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Black and White and Red All Over

© Janet Wickell
This strippy set quilt can be used as a large baby quilt, toddler quilt, lap quilt or even a wallhanging. Tailor the quilt to suit any theme by sewing with different fabrics.

To make the quilt, you'll sew four columns with large panels and surround them with five narrower columns made from strip-pieced fabric.

Finished Quilt Size: 59" x 63"

Fabrics

Choose an assortment of black and white fabrics for the wide columns and the outer border. Choose a scrappy assortment of reds to make the narrower columns. I used a (mostly) white with black print for the narrow inner border.

Black & White Fabrics:

  • (6) 6-1/2" x 16-1/2" panels
  • (8) 6-1/2" x 12-1/2" panels

    You can use the same fabric more than once or go very scrappy with 14 different prints.

Red Print Fabrics:

  • Cut a total of (20) 3-1/2" x 19" strips from at least six different red prints -- add more variety if you like.

Borders:
Crosswise grain.

  • Inner: 1/4 yard white/black print
  • Outer: 1-1/4 yard black/white print

Optional, for Lengthwise Grain Borders:

  • Inner: 1-1/2 yard
  • Outer: 1-3/4 yard (You'll have lots of leftover yardage if you use lengthwise grain borders.)

Backing: 3-3/4 yards (How to Make Quilt Backing)

Binding: About 265 running inches doublefold binding (a href="http://quilting.about.com/od/bindingaquilt/ss/binding_strips_3.htm">Make Continuous Binding Strips

Batting: About 67" x 71" (Learn a bit about cotton quilt batting

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