Five Fat Quarter Fun - Cabin Fever

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Five Fat Quarter Fun presents:

Cabin Fever

A FREE pattern by Amanda of Jedi Craft Girl & Amber of Gigi’s Thimble

Finished quilt size: 52½” x 66½” Finished block size: 12” x 12” Read all instructions first. Fat quarters should measure at least 18” x 20”. All other fabric requirements are based on 40” of usable fabric width. All seam allowances are 1/4”. Arrows indicate pressing directions. “WOF” stands for width of fabric and “RST” stands for right sides together.

Fabric Requirements: 5 fat quarters (4 bright and 1 grey) 3 yards of cream background fabric ½ yard of binding fabric 3½ yards of 40” wide backing fabric (or 2 1/8 yards of 60” wide backing fabric) 60” x 75” piece of batting 1

Cutting:

18”

From each of 4 bright fat quarters, cut: 12 squares, 4½” x 4½” 12 squares, 2½” x 2½” *Refer to the cutting guide at the right.

2½” 2½”

From 1 grey fat quarter, cut: 20 squares for the sashing, 2½” x 2½”

4½”

From the cream background fabric, cut: 9 strips, 2½” x WOF; crosscut into: 144 squares, 2½” x 2½” 11 strips, 4½” x WOF; set aside 6 strips for the borders crosscut the remaining 5 strips into: 48 rectangles, 2½” x 4½” 12 squares, 4½” x 4½” 2 strips, 12½” x WOF; crosscut into: 31 rectangles, 2½” x 12½”

20”

4½”

4½”

Cutting Guide for 4 fat quarters. Cut carefully!

From the binding fabric, cut: 7 strips, 2½” x WOF

Block Construction: Draw a diagonal line onto the wrong side of all the 2½” x 2½” cream background squares OR use my Quick Corner Triangle Piecing Method (found under my Tutorials tab at the top of my blog) to complete step 1.

1. Place a 2½” x 2½” cream square in the top left corner of a 4½” x 4½” bright square RST. Stitch on the line (or by the edge of the tape if using the Quick Corner Triangle Piecing Method). Trim, leaving a ¼” seam allowance from the stitches. Press the seam allowance toward the triangle. Repeat step 1 in the top right corner using a second 2½” x 2½” cream square. Make 4 units for each block.

Make 4

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2. Sew a 2½” x 2½” cream square and a 2½” x 2½” bright square together RST. Press the seam allowance toward the bright square. Make 4 units. Sew a 2½” x 4½” cream rectangle on top of two of the units with the bright square on the right. Then sew a 2½” x 4½” cream rectangle on top of the remaining two units with the bright square on the left. Press the seam allowances toward the rectangles.

Make 4

Make 2

Make 2

3. Arrange the units from steps 1 & 2 together with a 4½” x 4½” cream square as shown. Sew the units together in rows and press the seam allowances according to the arrows. Sew the rows together and press.

For a scrappier look, feel free to switch some of the units from step 2 with contrasting units from step 1, as shown above (right). Make 12 blocks. Each block should measure 12½” x 12½”.

Quilt Assembly: 1. Sew together 4 grey 2½” x 2½” squares and 3 cream 2½” x 12½” rectangles as shown below. Press the seam allowances towards the rectangles. Make 5 sashing units.

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2. Sew together 3 blocks and 4 cream 2½” x 12½” rectangles as shown below. Press the seam allowances toward the rectangles. Make 4 rows.

3. Sew the rows and sashing units together as shown in the full quilt diagram below. Press the seam allowances toward the sashing units. For the borders, sew a 4½” x 58½” cream strip to each side and a 4½” x 52½” cream strip to both the top and bottom. Press the seam allowances toward the borders.

Finishing: Layer with batting and backing, quilt as desired and bind.

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