Hi everybody, it’s Jenny from the MSQC. And I have a really fun project for you today.
Take a look at this quilt behind me. Isn’t this great? I did this one all scrappy and
I used the Flower Sack quilt fabric line. But I also made it in two colors and look
what a difference it makes when you see it in two colors. So it’s really fun to make
and it’s so versatile. So many things you can do with it. So to make this quilt what
you’re going to need are three packs of five inch squares and we’ve used Flower
Sacks by Me and My Sister for Moda fabrics. You’re going to need some background fabric.
Now the background is going to take care of all of this and your first border. You’re
going to need 2 ¼ or sorry 2 ¾ yards of that. Your complimentary fabric which we used
fabric off the bolt for our half square triangles. And that you’re going to need 1 ¼ yards.
Your inner border again is cut from the background. Your outer border is a five inch border and
we used a yard and a quarter. And the backing we used the same fabric on the border as on
the back and you’re going to need five yards of that. And it just makes this darling quilt.
And again this is a very versatile pattern.
So the first thing we’re going to do when we go to make this is we are going to make
half square triangles. And to do that we’re going to take our complimentary fabric right
here and we’re going to cut ten inch strips and then sub cut those into ten inch squares
like this. Then we’re going to do the same thing with our white. We’re going to cut
ten inch strips and sub cut those into ten inch squares because we’re going to do the
easy eight method with our half square triangles. So to do that what we’re going to do is
we’re going to put two squares together like this and we’re going to draw a line
side to side like this. And then we are going to sew a quarter of an inch on both sides
of this line. And now we’re ready to cut it. So let’s move this out of the way. And
what we’re going to do is we’re going to line up our ruler right on the edge like
this. Because this is a five inch ruler we’re cutting directly through the center of the
block. And we’re going to just go ahead and cut this like this. And then I’m going
to turn my ruler this way. And I’m going to cut it again. We’ve made a four patch
cut and then we’re going to go ahead and cut on the diagonals as well which is going
to give us eight half square triangles. So let me go ahead and cut these. And if they
wiggle around or scoot around just make sure you kind of keep your ruler on the line. Alright
now you’re going to want to square these. These square up to 4 ½ and I’m going to
do that right here. I’m going to use this clearly perfect slotted trimmer A because
I want them 4 ½ inches. So I’m going to match their seam line to my seam line and
then we’re just going to trim. Now these are pretty close but even this little bit
will make a difference for having your blocks perfect. So then we’re going to press them.
We’re going to go ahead and set that seam and roll this back. And that’s going to
give you a perfect 4 ½ inch square. And that’s how we make our half square triangles.
Now the half square triangles are part of a bigger block. And so let me show you the
next part is we are going to take one of our charm squares right here and we are going
to cut that in half both directions. So I’m going to lay my ruler on here at 2 ½ right
here. And we are going to cut that the other direction as well just like that. Now we have
four little 2 ½ inch squares. Out of our background fabric we’re also going to cut
some 2 ½ inch strips so that we can add to those 2 ½ inch squares. Now I don’t know
if you guys have seen these but there are these little packs of 2 ½ inch squares that
they’re already cut out for you. I really love those. We’ve taken this yardage out
of our, out of our background yardage so that’s why I’m telling you this way but they do
have those convenient little packs. Alrighty. So what we’re going to do now is two of
these we’re going to make half square triangles out of. So we’re going to take our background
like this. And we’re going to draw the line on two of these. So we’re going to go corner
to corner just like this. And one more over here. And this doesn’t matter which, which
way you go. You’re just drawing the line. And then we’re going to sew right on the
line on two of these. So let’s line them up and we’re going to sew right down, right
on the line not either side of this one, but right on. And then we’re going to line this
one up and do the same thing right on the line. Alrighty. Now what we’re going to
do is we’re going to trim off the side of the quilt, I mean the side of the block. So
I’m just going to put my ruler on the line and measure over a quarter of an inch and
make a cut on this one and make a cut on this one. And you’re going to do us to all your
little charm squares, every single one. We’re going to set the seam, we’re going to roll
these back. And these should be exactly 2 ½ because we sewed on the line, they’re
going to be much more exact. If you want to check them and square them up with your squaring
up tool you can do that. But they should just match the size of the block like this which
these do.
