Month 10:
Finish the Quilt
This month’s kit includes:
(5-1/4) yards Background
Fabric Cutting Chart
Fabric
1st Cut
Use
2nd Cut
Comment
Cut all fabrics into
2-1/2” strips
Nine-Patch Setting
Squares and Outer
Border
2-1/2” squares
-Each nine-patch
block requires (5) 21/2” squares of
same fabric.
-Setting Squares
require (80) ninepatch blocks, using a
total of (400) 2-1/2”
squares
-Additionally, (106) 2
-1/2” squares are
needed for the outer
border
(3) 18-7/8” strips
WOF
Setting Squares
(6) 18-7/8” squares
cut once diagonally
(1) 19-1/4” strip
WOF
Setting Squares
(1) 19-1/4” square
cut twice diagonally
Cut remaining fabric into (7) 2-1/2”
strips
(11) 6-1/2” Strips
WOF
Setting Squares
(64) 6-1/2” squares
(11) 1-1/2” strips
WOF
Inner Border
(11) 2-1/2” strips
WOF
Binding
Cut remaining
background fabric
into 2-1/2” strips
Nine-Patch Setting
Squares & Outer
Border
Fabrics remaining from
block construction
Background
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2-1/2” squares
-Setting Squares
require (80) ninepatch blocks, using a
total of (320) 2-1/2”
squares
-Additionally, (106) 2
-1/2” squares are
needed for the outer
border
Read ALL instructions before cutting.
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Month 10:
Finish the Quilt
Make the Setting Squares
1. Each nine-patch block requires (5) colored 2-1/2” squares and (4) background 2
-1/2” squares.
2. Stitch top and bottom rows together using (2) colored
squares and (1) white square, as shown. Press toward the
colored squares.
3. Stitch the center row together using (1) colored square
and (2) white squares, as shown. Press toward the colored
square.
4. Stitch the rows together to complete the nine-patch block.
Press seams open. Make (80) nine-patch blocks from a variety of fabric colors.
5. Using the same method described above, stitch large ninepatch setting squares using (5) nine-patch blocks and (4) 6-1/2” white squares.
Press toward the white squares. Make (16) large setting squares.
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This variation of the basic nine patch block was
commonly used as setting squares in the 1930’s.
Also known as Nine-In-Nine, the simplicity and repetition of the nine patch allows the eye to be
drawn to the feature blocks of the quilt.
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Month 10:
Finish the Quilt
Putting the Quilt Top Together
Find a large space to
lay out your quilt
blocks and setting
squares into rows.
Turn and trade the
blocks and setting
squares until you are
satisfied with the layout.
Stitch the rows diagonally, pressing seams
toward the quilt blocks.
Stitch the rows together to form the
quilt top. Press seams
open.
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During the Great Depression (1929-1939), American patchwork quilting was characterized by the
use of scraps and re-purposed fabrics, especially
feed, flour, and sugar sack prints. Feed sacks were
usually pastel, and feed, flour and sugar manufacturers provided a wide variety of fabric sacks to
choose from. The reproduction of these
sack fabrics has generated an entire subindustry within the modern quilting industry.
Month 10:
Finish the Quilt
Adding the Borders
Be cautious when adding the first border, as you are dealing with bias edges.
Measure the length of your quilt top
through the center of your quilt. It
should measure approximately 1021/2”. Stitch 1-1/2” border strips together and cut (2) strips to length.
Stitch to the sides of the quilt.
Measure the width of your quilt top
through the center of your quilt. It
should measure approximately 1041/2”. Cut (2) border strips to width. Stitch to the top and bottom of the quilt.
Alternate (26) Background and (26) colored 2-1/2” squares to form side borders.
Make (2) borders. Press toward the colored squares. Stitch to the sides of the
quilt.
Alternate (27) Background and (27) colored 2-1/2” squares to form top and
bottom borders. Make (2) borders. Press toward the colored squares. Stitch to
the top and bottom of the quilt.
Finishing the Quilt
Layer quilt top, batting and backing. Quilt as desired.
Stitch binding strips together. Bind the
quilt.
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The history of America can be seen in the history of quilts: in
the rich heritage left us by those thrifty, self-sufficient women who helped settle this land, in the families whose history is
sewn into quilts one patch at a time, and in the legacy
of the quilting arts passed on to children and grandchildren so they may carry them forward to the future.