A  couple of quilters asked me about my Rectangles and Squares Quilts, so here’s a mini tutorial on how to make your own.

Bryana + Sam Quilt is finished, and the greys and browns version is a work in progress.  I’ve sewn the body together, and need to add the borders.  For this one, I am adding a mottled black border which contrasts the squares, unlike Bryana’s which has matching borders and squares.

Check a previous post that refers to the inspiration for these quilts.  I like the way the  AllPeopleQuilt pattern clustered the colors, but didn’t take advantage of strip piecing like The Baby Bricks pattern.  So, I just combined the two patterns to create my quilts!  For Bryana’s quilt, I used larger blocks that finish 9″ x 3″ and the grey blocks finish 2″ x 6″.  You can use fat quarters or width of fabric.  The construction is the same for each.

The smaller block is a 4 1/2″ strip of print fabric (rectangles) and a 2 1/2″ strip of background fabric (squares) sewn together and pressed toward the print.  Cut the strip set into 2 1/2″ segments.  Do this for all the fabrics, arrange them and sew together!  That’s it!

The larger block is a 6 1/2″ strip of print fabric (rectangles) and a 3 1/2″ strip of background fabric (squares) sewn together and pressed toward the print.  Cut the strip set into 3 1/2″ segments.  Do this for all the fabrics, arrange them and sew together!

This would be a fun one to do scrappy if you wanted to cut individual squares and rectangles, but this method is so fast you can have all the blocks done in an afternoon.  It takes longer decide on the layout!

I hope this makes sense to everyone!  Thanks for looking and just keep stitchin’ !

Linda