Make 18 Eight Hands Around quilt blocks and 17 Crossroads quilt blocks. Refer to pages 2 and 3 for instructions.
Eight Hands Around
Light Blue Batik
- six 6-1/2" x 42" strips; cut seventy-two 3-1/2" x 6-1/2" rectangles from strips
- four 3-7/8" x 42" strips; cut thirty-six 3-7/8" x 3-7/8" squares from strips
Darkest Blue Print
- twelve 3-1/2" x 42" strips; cut 144 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" squares from strips
Medium Blue Print
- two 3-1/2" x 42" strips; cut eighteen 3-1/2" x 3-1/2" squares from strips
- three 2" x 42" strips and one 2" x 12" strip; cut sixty-eight 2" x 2" squares from strips
- five 2" x 42" strips and one 2" x 30" strip; cut sixty-eight 2" x 3-1/2" rectangles from strips
Mottled Green
- four 3-7/8" x 42" strips; cut thirty-six 3-7/8" x 3-7/8" squares from strips
Crossroads Variation Quilt Block
Darkest Blue Print
- two 3-7/8" x 42" strips and one 3-7/8" x 17" strip; cut thirty-four 3-7/8" x 3-7/8" squares from strips
Blue Paisley
- six 6-1/2" x 42" strips; cut sixty-eight 3-1/2" x 6-1/2" rectangles from strips
Medium Blue Print
- five 3-7/8" x 42" strips; cut fifty 3-7/8" x 3-7/8" squares from strips; cut one more 3-7/8" square from extra fabric
Light Blue "Dotted" Print
- two 3-7/8" x 42" strips; cut seventeen 3-7/8" x 3-7/8" squares from strips
Mottled Green
- four 3-7/8" x 42" strips; cut thirty-six 3-7/8" x 3-7/8" squares from strips
Quilt Top
Arrange blocks into seven horizontal rows as shown, each with five alternating blocks. Sew blocks in each row together. Sew rows together.Borders
Inner: 2-1/2" strips of the darkest blue
Middle: 4-1/2" strips of pale green
Outer: 6-1/2" wide strips of blue print
