Blue Breeze: FREE Classic Blue and White Quilt Lap Quilt Pattern
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Cheer up! With dozens of daisies spilling playfully across this quilt, you’ll be anything but blue. Two shades of blue combined with true white make Ann’s design a beauty.
Skill Level Beginner
Finished Size 59 x 75
Fabric Requirements
White-on-white print 2 yds.
Blue daisy print (piecing, borders) 2 yds.
Light blue print 1 yd.
Blue/green print (binding) yd.
Backing (piece widthwise) 3 yds.
Batting size 68 x 84
Cutting Instructions
(cut in order listed)
= cut in half diagonally
White-on-white print
40 squares 3 x 3
40 squares 6 x 6
Blue daisy print
*2 strips 5 x 64, cut on lengthwise grain
*2 strips 7 x 64, cut on lengthwise grain
40 squares 3 x 3
80 squares 3 x 3
Light blue print
40 squares 5 x 5
Blue/green print
8 strips 2 x width of fabric
(binding)
*Strips include extra length for trimming.
Piecing the Blocks
- Draw diagonal line on wrong side of white-on-white print 3 square. Referring to Diagram I, place white square on blue daisy print 3 square, right sides together. Sew seam on each side of marked line; cut apart on marked line. Open and press to make 2 pieced squares. Make 80.
- Referring to Diagram II, sew 2 rows using 4 pieced squares. Sew rowstogether to make pinwheel square. Make 20.
- Sew light blue 5 half-square triangles to sides of pinwheel square, as shown in Diagram III-A. Repeat by stitching white 6 half-square triangles to sides (Diagram III-B) to make large pieced square. Make 20.
- On wrong side of blue daisy print 3 square, draw diagonal line and place on upper white corner of large pieced square, right sides together, aligning raw edges (Diagram IV). Stitch on drawn line. Trim and discard excess fabric; open and press. Repeat on remaining 3 corners of large square to complete Pinwheel-in-Double-Square Block. Make 20.
- Sew 5 rows of 4 blocks each. Sew rows together.
- Stitch blue daisy print 5 x 64 strips to sides; trim even with top and bottom. Sew remaining blue daisy print strips to top/bottom; trim even with sides.
- Layer, baste, and quilt. Ann machine ditch quilted the seams. She added a continuous daisy chain in the outer white area of the blocks and straight parallel lines on the borders intersecting at the corners. Bind quilt with blue/green print.
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