a SIMPLY EMMA QUILT PATTERN Fabric Needed: 1/2 yard of 8 fabrics (I used Riley & Blake Unforgettable Cotton Collection) 1 yard small border 1 3/4 yard large border About 6 yards for backing About 9 yards of bias binding Batting (Hobbs 80/20 is great, and can be found at most fabric stores) *All sewing/measurements is done using a 1/4 inch seam allowance. **You can pre-wash your fabric. I'm not consistent on doing this. I did this time though. If you do, make sure that you iron your fabric after. Copyright Pattern by: http://www.simplisticallysassy.com/2014/06/09/simple-twin-size-quilt-pattern/
Making the Blocks: 1. Take one of your 1/2 yard fabrics fold it in half (measure about 17 x 21) with the folded edge on the left. You'll be making 3 cuts.. There will be a bit left over (an inch more or less, and that can be discarded). You'll repeat these cuts with all 8 of the 1/2 yard patterns you have. Cut 1: 9.5 inches Cut 2: 5 inches Cut 3: 2 inches 2. Then you'll make 2 more cuts. Cut 1: Across your 9.5 inch piece, cut every 5 inches. Makes 8 (9.5 x 5) rectangles. Cut 2: On the 5 inch piece, you'll cut at 9.5 inches. Makes 4 (9.5 x 5) rectangles. 3. Next you'll mix and match your 9.5 x 5 inch pieces into sets. 4. Place each set with right sides together (so you're looking at the wrong side of the fabrics). 5. Sew a 1/4 inch seam along the 9.5 inch side. 6. Press to one side using the tip of the iron to push the seam towards the darker fabric. 7. Pick the 6 colors you'd like for your main stripe color. These should measure about 2 x 41.5 inches. 8. Pick 2 colors you'd like to use for your secondary color on your stripes. You'll need 12 pieces that measure 2 x 7.25 each. 9. Sew a 7.25 inch stripe onto each end of the 41.5 inch stripe. 10. Press each end stripe flat. Once you have all your sets sewn together, stripes made and everything pressed make sure to admire all the lovely colors. Ah. Love these. :) Placing the Blocks 1. You'll switch back and froth placing your blocks vertical and horizontal. Each row should have 6 blocks, and there should be 7 rows. 2. After a row, place a stripe, then start another row. 3. Refer to the diagram for the pattern for each row. Sewing the Rows: 1. Take the first block in row 1, and place it right sides together with the second block in row 1. 2. Then sew the correct sides together so when opened, it will be how you had placed it. This should be the left side of the blocks. 3. Press open, and repeat steps 1 and 2 with blocks 3 and 4, and then 5 and 6. 4. Then place blocks 1 and 2, right sides together on blocks 3 and 4. Sew the left side so that they are sewn in the correct pattern. Press open. 5. Take blocks 1-4, and place right sides together on blocks 5 and 6. Sew and press. 6. Repeat steps 1-5 with all rows. Sewing the Stripes: 1. Place each row on the bottom edge of the row above it - so the right sides are facing each other. Sew along the edge, so when you press open, the stripe will be sewn on the bottom edge of the row. 2. Repeat with each stripe. Sewing the Top Together: 1. Place row 2 on top of row 1, right sides together. Sew, so that the top or row 2, is connecting to the stripe of row 1. 2. Press open. 3. Repeat step one with rows 3 and 4, and then again with rows 5 and 6. 4. Repeat step 1 with row 7 onto row 6 (which should already be sewn to row 5).
5. Place rows 3 and 4 on top of 1 and 2 and sew the top of row 3 to the stripe of row 2. Press open. 6. Place rows 5-7 on top of rows 1-4, sew along the edge connecting the stripe from row 4 to the top of row 5. Press open. 7. Press entire quilt as best you can. Sewing the Borders: 1. You're going to take your quilt top and take 3 measurements. Measurement 1: Measure the left (long) side. Write that down. Measurement 2: Measure the right (long) side. Write that down. Measurement 3: Fold the quilt in half, and measure that length. Write that down. 2. Add all 3 numbers together, and then divide by 3 to get the average. 3. Once you have your average, you'll take your 1 yard of fabric for your small border, and cut that into 2.5 inch strips. You will probably need 2 strips for each side border. For example: My quilt measured, 73.5, 72.6, 73. My average was 73. I cut my borders, and they were each 41 inches. I sewed two together (using the method below), to make them 82, and then cut them to be 73 inches. 4. Pin your border along one of the long sides. Make sure to do this since we took the average number, and it may be slightly longer/shorter and you'll need to make sure to get it all fitted. This will help the quilt lay flatter in the end. So it's important to get that pinned well. 5. Once you have sewn your border on, press it really well, and repeat step 4 with the other side of the quilt. 6. Repeat step 1-5, but with the top, bottom, and then the quilt folded in half. 7. Once all of the small borders are on, repeat step 1 again exactly as written to get the new measurement with the small border. 8. Cut the large border fabric in strips that are 4.5 inches wide. These will be about 41 inches long again, so you'll need to use 2 borders for each side. Again, use the method shown below to hide the seam slightly better. 9. Repeat steps 4-6. How to Piece your Boarder: 1. Overlap your border ends like the image below. 2. Then you'll sew diagonally, and cut off the excess just above where you stitched. Then press to one side, so you have a nice flat boarder that is long enough. :) Piecing Your Backing: 1. Measure the length and width of your quilt. 2. Add 8 inches to the length and width. For example: Width 72 + 8 = 80 Length 96 + 8 = 104 3.Then divide the length by 36 inches (to figure out how many yards are needed, and 36 inches is equal to one yard). In the example below you can see that for the length, we'd need about 3 yards. 104 divided by 36 (1 yard) = 2.88 yards (just round it up to 3 yards). 4. In the above example, we have 80 inches, and the width of fabric usually comes in 45 inch width. So, we will need an addition 3 yards to cover that space as well. 5. Fold your backing length wise, then in half so you can cut it into TWO three yard pieces. 6.You now have two pieces that are about 3 yards (about 104 inches) x 44/45 inches. 7. Cut your edges to be nice and clean. 8. Then sew the long edges together using a 5/8 seam allowance. **This is the ONLY time you ever use a 5/8 seam in a quilt.
9. Sew and press the seam OPEN and your backing is ready. **This is the only time you'll press the seam open. ** Doing it this way, you will have more then the required extra 8 (4 all the way around the quilt top gives the long arm quilter plenty of room for the machine rollers, if that's the route you decide to go). Quilting your Quilt: 1. If you're not familiar with quilting, you can call around to local quilt shops to see if they do it, or if they have business cards for those that do it and find out their prices. It can be as much as $200. 2. You could also use your sewing machine, and follow down each row, and between each row (along all the red lines in the diagram). This will take quite a bit of time, but doing straight lines could be the easier option. 3. You can also do an Internet search for beginner quilting option Binding your Quilt: 1. Trim your border and batting so it's all even and nice looking. 2. Measure each side of your quilt (top: 72", bottom: 96", left: 73", right: 95") and write that down. It's okay if they vary. 3. Add those four measurements together. Which in the above case would be 336" or 9.3 yards. 4. You'll sew your binding starting with right sides together, so the edge of the binding matches up with the edge of the quilt, all the way around. 5.Then, fold the binding over and stitch that around "in the ditch" This pattern is copyrighted material by Simplistically Sassy, LLC. You may no copy, or sell, this pattern in any way. http://www.simplisticallysassy.com/2014/06/09/simple-twin-size-quilt-pattern/