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Okay - back to my EASY Grandmother's Garden Quilt with the absolutely GORGEOUS A Little Bit of Sparkle fabric by Zoe Pearn for Riley Blake Designs. Do you see the metallic sparkle - LOVE it! I definitely had to make large flowers as I wanted to show off these fabric prints!!!
Seriously - A Little Bit of Sparkle is a stunning fabric collection of prints!!!
I'm thinking that you want to know how I made my EASY Grandmother's Quilt without Y-seams.... let's share my mini tutorial!
PS - Who else loves the fall leaves?!?!?
A. Supplies: (clickable links below)
- (16) 2/3 yard cuts of A Little Bit of Sparkle Fabric by Riley Blake Designs ( I used) OR if you want scrappy hexagons (81) 10" squares
- 1/2 yard binding fabric: A Little Bit of Sparkle Fabric by Riley Blake Designs
- 3.5 yards backing fabric: Small Black Gingham Check Fabric by Riley Blake Designs
- AccuQuilt GO! Half Hexagon 4 1/2" Sides Die
- AccuQuilt GO! Cutter PS- check out the awesome sale!
B. Cutting:
Scrappy Cutting with 10" Squares
- Cut 162 Half-Hexagons with your AccuQuilt GO! Half Hexagon 4 1/2" Sides Die. Each 10" square will cut (2) half -hexagons OR (1) full hexagon when sewn together. DON'T sew together.
OR
Flower Garden Cutting from yardage
- Quick Cutting option: Cut (12) Half-Hexagons with your AccuQuilt GO! Half Hexagon 4 1/2" Sides Die from each 2/3 yard fabric print. This will give you a total of 192 half-hexagons, but don't worry - you can use the left over half-hexagons to make a mini quilt or table runner! NOTE: If you prefer tidy cutting - Cut each 2/3 yard print into (2) 9 1/2" x WOF strips, then cut your (12) half-hexagons. Each 9 1/2" X WOF strip can cut (8) half hexagons.
- Exact Cutting option: Calculate how many half-hexagons of each color you will need and cut with AccuQuilt GO! Half Hexagon 4 1/2" Sides Die. Each full flower requires (12) half-hexagons for petals and (2) half-hexagons for center. The total quilt requires 162 half-hexagons.
- Cut (6) 2.5" x WOF binding strips.
Don't worry - it's super quick to cut the half-hexagons as your AccuQuilt does all the work for you! Plus you can cut 6 layers of fabric at a time - yay!
C. Quilt Assembly:
- Arrange your half-hexagons in your desired layout. Don't worry about the hexagon edges on the quilt sides, we will be trimming them off. No need to panic- it's just a tiny bit of trimming off so there isn't much waste at all.
- Layout should be (9) half hexagon across (horizontal) and (18) half hexagons down (vertical).
D. Sewing:
- Begin sewing horizontal rows together. Sew (2) half-hexagons short sides, right sides together with 1/4" seam. AccuQuilt has already trimmed the corners of your blocks so they are easy to line up and sew together. Continue until entire horizontal row has been sewn together.
Row 2
- Continue sewing all (18) horizontal rows as shown above. Be careful to pay attention to placement of half-hexagons.
- Next sew Row (1) and Row (2) together with a 1/4"seam. I did pin each point as I like perfect points :).
- Repeat sewing rows together in numerical order until quilt top is complete.
E. Trimming Quilt
- Using a ruler - trim the edges of the hexagons on the left and right edges of the quilt. I trimmed at the intersection of the two fabrics. This will give your quilt straight edges and it will be so much easier to bind. See diagram below:
F. Quilt and Bind as desired
You did it! Now you have an EASY Grandmother's Garden Quilt with the gorgeous A Little Bit of Sparkle fabric to enjoy!!! Plus hooray for NO y-seams or hand sewing!!!
I chose to back my quilt with Riley Blake Designs Small Black Gingham Check - it's definitely my "go-to" backing print!!!
Plus I love the A Little Bit of Sparkle Arrow print for the binding! Yes - I chose black metallic!
Okay - I have to share two last photos of my EASY Grandmother's Garden Quilt because a gorgeous quilt with fall leaves is a must!
The gorgeous A Little Bit of Sparkle fabric by Zoe Pearn for Riley Blake Designs will be shipping to quilt shops soon! Fat Quarter Shop will have it this month (here) - yay!
Plus don't forget your AccuQuilt GO! Half Hexagon 4 1/2" Sides Die for easy cutting AND piecing!
If you make the EASY Grandmother's Garden Quilt - be sure to tag me as I would love to see it!
#EASYGrandmothersGardenQuilt #ABitofScrapStuff
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Happy Quilting!
Melanie
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