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Floral Rag Quilt

© Janet Wickell
This easy 2-block rag quilt pattern is perfect for floral fabrics. I chose a combination of flannel fabrics for my quilt, using a large-scale floral for the plain squares, a medium floral for the larger rectangles, and a small scale print for the bars on each side of the rectangles. The border is pieced from scraps of all fabrics.

Use any fabrics you like for this quilt, florals are not required, and you might prefer more definition between pieces.

I've included yardages and cutting instructions for two rag quilt sizes, a quilt that finishes at about 50-1/2" x 68-1/2" and a larger version that measures 68-1/2" x 86-1/2".

If you're new to rag quilts, read Rag Quilt Basics before you begin. New quilters should review How to Cut Long Strips of Fabric.

Yardages are for the quilt top only. You'll need the same yardage and patchwork pieces for flannel batting and for the quilt backing. Yardages include enough excess to cut pieces for the scrap border.

50-1/2" x 68-1/2" Quilt

Large Floral Squares

  • 1-3/4 yards cut into seventeen 10" x 10" squares

    • Cut four 10" wide strips from selvage to selvage; cut sixteen 10" squares from the strips and one more 10" square from remaining fabric.

Medium Floral Rectangles

  • 1-1/4 yard cut into eighteen 5-1/2" x 10" rectangles

    • Cut five 5-1/2" wide strips from selvage to selvage; cut eighteen 5-1/2" x 10 rectangles from the strips.

Small Floral or Tone-on-Tone Fabric

  • 1 yard cut into thirty-six 3-1/4" x 10" bars

    • Cut three 10" wide strips from selvage to selvage; cut thirty-six 3-1/4" x 10" bars from the strips. If your fabric isn't quite 44" wide, you might need to cut three more bars from extra yardage.

Scrap Border

  • Cut an assortment of fifty 3-1/4" x 5-1/2" bars from leftover yardage.

For larger quilt, see page 3.

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