Tops to Treasures: Windy Day Pattern

(the quilt I made for Out on a Whim)

This quilt was made using the fabric line "Backyard Baby" by Patti Sloan for Michael Miller and a few odd solids (grey and teal)

The finished size is 22.5" by 22.5".

The three leaves that float across the quilt are tacked on after the rest of the quilt is finished.

Fabric Requirements:

Green Snake Skin print - 1/4 yd
Orange Snake Skin print - 1/4 yd
Teal solid - 1/8 yd
Grey solid - 1/8 yd
Birch Tree Stripe - 1/4 yd
Windy Day print - 1/8 yd
Green Snails Stripe - 1/8 yd
Scrap of dark green solid (3" x 9" would work)
Scrap of light green solid (3" x 9" would work)
Scrap of fusible web (3" x 9" would work)

These measurements have been taken from my rendering of the quilt in EQ7. When I purchased fabric I bought fat quarters and had plenty left over to play with.

A consideration: some of these prints are directional. If you want to fussy cut or otherwise position the print in a specific orientation you might want to buy a little extra fabric. For instance - the Birch tree print used in my outer border could have been made to look like a mitered frame....if I had had more yardage.

You will need additional fabric for the backing (3/4 yd) and binding (1/4 yd would be more than enough).

The Plan:

To make this quilt you will need to construct 9 5" blocks.

Four like this:

Block A

One like this:

Block B

and four like this:

Block C

All of these blocks are constructed of 9 patches.

Block A and B are constructed in the same manner, but the color placement of blue and green are reversed. You will use the same directions to make all five of these blocks.

Block A:
Cutting directions:

from Green Snake Skin cut -

8, 3" squares
sub-cut these squares once on the diagonal to make 16 large triangles (these are for the corners)
24, 2 1/2"x 1 1/2" rectangles (these are for the outer edges)
4, 2 1/2" squares (for the centers)

from Birch Trees Stripe cut -

24, 2 1/2" x 1 1/2" rectangles (these make the bars that form the rings)
16, 1 7/8" squares
sub-cut these squares once on the diagonal to make 32 small triangles (these form the wings of the inner ring)
8, 2" squares (these will be used to make HSTs with the orange bits)

from Orange Snake Skin cut -

8, 2" squares

Sewing directions:

Edge patches -

Sew rectangles together in pairs - one green rectangle and one blue rectangle - to make 12 2 1/2" squares.
Iron seams to the blue side
Set aside

Corner patches -

On the 2" blue squares, on the wrong side of the fabric, draw a line diagonally.
With right sides together, sew 1/4" from the line, on each side of the line, one blue square to one orange square.
Cut on the line.
Iron seams open forming 16 hst patches that are half blue and half orange.
Trim hsts to 1 1/2" squares.
Carefully sew small blue triangles to the blue sides of these hsts making a large triangle with a little orange corner. Remember you are dealing with triangles - align the right angled corner with the right angle of the hst. You will have "bunny ears" sticking out when you are done.
Iron seams away from the hst.
Trim "bunny ears"
With right sides together, align right angles of blue and orange triangles with right angle of large green triangles.
With blue and orange triangle on top of stack, sew 1/4 inch from edge of blue and orange triangle along hypotenuse.
Iron seam toward large green triangle.
Trim to 2 1/2" square. You should have 16 of them.

Block -

Use the picture to make sure you have everything aligned correctly.
Sew 8 sets of three: (iron seams toward edge block)

corner square, with orange touching blue rectangle
edge square, with blue rectangle touching orange
corner square with orange touching blue rectangle

Sew 4 sets of three: (iron seams toward edge block)

edge square, with blue touching center block
center block
edge square, with blue touching center block

Sew blocks together with orange in the seams.
Trim blocks to 5 1/2" squares

Block B:
Cutting directions -

It is time for lunch.....

Okay, I can think again.....

from Windy Day print cut -

2, 3" squares
sub-cut these squares once on the diagonal to make 16 large triangles (these are for the corners)

4, 2 1/2"x 1 1/2" rectangles (these are for the outer edges)

1, 2 1/2" squares (for the center - you might want to fussy cut this one)

from Green Snails Stripe cut -

4, 2 1/2" x 1 1/2" rectangles (these make the bars that form the rings)

4, 1 7/8" squares

sub-cut these squares once on the diagonal to make 8 small triangles (these form the wings of the inner ring)

2, 2" squares (these will be used to make HSTs with the orange bits)

from Orange Snake Skin cut -

2, 2" squares

Sewing directions: It is the same as block A only where it says green use blue and where it says blue use green. If you got this far I know you can do it without me retyping everything.

Block C:
Cutting Directions:

from solid teal cut -

16, 2 1/2" squares

from solid grey cut -

2, 3 1/4" squares
sub-cut diagonally twice, into 8 little triangles

from Orange Snake Skin cut -

2, 3 1/4" squares
sub-cut diagonally twice, into 8 little triangles

from Green Snail Stripe cut -

8, 3" squares
sub-cut once diagonally into 16 large triangles

from Windy Day print cut -

8, 3" squares
sub-cut once diagonally into 16 large triangles

Sewing directions:

Corner patches -

With right sides together sew one blue triangle to one green triangle
Press open
Trim to 2 1/2" square
Make 16

Center patches -

Using great care to sew them all the same sew one small grey triangle to one small orange triangle.
Sew 8 sets.
Iron seam toward the orange.
Snuggle seams together and sew 4 sets of orange/grey triangles together along the hypotenuse.
Pop seams, iron flat.
Trim to 2 1/2" square
You should have 4.

Block -

Use the picture to make sure you have everything aligned correctly.
Sew 8 sets of three: (iron seams toward edge block)

corner square, with green triangle touching teal square
edge square, with teal square touching green triangle
corner square with green triangle touching teal square

Sew 4 sets of three: (iron seams toward edge block)

edge square, with teal touching orange triangle of center block
center block
edge square, with teal touching orange triangle of center block

Sew blocks together with grey triangle in the seams.
Trim blocks to 5 1/2" squares

The Center:

Arrange blocks in accordance with this picture. Note that the edge blocks do not all have the same orientation. If you arrange them correctly you will create the illusion of large blocks on point.

Border #1:
Cutting Directions: