Assorted medium to dark prints (nine-patches, flowers)
... 4 1/2 - 5 yds. total
Assorted cream prints (blocks)
... 4 1/2 - 5 yds. total
Green/red print (inner border, outer border corners)
... 1 1/8 yds.
Beige print (outer border)
... 2 1/8 yds.
Brown texture (vine)
... 1 yd.

Assorted green prints (leaves)
... 1/2 yd. total
Red texture (binding)
... 1 yd.
Backing (piece widthwise)
... 7 1/2 yds.
Batting ... Queen size

Other Materials
Sewing thread
Bias Bar, 1/2" (optional)
Machine quilting thread

Planning, Cutting, and Marking
Dig through your stash and use all those wonderful pieces you have been saving! Using strip piecing for the nine-patches will make easy work of this fun quilt. Kathie cut her stars casually with some larger and some smaller than our template.

Cutting Instructions

Assorted medium to dark prints
cut 56 matching sets of:
... 2 strips 1 1/2" x 18"
... 1 strip 1 1/2" x 10"
cut a total of:
... 30 Template A
... 30 Template B
Assorted cream prints
cut 28 matching sets of:
... 1 strip 1 1/2" x 18"
... 2 strips 1 1/2" x 10"
... 4 squares 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"
cut 28 matching sets of:
... 1 strip 1 1/2" x 18"
... 2 strips 1 1/2" x 10"
... 5 squares 3 1/2" x 3 1/2"

Green/red print
... 2 strips 2 1/2" x 74", pieced from 4 width of fabric (WOF) strips
... 2 strips 2 1/2" x 69", pieced from 4 WOF strips
... 4 squares 8 1/2" x 8 1/2"
Beige print
... 2 strips 8 1/2" x 78", cut on lengthwise grain
... 2 strips 8 1/2" x 69", cut on lengthwise grain
Brown texture
... 1 bias-cut strip 1 1/2" x 280"
Assorted green prints-cut a total of:
... 19 Template C

Piecing the Blocks
Step 1. Referring to Diagram I-A, sew matching assorted medium/dark print 1 1/2" x 18" strips to sides of cream print 1 1/2" x 18" strip. Make 56 medium/dark 1 1/2" x 10" strips (Diagram I-B). Cut segments 1 1/2" wide in quantities indicated. Sew segments together to make nine-patch square (Diagram I-C). Make 28 sets of 5 matching and 28 sets of 4 matching.

Diagram IA
Cut 10 segments from each of
28 strip sets
Cut 8 segments each from remaining 28 strip sets

Diagram I-A

Diagram IB
Cut 5 segments from each of
28 strip sets
Cut 4 segments each from remaining 28 strip sets

Diagram I-B

Make 28 sets of 5 matching and
28 sets of 4 matching

Diagram I-C

Step 2. Arrange and sew 3 rows of 5 matching nine-patch squares and 4 matching cream 3 1/2" squares. Sew rows together to make Double Nine-patch Block (Diagram I-D). Make 28 total. In same manner, make 28 blocks using 5 matching cream 3 1/2" squares and 4 matching nine-patches each.

Diagram ID
Diagram I-D

Quilt Top Assembly and Appliqué
Note: Refer to Assembly Diagram for following steps.
Step 3. Arrange and sew 7 rows of 8 blocks each (alternating blocks as shown). Sew rows together. Sew green/ red print 2" x 74" strips to sides; trim even with top and bottom. Stitch remaining green/red strips to top/bottom; trim even with side.
Step 4. Measure exact width of quilt (from raw edge to raw edge). Trim beige print 8 1/2" x 69" strips to this measurement and sew green/red print 8 1/2" squares to ends. Stitch untrimmed beige strips to sides; trim even with top/bottom. Sew pieced strips to top/bottom.

Assembly Diagram

Step 5. To make vine, fold brown texture bias-cut 1 1/2" x 280" strip in half, wrong sides together (see Diagram II). Stitch 1/4" from raw edge. Trim seam allowance to 1/8". Press tube flat, centering seam allowance on back so raw edge isn't visible from front. Using 1/2" bias bar makes pressing faster and easier. Cut strip into 2 lengths of 67" each and 2 lengths 72" each.

Diagram II

Step 6. Referring to quilt illustration, position 67" vines on top/bottom beige borders and 72" vines on the sides. Using appliqué method of choice (see Basic Quiltmaking Instructions), appliqué in place. Add Template A-C fabrics and appliqué in place.

Quilting and Finishing
Step 7. Layer and baste quilt top for quilting method of your choice (see Basic Quiltmaking Instructions). Kathie used Mountain Mist Cream Rose batting and machine quilted diagonal lines intersecting the 3" squares on the quilt published in the October 2004 issue of McCall's Quilting. She ditch quilted the appliqué and filled the background and corner squares with a meander. A wavy line runs the length of each inner border.
Step 8. Bind quilt with red texture fabric (see Basic Quiltmaking Instructions).

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gailmitchell

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A great scrap pattern

It was a pleasure to make this pattern. To make it easy to place colors, I made all the blocks with 4 9 patches a red color, and the blocks with the 5 * 9 patches were made out of the greens, blues and yellows. It really helped with color placement. Try it, you won't regret it.

Jun 10, 2009 at 10:19 AM

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