Softly Striped - 48” x 64” (64” x 80”)
Copyright © 2004 Next Step Quilt Designs
Designed by Kathryn Wilson Tucker
This pattern assumes you know how to layer, quilt, and bind.
Fabric Requirements:
Useable width of fabric should be 42 ½” wide
Stripe must run the length of the fabric
48” x 64”
Stripe:
1.5 m (1 2/3 yd)
on lengthwise grain
Fabric A
1.0 m (1 1/8 yd)
Fabric B
0.55 m ( 5/8 yd)
Fabric C
0.55 m ( 5/8 yd)
2.35 m
64” x 80”
(2 2/3 yd)
1.0 m
0.55 m
0.55 m
(1 1/8 yd)
( 5/8 yd)
( 5/8 yd)
0.25 m ( ¼ yd)
0.85 m ( 7/8 yd)
0.3 m
1.0 m
( 1/3 yd)
(1 1/8 yd)
Option - Cornerstone Border
Border Inner
0.25 m ( ¼ yd)
Border Outer
0.7 m ( ¾ yd)
0.3 m
0.9 m
( 1/3 yd)
( 1 yd)
0.55 m
( 5/8 yd)
Plain Border
Border Inner
Border Outer
Binding:
2 ½” strips
0.45
m
(
½ yd)
Striped Squares:
NOTE: Fabric must be cut with the stripe. These squares are made larger and then
trimmed down to 8 ½” square.
Cut EIGHT 4 ¾” strips by the length of the fabric.
Cut 72 (128) triangles as shown in the diagram below.
9 ½”
45
9 ½”
45
90
Sew all of the quarter square triangles together to make 18 (32) squares.
NOTE: the stripe is going around the square.
Trim these squares to 8 ½” square.
Rail Fence:
Fabric A: 3 (7) 4” strips.
Fabric B: 3 (7) 2 ¾” strips.
Fabric C: 3 (7) 2 ¾” strips.
Make 3 (7) strip sets of Fabric B – Fabric A – Fabric C. Each strip set should be 8 ½” wide.
Cut 17 (31) 8 ½” squares.
Cut:
Quilt Top:
Layout as shown in the diagram below.
NOTE the different directions of the rail fence blocks.
Sew the squares together in rows. Press to the Rail Fence squares.
Sew the rows together.
Option - Cornerstone Border:
NOTE: Fabric must be cut with the stripe. These squares are made larger and then
trimmed down to 4 ¾” square.
Cut ONE 3 1/8” strip by 57” lengthwise.
Cut 16 (16) triangles as shown in the diagram below from the remaining striped fabric.
6 1/4”
45
6 1/4”
45
90
Sew all of the quarter square triangles together to make 4 (4) squares.
NOTE: the stripe is going around the square.
Trim these squares to 4 ¾” square.
Inner Border: Cut 5 (7) 1 ¼”strips.
Outer Border: Cut 5 (7) 4” strips
Sew the inner border strips and the outer
border strips together. Should be 4 ¾” wide.
Measure the quilt from the top raw edge to
the bottom raw edge in 3 different places
in the middle of the quilt. Calculate the
average length. Cut the 2 border strips, at
the same time, this length. Sew to the
sides of the quilt. Press to the outside.
Measure the quilt from side raw edge to
other side raw edge in 3 different
places in the middle of the quilt. Calculate
the average width. Cut the 2 border
strips this width. Sew ONE border corner
to each end of these two strips. Sew to
the top and the bottom of the quilt.
Press to the outside.
Plain Border:
Inner Border: Cut 6 (8) 1 ¼”strips.
Outer Border: Cut 6 (8) 4” strips
Measure the quilt from the top raw edge to
the bottom raw edge in 3 different places
in the middle of the quilt. Calculate the
average length. Cut the 2 border strips, at
the same time, this length. Sew to the
sides of the quilt. Press to the outside.
Measure the quilt from side raw edge to
other side raw edge in 3 different
places in the middle of the quilt. Calculate
the average width. Cut the 2 border
strips this width. Sew to the top and the
bottom of the quilt.
Press to the outside.
Finishing:
Layer, quilt, and bind as desired.
Suggested Quilting:
An overall zigzag or curly queue pattern or a diagonal cross hatch pattern.
Copyright © 2004 Next Step Quilt Designs