Easy Quilt Patterns
They don't get much simpler than this. The Road Trip quilt (named for the Route 66 fabrics it's sewn with) is an easy quilt pattern made by assembling columns of squares, with rectangles at the ends of a few columns to create offsets that simulate a "wavelike" appearance. Choose fabrics of different color values to make the waves appear.The column-like setting is typically known as a strippy set or strippy quilt.
Make copies of the drawing on page 3 and play around with color and value if you'd like to change the flow of the patches.
Cut patches from a variety of fabrics to make a scrap quilt.
Finished Quilt: About 44-1/2" x 50-1/2"
Very dark #1, lower dark path and upper dark path
- 1/3 yard
- Cut a 6-1/2" strip from selvage to selvage; square up one end and cut (6) 6-1/2" squares from it
- Cut a 3-1/2" x 6-1/2" segment from the remainder of the strip. Use additional yardage to cut (2) more 3-1/2" x 6-1/2" rectangles.
Very dark #2, mid dark path
- 1/4 yard
- Cut (6) 6-1/2" squares from a 6-1/2" strip cut from selvage to selvage
Bright warm, sits under dark on bottom and used near top
- 5/8 yard
- cut (2) 6-1/2" strips from selvage to selvage and cut (6) 6-1/2" squares from each
- Cut a 3-1/2" x 6-1/2" segment from the remainder of each strip
- Cut one more 6-1/2" square from remaining yardage
Neutral #1, above bottom dark
- 1/4 yard
- Cut (1) 6-1/2" wide selvage to selvage strip; cut (6) 6-1/2" squares from it
Neutral #2, near quilt's top
- 3/8 yard
- Cut a 6-1/2" strip from selvage to selvage; square up one end and cut (6) 6-1/2" squares from it
- Cut a 3-1/2" x 6-1/2" segment from the remainder of the strip.
- Cut (2) more 6-1/2" squares from remaining yardage
Inner Border
- 1/3 yard for crosswise grain borders
Outer Border
- 5/8 yard for crosswise grain borders
See Page 2 for finishing materials.
