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Vintage Bow Ties
My friend Beth owns the most darling little antique doll quilt, made with red-and-black
polka-dot bow ties and aqua squares. I just love that well-worn quilt and its perky color scheme.
Even though we have many more fabrics available to us today than in past generations, I
couldn’t seem to find a red-and-black polka-dot fabric. Polka dots are available in just about
every colorway imaginable, but I had to settle for red-and-white for my quilt. If red’s not your
thing, believe me, you can find dozens of other possibilities!
Quilt Size: 15½" x 18½"
Block Size: 3" x 3"
Cutting
From the red polka-dot fabric, cut:
❖4
Materials
❖1
fat quarter of red polka-dot fabric for
bow ties
❖1
fat quarter of white shirting stripe for bow
tie backgrounds
❖1
fat quarter of turquoise print for alternate
blocks and binding
❖1
fat quarter of backing fabric
❖ 18"
x 21" piece of batting
strips, 2" x 21"; crosscut into 30 squares,
2" x 2"
strips, 1¼" x 21"; crosscut into 30 squares,
1¼" x 1¼"
❖2
From the striped white fabric, cut:
❖4
strips, 2" x 21"; crosscut into 30 squares,
2" x 2"
From the turquoise print, cut:*
strips, 3½" x 18"; crosscut into 15 squares,
3½" x 3½"
❖3
❖4
binding strips, 2" x 18"
*To ensure that you’ll have enough fabric, be sure
to cut strips along the 18" width of the fat quarter
rather than along the 21" length.
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Making the Bow Tie Blocks
1. Position a 1¼" red square on the upperright corner of each 2" white square, right sides
together. If you are using a striped fabric as I did,
position the stripes vertically for each unit if you
want all the stripes to face the same way in the
finished blocks.
Stitch from corner to corner as shown. Press to
set the seam, then flip open the red triangle and
press again. Trim away the underneath layers to
create a ¼" seam allowance and reduce bulk.
Make 30.
Make 30.
2. Sew the units from step 1 to the 2" red squares
as shown. Press seam the allowances toward the
red squares. Sew the units together to make a Bow
Tie block. Make 15.
Machine pieced and hand quilted by author.
Assembling the Quilt Top
Make 30.
Bowtie block.
Make 15.
1. Lay out the Bow Tie blocks and the turquoise
squares in rows. Notice that the layout isn’t exactly
symmetrical in the quilt shown. While the blocks
and turquoise squares alternate, the top row has
Sew Easy
Because the red squares are so small, it’s pretty easy to simply “eyeball” the diagonal line for
stitching. However, if you prefer, you can mark the diagonal line from corner to corner on the
wrong side using a pencil and ruler. Or, you can fold the squares in half diagonally and crease
them to mark the sewing line.
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