Make: Deco Dreams Red Quilt

Deco Dreams Red

Designed and made by Sally Ablett – Size 44″ x 44″ – Download Instructions (PDF)

Please read through all the instructions before you begin, all seam allowances are included and are ¼” unless stated otherwise.

Requirements

1. Red picture squares F645 col.1 – 1 row
2. Gold fans on black F651 col.3 – ¾yard – 70cm
3. Red floral circles F649 col.1 – long¼
4. Dark red drops F650 col.1 – long¼
5. Red and yellow drops F650 col.2 – long¼
6. Gold fans on red F651 col.1 – fat⅛
7. Green, yellow floral circles F649 col.2 – long¼
8. Flowers and leaves on black F646 col.1 – long¼
9. Flowers and leaves on red F646 col.2 – long¼
10. Red, yellow peacock fans F647 col.1 – long¼
11. Red leaves and green flowers F648 col.2 – long¼
12. New Reflections cream F1222 col.31 – ⅝yard – 60cm
13. Wadding and backing 48″ x 48″
14. Thread

Cutting

From fabric 1 cut 5 x 6½” x 6½” squares – for block 1

From fabric 2 cut 5 x 1½” x 42″ strips for the binding,
5 x 71/4” x 71/4” squares, cut in half diagonally twice – for block 1,
2 x 1½” x 36½” strips – inner border,
2 x 1½” x 38½” strips – inner border,
8 x 1½” x 3½” strips – inner border.

From fabric 3 cut 20 x 3⅞” x 3⅞” squares, cut in half diagonally once – for block 1

From fabric 4 cut 10 x 3⅞” x 3⅞” squares, cut in half diagonally once – for block 1

8 x 4¼” x 4¼” squares, cut in half diagonally twice – for block 2

From fabric 5 cut 16 x 3½” x 3½” squares – for block 2

From fabric 6 cut 8 x 3½” x 3½” squares – for block 2

From fabric 7 cut 12 x 3½” x 3½” squares – for block 2 and for corners of border

From fabric 8 cut 4 x 7¼” x 7¼” squares, cut in half diagonally twice – for block 2

From fabric 9 cut 2 x 7¼” x 7¼” squares cut in half diagonally twice – border

From fabric 10 cut 2 x 7¼” x 7¼” squares, cut in half diagonally twice – border

From fabric 11 cut 2 x 7¼” x 7¼” squares, cut in half diagonally twice – border

From fabric 12 cut 8 x 3⅞” squares, cut in half diagonally twice

16 x 4¼” x 4¼” squares, cut in half diagonally twice

Stitching

Please remember to press each seam as you sew.

Block1

1. Lay out all the pieces for block one using the diagram as a guide.

2. Sew the corner triangle pieces to make four small squares.

3. Sew the small triangles to the larger triangles to make four rectangles.

4. Next sew the elements for each row of the block together.

5. Sew the rows together to complete the block, make another four in the same way.

Block 2

1. Sew the four centre squares together to make one large square.

2. Sew the small triangles together in pairs and then sew these to the larger triangles to make four rectangles.

3. Now sew the elements of each row together.

4. Sew the rows together to complete the block, make another three in the same way.

Lay the blocks out as shown in the main diagram and sew together in three rows of three, to make the quilt centre.

Stitch the inner border strips to the quilt centre, side pieces first and then top and bottom pieces.

Make up the outer border, referring to the main diagram for the colour sequence, sew the small triangles to the larger ones to make a rectangle, there are twenty four in total.

Sew the rectangles into four strips of six and add a black strip and a corner square to two of these strips, these will be the top and bottom border.

Sew the side strips to the quilt first and then the top and bottom strips.

Layer together the top, wadding and backing fabric and quilt either by hand or machine, echoing the design of the fabric.

Add the binding using fabric 2.

main diagram

block 1

block 2