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Block type: 4-patch
Block size: 10 1/2 inches
Colour scheme: reds, greens and neutrals
Texture/fabric manipulation: pin tucks in two colours
Cut:
- 2 floral 5 1/2 in squares
- 3 pale green 1 1/2 x 6 in strips
- 3 cream 2 3/4 x 6 in strips
- 1 pale green 6 in square
Making the pin tucks in two colours
Take the cream and pale green strips and place them as per picture.
Stitch them.
Press piece.
Now make a mark 1/2 in on each cream strip 1/4 in from the green strip on both sides (see picture).
Iron on the marked line. This will make the pin tuck.
Stitch the tuck 1/4 in from the marked line.
Now mark along the centre, ie 3 inches from the side.
Stitch along the centre.
Now press the tucks towards the opposite side as per picture.
Stitch 1/4 in from the edge.
Now square the piece to 6 in square.
Take the cream piece and draw a line on the diagonal.
Pin to the pin tuck piece right face together.
Now stitch 1/4 in from the centre line on each side.
Cut through the marked line.
Place pieces as per picture.
The block is finished.
Textured 4-patch quilt tutorial
This quilt has 16 x 10 1/2 in blocks.
Each block is a 4-patch block in greens and reds. The fabric manipulation is made in a cream fabric.
See all Textured 4-patch quilt tutorials.
See also my first Textured quilt sampler tutorial.
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how much total fabric should I buy for this finished quilt?
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. Judy, I’m making this quilt without planning for fabric as I usually do. I have no more than one yard of pale green and I hope that’ll be enough. And for the reds I’m using 3 other fabrics and I have between half a yard to a yard of each. I’ll use one or the other depending on ow much fabric is left of each. As for the cream, I usually have a few yards of it that I keep cutting from.
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Stunning, thank you for taking the time to demo!
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Nice! I sewed in 1″ intervals to get the folded pin tuck effect, and it looks great.
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Thanks Kat, I’m happy you’re enjoying this quilt.
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