'Fireside Quilt' Overview

This week is the 3rd meeting of our new group, Sunrise quilters. The project being shared is a quick and easy quilt pattern that Gail learned to make many moons ago with a quilting group located in Slocum... or was it Hope...? This brief overview will familiarize you with the steps to make the Fireside Quilt.

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Fabric requirements:

7/8 yard of Fabric A

7/8 yard of Fabric B - Fabrics should be of good contrast to one another.

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Step 1: Cut -across the grain (see diagram 1, below)

Fabric A: 4 strips, each 7" wide (pink example)

Fabric B: 4 strips, each 7" wide (yellow example)

Diagram 1

***Before sewing, set aside one strip of each color - one A and one B. (Do not sew these yet.)

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Step 2: Sew (see diagram 2, below)

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Take three (3) Fabric A strips and three (3) Fabric B strips - and sew the strips together lengthwise, alternating the colors (A>B >A>B>A>B). Press seam to one side.

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{Note the other two A & B single strips - (on the right of the page of diagram 2) - are still set aside for later.}

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Diagram 2

Step 3: Cross Cut (see diagram 2, bottom of page)

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Lay strip-set on cutting mat and cross-cut into five strips that are each 7" wide. (Set aside any extra yardage for another project.)

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***Here's the tricky part!! This part will be deom'd at the meeting....... (see diagram 3, below)

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Step 4a: Take three of the cross-cut patch-strips (A>B>A>B>A>B) and lay the short side of each of them to the long side of the single strip of Fabric A that was "set aside" in Step 2, above. They will lay perpendicular to each other with RST.... (right sides together)

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Step 4b: Take the other two cross-cut patch-strips (B>A>B>A>B>A) and lay the short side of each of them to the long side of the single strip of Fabric B that was "set aside" in Step 2, above. They will also lay perpendicular to each other with RST. Sew each segment together with 1/4" seams.

Diagram 3

*** This will be demonstrated at the meeting, so don't stress over it like I did!!

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Step 5: (see diagram 4, top of page)

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Now cut the patches between the '3-strip-piece' and the '2-strip-piece'. Square up the edges. Save the extra length from Fabric A strip and the extra length from Fabric B strip for another project.

Diagram 4

Step 6: (see layout at bottom of diagram 4)

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Lay-out Patch Strips, turning them around and alternating them to make a checkerboard pattern. Sew strips together, matching seams at the corner of each patch intersection. Finis!

Add borders according to your design plan.

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This quilt pattern was taught to a group of quilters a very long time ago, and there is no information about who designed it, so it's not possible to give-credit-where-credit-is-due, as they say. As I attempted to give credit to this pattern's creator, I found many quilts on the internet called "Fireside Quilt", but none resembles the pattern as described, above. ~Albeit, thank you to the creator!

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Happy quilting, my friends!

Tricia

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