Easy Quilt Pattern
Straight grain pieces help make this an easy quilt pattern, since there are no stretchy bias edges to deal with. It's one of many quilt patterns on the Quilting Web site that are a good choice for beginning quilters who want to practice their rotary cutting and strip piecing skills.If you're a beginner, read a few important tutorials before you make this quilt:
- About Fabric Grain
- How to Press Quilt Blocks
- Learn to Cut Long Strips of Fabric
- Sew a Quarter Inch Seam
- Rotary Cutting Intro and Rotary Cutting Safety Tips
The strips used in the quilt block finish at 2" in width; the sashing strips and cornerstones finish at 1-1/2". New quilters sometimes find it easier to cut narrow strips of fabric from fat quarters or along the lengthwise grain of fabric, rather than from the folded yardage typically used to cut long strips.
Finished Quilt Block: 10" x 10"
Finished Quilt Size: 59" x 79"
Quilting Fabrics
I rarely design quilts in all-solid fabrics, and hardly ever even use solid fabrics, unless I'm working on an Amish style quilt. Writing the pattern for the Amish Baskets Quilt just a week before publishing this easy quilt pattern must have stuck with me just a bit, because Red Light/Green Light is also stitched in solids. Do change its colors and theme to make the pattern suit your needs.Materials
Black: 3 yards (includes binding)
Red: 1 yard
Green: 1-1/2 yard
Yellow-Gold: 7/8 yard
Gray: 1 yard
Backing: about 5 yards of typical quilting fabric -- you will have leftovers; or, about 70" x 90" of a wide backing panel (Make Quilt Backing)
Batting: about 70" x 90" Binding: about 285 running inches of a doublefold binding to finish at 1/4" wide (Make Quilt Binding)