Alright so then we’re going to put these together in a little four patch. We’re going
to make sure that our, our two whites are pointing at each other. And then we’ve got
these colored ones in the corners just like this our print ones. And it makes a little
four patch like this. And we are going to lay these on top of each other just like this.
And take them to the sewing machine and sew a quarter of an inch right down the side.
And if we sew them together like this we can chain piece them. And now we’re going to
slide this next one under there. Chain piecing means you don’t cut your thread in between.
And now we have these two together. And because we chain pieced them exactly how they’re
supposed to go we should be able to open these. We should be able to open these right here
and they should be exactly how we want them. And they are. So we’re just going to open
these up. And I’m going to line up this top edge right here and take a few anchoring
stitches just like this, one, two, three. And I’m going to leave my needle down in
there and then I’m going to make sure that my middle is nested. One seam is going to
go one way, one seam is going to go the other. I can feel with my finger there’s no space
in between. And we’re just going to sew down the side. Alrighty. Now this block is
part of a much larger block. Let’s iron this out. You see how cute that is that’s
just a cute little block right there. You’re going to do eight of these for each block.
And then we’re going to sew them together in groups of two like this. And so I have
some of those together. And so at this point we are ready to assemble our block. We’ve
made our half square triangles. We’ve made our little corner blocks and we’ve sewn
them together.
And they go together in these little crown units. See how these go together. See it kind
of goes up and down just like this. It makes like a little crown. And we’re going to
have four of those. And it looks like I’m going to need to sew these two together over
here. So when you do that you’re going to line them up like this so your two solids
are here in the center and your crown makes a little U shape. So let me sew those together.
I’ve got to sew these last two so we can make our block. And we’re just going to
come down here, make sure that nests on the side right there. Alrighty. Now we’re going
to press this open. And this is the other side of the block. Now comes all the half
square triangles which I have a bunch done here. These go together in the middle to form
this jewel right here in the center, this diamond. So we put four of those together
like that, we scoot these in. Our corners are just the same half square triangle but
we make sure that the color is to the outside like this and like this. And now we just need
to sew this together. And this makes our cute little block.
So I always start with the middle block and I’m going to sew these two together you
know the colors line up together so that we’ve got our diamond shape. And I’m going to
add this next one. So just folding them right on top of each other and sewing down the side.
Now a lot of people have different ways of keeping the blocks together. And you may want
to do yours row by row. So now we’ve got these two together and we’re just going
to sew a quarter of an inch right down the side. And this is going to make the diamond
in the middle. And we’re going to press that open. Alright now what we’re going
to do is we’re going to add these two side pieces like that and that’s going to make
the whole middle section. So let’s go ahead and
do that. Alrighty. Now we’re going to press this out and our whole middle section is done.
You can see how fast this goes together. Alright now we’re going to do the top and the bottom
row. And I’m going to go ahead and just fold these in on like this and like this.
And we’re going to sew the top row. Alright now we’ve got the top row together and we’re
going to do the same thing for the bottom row right here. And our rows are done and
all we have to do is attach these to the center row right here. And so we’re just going
to go ahead and do that. I’ve got the bottom one in my hand. That’s why is was chosen
first. It doesn’t matter you can do either way it works. We’re just going to sew down.
Now you do want to line up your, match up your first seam. And then your middle seam
right there on the diamond. And then your edge seam over here is as well. And one more
row here on the top. And we finished our block. Alright let’s press this nice and flat.
Let me move these out of the way so I’ve got this good pressing room here. This makes
such a cute block. Alright.
There we go. Take a look at that block. Isn’t that cute? It just makes a really cute block.
And we set these together. We just put them right next to each other just like this. And
so as they go together you see they form a secondary pattern. You’ve got your four
patch cluster here. And your diamonds form up on either side. Let’s look at this quilt.
So see how this happens here. So it forms up a four patch and these clusters, when in
reality your block is right here. And so if we sashed this, this would be a whole different
quilt. If you use different fabrics like I showed you earlier this would be a whole different
quilt. But it just goes together so slick and it’s really a cute block. And we hope
you enjoyed this tutorial on the Crown Jewel quilt from the MSQC.