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Father's Day Quilt

Project by Michelle Roberts


Follow this tutorial to make your own Father’s Day quilt, using these sweet fabrics from Craft Cotton Co

Please read through all the instructions before starting your project

Finished size 32” x 40 ½” (seam allowance 1/4” and has been added to measurements)



Materials

1 yard of ‘Liquorice allsorts’ prints

Half yard of white solid fabric

¾ yard solid purple

16 ½” x 24 ½” grey with white spots fabric (centre piece)

35” x 44” Heritage cotton mix batting from Bosal

35” x 44” Denim light blue fabric (backing)

Aurifil thread Pink 2535 for quilting

FQ Vlieseline Bondaweb


Haberdashery items

· Quilter’s ruler, rotary cutter/scissors

· Iron

· Cutting mat

· Basic sewing supplies

· Clover Fabric pen

· Odif 505 temporary adhesive spray

· Template for wording - download here



Making the Wording…


Lets get cutting…


(This quilt is made up of 14 blocks, 8 ½” x 8 ½” with a centre panel)


Print the wording, and trace the reverse of the letters onto the paper side of the bondaweb, a light box can help with this.


Roughly cut around each word and fuse to the solid purple fabric. Cut out and fuse to a white piece of fabric. Roughly cut around and the white area and fuse to bondaweb.


Cut around the purple letters adding about ¼” of white excess all the way around. Repeat for all words.


Fuse to centre panel.




Cut the following to make the blocks…


· Fourteen 6 ¼” x 6 ¼” squares from the allsorts fabric

· Fifty-Six 3” x 3” squares from the solid white fabric

· Fifty-Six 2 ½” x 2 ½” squares from the solid purple fabric


Cut the white squares in half across the diagonal


Take two white triangles and join to one purple square, shown in the photos below



Trim away excess along join.

Make four for each block, join to each side of the allsorts square



Trim to measure 8 ½” x 8 ½” square. Make another 13 blocks


Join blocks together to make two rows of five, and two rows of two blocks.

These can now be added to the centre panel.


Free motion quilt around the letters to secure them in place, I chose a vibrant pink thread to pull the colours from the allsorts fabric.


Your quilt is now ready for quilting.

Baste the batting, and backing piece, and quilt using your preferred method.

Trim away excess batting and backing fabric


Binding…

Cut 1 ½” strips from the Liquorice allsorts fabric and join to create one long length, join to front edge of quilt. Press over ¼” and hand sew to the reverse.



Your Father’s Day quilt is complete.





To see more from Michelle, visit her on Instagram @michelle_creativeblonde



Made by Michelle Roberts for The Craft Cotton Company 2021


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