Make: Red Rouge Quilt

Red Rouge Quilt

Designed and made by Sally Ablett – Size 55″ x 55″ – 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. Spots on black F623 col.20 ⅝yard – 60cm
2. Spots on white F623 col.23 1yard – 1m
3. Red stripe F624 col.20 fat¼
4. Red dotty leaves on white F633 col.23 fat¼
5. Red tulips on white F617 col.21 fat¼
6. White winding pattern on red F630 col.25 fat¼
7. Red stylised leaves on white F625 col.22 fat¼
8. Red pattern flowers F631 col.24 fat¼
9. Spots on red F623 col.22 fat¼
10. Red batik F628 col.20 fat¼
11. Swirl F627 col.23 fat¼
12. Red dotty leaves on red F633 col.20 fat¼
13. Red winding pattern on black F630 col.24 fat¼
14. Red shadow leaves F632 col.23 fat¼
15. Dahlia F629 col.20 fat¼
16. Winding pattern on dark red F630 col.22 fat¼
17. Red stylised leaves on black F625 col.20 fat¼
18. Red tulips on black F617 col.20 fat¼
19. Wadding and backing 59″ x 59″
20. Thread

Cutting

From fabric 1 cut 11 x 1½” x 42″ strips for inner border and binding. 8 x 1½” x 2½” outer border

12 x 2⅝” x 2⅝” squares, cut in half diagonally once – for blocks

4 x 2½” x 2½” squares – corners.

From fabric 2 cut 184 x 2⅝” x 2⅝” squares, cut in half diagonally once – for blocks.

From fabric 3 cut 14 x 2½” x 7½” strips – outer border.

From fabric 4 cut 14 x 2½” x 7½” strips – outer border.

From each of fabrics 5 to 18 cut 14 x 4″ x 4″ squares.

Sewing

Remember to press each seam after sewing.

1. This main part of the quilt uses fourteen rows of fourteen squares from fourteen fabrics; stack each set of squares ready to cut.

2. Measure and mark 1/ ⅞” in, from the top left corner and 1⅞” down, from the top left corner, cut across from one mark to the other.

3. Repeat this process on the bottom right corner.

4. You will need to do this to each 4″ square.

5. Using the diagram as a guide lay out all of the pieces for the top row of the quilt, sew the small triangles from fabric 2 in place, to make up each square.

6. Sew the squares together to complete the row.

7. Repeat this process for each row; particularly noting the rows that have triangles cut from fabric 1.

8. Press the seams for each row in opposite directions.

9. When all the rows are complete sew together to complete the quilt centre.

10. For the inner border: joining strips as necessary stitch the side first and then the top and bottom

11. For the outer border; lay out the strips as shown in the diagram and sew together, stitch the short pieces from fabric 1 to each end of each strip, add the corner squares to each end of the top and bottom strips.

12. Stitch the side borders first and then the top and bottom.

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

14. Stitch the binding using strips of fabric 1.

Main diagram

Block 1