Four Freedoms
Quilt
Finished Qulit Size: 88” x 88”
20547-E 8 yards
20546-A 5 yards
20546-B ¼ yard
20533-B 2 yards
20530-AQ
1 panel of 4 large photos
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20533-E 1 yard
20545-AE
4 photo blocks needed
apporx. ¼ yard
Four Freedoms Quilt
Designed by Barb Mapes
Skill Level: Advanced Intermediate
Finished Block Size: 16″
Quilt Size: 88” x 88”
Optional materials:
1 Queen size quilt batting
Cutting:
Cutting sizes include seam allowances.
20533-B - Blue Floral
A 48 - 4½” squares
C 16 - 5¼”squares
D 4- 7¾” squares then cut these diagonally twice to
form 16 equal triangles
I- Make a template according to the diagram. Cut 32
4 -1½” x 16½” strips
20533-E - Beige Floral
B 16 - 4⅞” squares then cut these diagonally to form 32
triangles
A 32 - 4½” squares
F 4 - 4¼” squares cut twice diagonally to form 16 triangles
20546-A - Brown Print
A16 - 4½″ square
B16 - 4⅞″ squares then cut these diagonally to form 32
triangles
40 - 2½” x 16½” strips
H - Use template to cut 12
K - Use template to cut 8
20546-B Blue Plaid
25 - 2½” squares
20545-AE - Small photo
G-trim photos to 7” square
20530-AQ – cut apart the 4 large photos 16½” square,
leave additional fabric on the sides to make 16½”
20546-A - Large Brown Plaid
E - Use template to cut 16
E reverse - Use reversed template to cut 16
J - Make a template according to the diagram. Seam allowances have been added. Cut 16
L - 4 - 6½” squares
20547-E - Beige Words
Binding: 4 strips 2¼” x 96”
Backing: cut and seam 3 sections 96” long by 44”
Sewing:
Seam allowances are standard ¼″
Block 1 Road to Oklahoma – 8 blocks
Lay out cut pieces according to diagram
Sew 4 sets of beige triangle B to brown triangle B
Row 1 -sew blue square A to beige square A sew to B
triangle set, then sew to blue A. Press.
Row 2 -sew triangle set to brown square A to blue
square A to beige square A. Press.
Row 3 - sew beige square A to blue square A to brown
square A to triangle set. Press.
Row 4 -sew blue square A to beige square A to triangle
set to blue square A. Press.
Attach row 1 to row 2, to row 3, to row 4. Press seams
to bottom of the block. Repeat to make 8 blocks.
Block 2 - Ohio Star – 4 blocks
Cut small photo panels 7” square. Lay out block pieces
according to diagram.
Sew E to F, sew D to reverse E, join EF to DE. Repeat
this unit 4 times.
Row 1 – sew C to the above unit and attach another C to
the opposite side.
Row 2 – sew EFDrevE unit to small photo and attach
another EFDrevE unit to the opposite side.
Row 3 –sew C to EFDrevE unit and attach another C.
Attach row 1 to row 2 to row 3, press seams facing the
bottom of the block. Repeat to make 4 blocks.
Sashing:
Large photo panels will need to measure 16½” square.
To do this, add a blue 1½” strip to each side of the two
center brown vertical sashing strips. Attach a large
photo panel to each side of the sashing unit.
Lay out the quilt blocks and vertical sashing and strips
according to the quilt picture. Pay close attention to the
direction as you position the Road to Oklahoma blocks.
Sew rows together. Sew horizontal sashing strips and
2½” blocks together to form sashing rows. Lay the sashing rows and block rows on the floor and arrange according to the photo and sew together.
Borders:
Lay out one row of border. Triangle K will only fit one
way. Rotate it so it fits I perfectly. Follow along on the
bottom row. Sew triangle K to triangle I, sew to left side
large triangle J. Sew I to H then to another I. Join this
unit to the side of the previous J and again to a new J.
Repeat this sequence till row is complete. See diagram
for assembly. Make four border rows using this se-
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quence. The two side rows will be this length. The top
and bottom row will have unit L, the 6½” square, attached to each end. Sew a row of shorter border to each
side of the quilt. Attach the longer borders containing
the L squares to the top and bottom of the quilt.
Backing & Binding:
Cut 2 sections of backing 96” x 45”.Cut a third strip
96” x 12”. Sew each long side of the 12” strip to a 96”
strip to form a backing approximately 96” square. Cut 4
strips along the length of the remaining fabric 2¼”x 96”
for the binding. Sew these strips together end to end
and press in half lengthwise.
Layer, quilt, and bind.
While all possible care has been taken to ensure the accuracy of this pattern, we are
not responsible for printing errors or the way in which an individual work varies.
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