•1 print Jelly Roll for blocks
•1 solid cream Jelly Roll for blocks and sashing
•
yard yellow print for block corners and sashing
•1¼ yards coral fabric for first border and binding
•1 yard solid cream for second border
•1½ yards blue fabric for third border
•7¼ yards fabric for backing
•87″ × 87″ batting
WOF = WIDTH OF FABRIC
Separate the Jelly Roll strips into color groups. From the darkest group (at least 3 Jelly Roll strips), cut 45 squares 2½″ × 2½″ for block centers (mine are blues).
1 square 2½″ × 2½″ (36 total) for four-patches
1 rectangle 2½″ × 4½″ (36 total)
3 rectangles 2½″ × 6½″ (108 total)
216 squares 2½″ × 2½″ for four-patches
36 rectangles 2½″ × 8½″ for block sashing
12 rectangles 2½″ × 18½″ sashing rows
3 strips 2½″ × WOF, subcut into 40 squares 2½″ × 2½″ for four-patches and cornerstones
7 strips 2½″ × WOF for first border
9 strips 2¼″ × WOF for binding
7 strips 3½″ × WOF for second border
8 strips 5½″ × WOF for third border
All seam allowances are ¼
FINISHED BLOCK SIZE: 18″ × 18″
1.Sew a print 2½″ × 2½″ square to a solid 2½″ × 2½″ square. Press the seam open. Repeat to make 36 pairs. Do the same with a yellow print square and a solid cream square; repeat to make 36 pairs.
2.Sew together the units you created in Step 1 to make a four-patch, making sure to use a yellow print square in each four-patch. Press. Repeat to make a total of 36 four-patches.
3. Draw a diagonal line on the back of a solid cream 2½″ × 2½″ square. Place this square on top of a print 2½″ × 4½″ rectangle with the diagonal line as shown. Sew on the diagonal, and trim ¼″ away from the seam. Press the seam open. Repeat to make 36 pieced 2½″ × 4½″ units.
4. Repeat Step 3 using solid 2½″ × 2½″ squares with the 2½″ × 6½″ strips. Sew on the diagonal to make 36 Unit A’s. Sew on the opposite diagonal to make 72 Unit B’s.
5.Sew a 2½″ × 4½″ pieced unit from Step 3 to the left side of a four-patch, making sure the yellow square is in the upper right corner. Press the seam open.
6.Sew a Unit B of the same fabric to the bottom of the 6½″ × 4½″ pieced unit. Press the seam open.
7.Sew a Unit A to the left side of the pieced unit. Press the seam open.
8.Sew a dark 2½″ × 2½″ block center square to a Unit B that matches the Unit A added in Step 7. Press the seam open. This is Unit C.
9.Sew a Unit C to the bottom of the pieced unit. Press the seam open. The block should measure 8½″ × 8½″. Repeat Steps 5—9 to make a total of 36 blocks.
10.Refer to the block assembly diagram to lay out 9 blossom blocks, each made up of 4 smaller 8½″ × 8½″ blocks. Pair matching fabric blocks diagonally. Sew solid cream 2½″ × 8½″ sashing rectangles between horizontal pairs of blocks. Sew a solid cream 2½″ × 8½″ sashing rectangle to either side of a dark 2½″ × 2½″ block center square to make a block sashing row. Sew a blossom row to the top and bottom of a sashing row to create a blossom block. Press after each addition. Repeat this step to make a total of 9 blossom blocks.
Block assembly diagram
1.Referring to the quilt assembly diagram, sew solid cream 2½″ × 18½″ sashing strips between blossom blocks to create 3 rows of 3 blocks each. Press.
2.Sew 3 solid cream 2½″ × 18½″ sashing strips and 2 yellow cornerstones together to create a sashing row. Press. Repeat to make a second sashing row.
3.Sew the block rows together with sashing rows. The quilt top should measure 58½″ × 58½″ at this point. Measure yours and adjust border strip lengths if necessary.
Quilt assembly diagram
4.For the first border, use the 7 coral 2½″ × WOF strips, sewing strips together to create a continuous strip. From this, cut 2 strips 2½″ × 58½″. Sew the borders to the sides of the quilt; press.
5.From the remaining length, cut 2 strips 2½″ × 62½″. Sew these strips to the top and bottom of the quilt; press.
6. For the second border, repeat Step 3 with 7 cream 3½″ × WOF strips to yield 2 strips 3½″ × 62½″ and 2 strips 3½″ × 68½″. Sew the 62½″ borders to the quilt sides; press. Sew the 68½″ borders to the top and bottom of the quilt top; press.
7.For the final border, repeat Step 3 above with 8 blue 5½″ × WOF strips to yield 2 strips 5½″ × 68½″ and 2 strips 5½″ × 78½″. Sew the 68½″-long strips to the quilt sides; press. Sew the 78½″-long strips to the top and bottom of the quilt top; press.
Refer to Finishing Touches (page 189) to layer, baste, quilt, and bind the quilt.