Sunrise Quilt: Albion

Wednesday, May 8, 2024

Sunrise Quilt: Albion

Hi Friends! I loved sewing my Sunrise Quilt with the new Albion Collection by Amy Smart for Riley Blake Designs. The floral prints and colors are fabulous. I knew this collection would need a quilt pattern with large blocks so the fabric would shine. My Sunrise Quilt Pattern is the perfect match!

The Sunrise Quilt is a block based quilt so it's easy to make the quilt larger or smaller by making more or less blocks. I chose to enlarge the quilt by adding a border as I love the Albion Blue Flowers print.

Sunrise Quilt 77" x 77"

Supplies:

Sunrise Quilt Pattern available in Pattern Shop or Etsy
18 Fat Quarter: Albion by Amy Smart for Riley Blake Designs
2 yards Background: Albion Ash Dots
2.5 yards Sashing and Blocks: Albion Cream Flowers
0.75 yards Binding: Albion Blue Stripes
1.5 yards Border: Albion Blue Flowers
5 yards Backing:

Optional

Bloc-loc half square triangle for block trimming OR
AccuQuilt GO! 12" Qube

For perfectly sized half-square triangles - I recommend trimming your blocks with a Bloc-loc half-square triangle ruler OR using the appropriately sized AccuQuilt Die. Having perfectly sized blocks makes piecing your quilt so much easier!

OPTIONAL Outer Border Instructions

The original Sunrise Quilt doesn't have a border, but adding an outer border is super easy!

Choose 1.5 yards of your favorite print - mine is: Albion Blue Flowers
Cut (8) 5.5" x WOF strips
Sew strips together to form one very long narrow strip
Measure quilt length. Example Quilt Length of 66.5"*. Cut (2) outer border strips 5.5" x 66.5"*. Sew (1) outer border strip to right side of quilt and (1) outer border strip to left side of quilt.
Measure quilt width. Example Quilt Width of 77"*. Cut (2) outer border strips 5.5" x 77"*. Sew (1) outer border stripe to top of quilt and (1) outer border strip to bottom of quilt.

* Cut your border strips to the measured length and width of your quilt.

Binding Cutting Instructions if adding Border: