Striped Summer Striped Summer
Quilt Teal/Corn Quilt Tomato/Blue
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Striped Summer Quilt
(Teal and corn colourway)
Walking into a room decorated with this lovely quilt is sure to bring a smile to anyone’s face.
It owes its bright and cheerful look to the colourful fabrics from the Bloomville collection,
coupled with some Abloom blenders and lovely Solids. As a bonus, the construction of the
quilt is simpler than it looks, being made up of repeated sections, which when sewn together
create a pleasing plaid-style appearance. There is another quilt in this design in delicious
tomato and blueberry colours – see tildasworld.com for the instructions.
Difficulty rating **
Materials
• Fabric 1: ¼yd (25cm) – Late Bloomer lagoon (100511)
• Fabric 2: ¼yd (25cm) – Flowertangle green (100512)
• Fabric 3: ¼yd (25cm) – Cottonbloom petrol (100513)
• Fabric 4: ¼yd (25cm) – Flowermarket pine (100514)
• Fabric 5: ¼yd (25cm) – Garden Vista turquoise (100515)
• Fabric 6: ¼yd (25cm) – Flowertangle mustard (100516)
• Fabric 7: ¼yd (25cm) – Flowermarket sky (100517)
• Fabric 8: ¼yd (25cm) – Garden Vista light corn (100518) (if using this fabric for the
backing, you will have spare for the quilt front)
• Fabric 9: ¼yd (25cm) – Cottonbloom sky (100519)
• Fabric 10: ¼yd (25cm) – Late Bloomer corn (100520)
• Fabric 11: ⅜yd (40cm) – Abloom turquoise (110072)
• Fabric 12: ¼yd (25cm) – Abloom sky (110074)
• Fabric 13: ¼yd (25cm) – Abloom dijon (110081)
• Fabric 14: ¼yd (25cm) – Abloom fern (110082)
• Fabric 15: ⅜yd (40cm) – Abloom mushroom (110083)
• Fabric 16: 2yd (2m) – Solid dove white (120001)
• Fabric 17: ¼yd (25cm) – Solid warm sand (120002)
• Fabric 18: ¼yd (25cm) – Solid pink (120026)
• Fabric 19: ¼yd (25cm) – Solid cerise (120015)
• Fabric 20: ⅛yd (15cm) – Solid mustard (120040)
• Fabric 21: ⅛yd (15cm) – Solid dijon (120039)
• Fabric 22: ¼yd (25cm) – Solid lime green (120028)
• Fabric 23: ⅛yd (15cm) – Solid moss (120038)
• Fabric 24: ¼yd (25cm) – Solid sage green (120020)
• Fabric 25: ¼yd (25cm) – Solid pine (120041)
• Fabric 26: ¼yd (25cm) – Solid fern green (120025)
• Fabric 27: ⅛yd (15cm) – Solid aqua (120042)
• Fabric 28: ¼yd (25cm) – Solid dusty teal (120043)
• Fabric 29: ¼yd (25cm) – Solid sky teal (120023)
• Fabric 30: ¼yd (25cm) – Solid light blue (120044)
• Fabric 31: ⅛yd (15cm) – Solid lilac mist (120011)
• Fabric 32: ¼yd (25cm) – Solid blue sage (120008)
• Fabric 33: ¼yd (25cm) – Solid soft teal (120003)
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• Wadding (batting): 70in x 84in (178cm x 214cm)
• Backing fabric: 4¾yds (4.4m) – Garden Vista light corn (100518)
• Binding fabric: ⅝yd (60cm) – Solid dove white (120001)
• Piecing and quilting threads
• Quilter’s ruler, rotary cutter and mat
Fabric Notes
Where a long eighth or long quarter of a yard is given in the Materials list you could use fat
eighths and fat quarters instead (unless otherwise stated). A fat eighth is assumed to be
approximately 10½in x 18in (26.7cm x 45.7cm) and a fat quarter approximately 21in x 18in
(53.3cm x 45.7cm).
Finished Size
62½in x 76½in (159cm x 194cm)
General Notes
• Fabric quantities are based on a usable width of 42in (107cm), unless otherwise stated.
• Measurements are in imperial inches with metric conversions in brackets – use only one
system throughout (preferably inches). Width measurements are generally given first.
• Before using your fabrics, press before cutting and trim as needed to square up the fabric
pattern/weave, using a quilting ruler to cut the top raw edge at 90 degrees to the
selvedges.
• Use ¼in (6mm) seams unless otherwise instructed.
• Read all the instructions through before you start.
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Quilt Layout
1 The quilt is made up of fourteen sections that are sewn together in rows and then into long
columns. See Fig A for the fabrics used and Fig B for the quilt layout. Most of the sections
are made up of twelve pieces (called wide sections), but some only need five pieces (called
narrow sections), which use the first five pieces of the wide sections – Fig C shows an
example of this.
Fig A Fabric swatches
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Fig B Quilt layout
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Fig C Quilt width made up of wide and narrow sections
Cutting Out
2 When cutting Fabric 16 (dove white) for the background rectangles, cut the following (for
the whole quilt).
• Seven strips 4½in (11.4cm) x width of fabric. Cut these strips into 2in (5.1cm) wide x
4½in (11.4cm) deep pieces. You will need 147 pieces in total. (Cutting across the width
of the fabric you should be able to cut twenty-one pieces per strip.)
