty effective for many prints and can make the jar seem to pop out from the fabric, but another color might work better with your quilting fabrics.
12-inch Bug Jar Quilt Block Cutting Chart
Jar Contents
- one 8-1/2" x 8-1/2" square
Jar Cap
- one 1-3/4" x 5-1/2" bar
Background
- Block Top: one 2-1/2" x 12-1/2" bar
- Block Bottom: one 1-1/4" x 12-1/2" bar
- Block Sides: two 2-1/2" x 8-1/2" bars
- Cap Sides: two 1-3/4" x 4" bars
- Jar Corners: four 1-1/2" x 1-1/2" squares
6-inch Bug Jar Quilt Block Cutting Chart
Jar Contents
- one 4-1/2" x 4-1/2" square
Jar Cap
- one 1-1/8" x 3" bar
Background
- Block Top: one 1-1/2" x 6-1/2" bar
- Block Bottom: one 7/8" x 6-1/2" bar
- Block Sides: two 1-1/2" x 4-1/2" bars
- Cap Sides: two 1-1/8" x 2-1/4" bars
- Jar corners: four 1" x 1" squares
Alternative: Strip Pieced Lid Unit for Four Blocks
12-inch BlockBackground: two 7-1/2" x 4" bars
Cap: one 7-1/2" x 5-1/2" bar
- Sew a background bar to the cap bar along their 7-1/2" sides. Sew another background bar to the cap's opposite side. Press seam allowances towards the darkest fabric.
- Square up one end of the strip set. Cut four 1-3/4" segments from it to create four cap/background units.
6-inch Block
Background: two 4-3/4" x 2-1/4" bars
Cap: one 4-3/4" x 3" bar
Assemble as for larger block. Cut four 1-1/8" segments.