• Four strips 7½in (19cm) x width of fabric. Cut these strips into 2in (5.1cm) wide x 7½in
(19cm) deep pieces. You will need eighty-four pieces in total.
3 When cutting fabric for the squares and rectangles from the prints and solid fabrics, refer to
Fig D and Fig E for the measurements and the fabric positions. When the pieces for one
section are cut, it’s a good idea to group them together and label them, to make them easier to
find later. Most of the sections (the wide sections) are made up of twelve pieces, but some
(the narrow sections) only need five pieces. For the whole quilt you will need the following
sections.
• Section 1A – cut pieces for three wide sections and one narrow section.
• Section 2 – cut pieces for six wide sections and two narrow sections.
• Section 3 – cut pieces for six wide sections and two narrow sections.
• Section 4 – cut pieces for six wide sections and two narrow sections.
• Section 5 – cut pieces for six wide sections and two narrow sections.
• Section 6 – cut pieces for six wide sections and two narrow sections.
• Section 7 – cut pieces for six wide sections and two narrow sections.
• Section 8 – cut pieces for six wide sections and two narrow sections.
• Section 9A – cut pieces for three wide sections and one narrow section.
• Section 10 – cut pieces for three wide sections and one narrow section.
• Section 11 – cut pieces for three wide sections and one narrow section.
• Section 12 – cut pieces for three wide sections and one narrow section.
• Section 1B – cut pieces for three wide sections and one narrow section.
• Section 9B – cut pieces for three wide sections and one narrow section.
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Fig D Cut measurements of quilt sections 1A to 8
Seam allowances are included. Numbers in blue indicate fabrics used (see Fig A)
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Fig E Cut measurements of quilt sections 9A to 12, 1B and 9B
Seam allowances are included. Numbers in blue indicate fabrics used (see Fig A)
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4 To cut the backing fabric, remove the selvedges and cut the fabric into two pieces each 84in
(214cm) long x width of fabric. Sew them together along the long side and press the seam
open. Trim to a piece about 70in x 84in (178cm x 214cm).
5 Cut the binding fabric into eight strips 2½in (6.4cm) x width of fabric. Sew them together
end to end and press seams open. Press in half along the length, wrong sides together.
Making the Quilt Sections
6 Once all of the pieces have been cut for each section it’s a simple matter to sew them
together in a row. Fig F shows the sewing of wide Section 1A and wide Section 2. Use ¼in
(6mm) seams and press the seams open or to one side. If pressing to the side, press to one
side in Section 1A and to the opposite side in Section 2, and so on, so the seams will nest
together neatly when you sew them together later. Label the sections so you can identify them
easily later. Sew all of the wide sections needed (as listed in Step 3). Once sewn, check each
wide section is 18½in (47cm) wide.
7 Sew the narrow sections together in the same way. Each of these has just five pieces. Fig G
shows the sewing of narrow Section 1A and narrow Section 2. Once sewn, check each
narrow section is 8½in (21.6cm) wide.
Fig F Sewing the wide sections
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Fig G Sewing the narrow sections
Assembling the Quilt
8 Take all of the sections you have made and arrange them in three columns of wide sections
and one column of narrow sections. Take care to follow the section numbers as shown in Fig
H. Sew the columns together one by one, pressing seams downwards in columns 1 and 3 and
upwards in columns 2 and 4. Take care to align the seam junctions neatly. Now sew the four
columns together and press the long seams open or to one side. Your quilt top is now
finished.
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Fig H Assembling the quilt
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Quilting and Finishing
9 If you are quilting the quilt yourself you now need to make a quilt sandwich – you can do
this in various ways, as follows.
• Use large stitches to tack (baste) a grid through the layers of the quilt in both directions,
with lines about 4in (10cm) apart.
• Use pins or safety pins to fix the layers together.
• Use fabric glue sprayed onto the wadding (batting) to fix the layers together.
If you are sending the quilt off to be commercially long-arm quilted you won’t need to make
a sandwich, as this is done when the quilt is mounted on the machine. When the layers of the
quilt are secured, you can quilt as desired.
10 When all quilting is finished, square up the quilt ready for binding.
11 Use the prepared double-fold binding strip to bind your quilt. Sew the binding to the quilt
by pinning the raw edge of the folded binding against the raw edge of the quilt. Don’t start at
a corner. Using a ¼in (6mm) seam, sew the binding in place, starting at least 6in (15.2cm)
away from the end of the binding. Sew to within a ¼in (6mm) of a corner and stop. Take the
quilt off the machine and fold the binding upwards, creating a mitred corner. Hold this in
place, fold the binding back down and pin it in place. Begin sewing the ¼in (6mm) seam
again from the top of the folded binding to within ¼in (6mm) of the next corner and then
repeat the folding process. Do this on all corners. Leave a 6in (15.2cm) ‘tail’ of unsewn
binding at the end.
12 To join the two ends of the binding, open up the beginning and end of the binding tails,
lay them flat and fold the ends back so the two ends touch. Mark these folds by creasing or
with pins – this is where your seam needs to be. Open out the binding and sew the pieces
together at these creases. Trim off excess fabric and press the seam. Re-fold the binding and
finish stitching it in place on the front of the quilt.
13 With the quilt right side up, use a medium-hot iron to press the binding outwards all
round. Now begin to turn the binding over to the back of the quilt, pinning it in place. Use
matching sewing thread and tiny stitches to slipstitch the binding in place all round, creating
neat mitres at each corner. Press the binding and your colourful quilt is finished.
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