Precut Strips & Squares

By Annie's

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• Language: English
• Publisher: Annies
• Release date: Apr 18, 2022
• ISBN: 9781640255562

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Turtley Cool

Fun prints on the charm squares make these turtles extra spe-shell!

Design by Wendy Sheppard

Quilted by Darlene Szabo of Sew Graceful Quilting

Skill Level

Confident Beginner

Finished Sizes

Quilt Size: 53 × 58

Block Size: 4½ × 5½

Number of Blocks: 40

Turtle

4½ × 5½ Finished Block

Make 40

Materials

•2⅛ yards background fabric*

•⅝ yard black*

•½ yard teal*

•40 (5") M squares*

•⅝ yard blue*

•3½ yards backing fabric

•61 × 66 batting*

•Thread*

•Basic sewing tools and supplies

*Sanibel collection from Clothworks; 100% Cotton Thread from Aurifil; Tuscany Silk Batting from Hobbs Bonded Fibers used to make sample.

Project Notes

Read all instructions before beginning this project.

Stitch right sides together using a ¼" seam allowance unless otherwise specified.

Materials and cutting lists assume 40" of usable fabric width.

Arrows indicate directions to press seams.

WOF – width of fabric

HST – half-square triangle

QST – quarter-square triangle

Cutting

From background fabric cut:

•2 (6 × 11¼) I rectangles

•4 (6 × 9) G rectangles

•4 (4¾ × 6) H rectangles

•29 (2½ × 6) F rectangles

•8 (1½ × 6) E rectangles

•80 (1½ × 2) B rectangles

•320 (1¼") C squares

•80 (1") A squares

•13 (2½" × WOF) strips, stitch short ends to short ends, then subcut into:

6 (2½ × 46) J strips

2 (2½ × 51) K border strips and 2 (2½ × 50) L border strips

From black cut:

•20 (1½ × 2) B rectangles

•160 (1¾") D squares

From teal cut:

•6 (2½" × WOF) strips, stitch short ends to short ends, then subcut into:

2 (2½ × 55) M and 2 (2½ × 54½) N border strips

From blue cut:

•6 (2½" × WOF) binding strips

Completing the Blocks

1. Refer to Sew & Flip Corners and use the A squares and black B rectangles to make 40 A-A-B units, sewing A squares to long side of B (Figure 1).

Figure 1

2. Sew two background B rectangles to the opposite short sides of the step 1 unit (Figure 2). Make 40.

Figure 2

3. Using the Sew & Flip Corners technique, sew two C squares to opposite corners of a D square (Figure 3). Make 160.

Figure 3

4. In the same way, sew step 3 units to the corners of an M square (Figure 4). Make 40.

Figure 4

5. Sew a step 2 unit on top of a step 4 unit as shown in the Turtle block diagram to complete one Turtle block. Make 40.

Completing the Quilt

1. Referring to the Assembly Diagram and photo for block placement and orientation, arrange blocks and pieces into seven block rows as follows:

•Row 1: 6 pieced blocks, 2 background E rectangles, 4 background F rectangles and 1 background G rectangle

•Row 2: 4 pieced blocks, 2 background F rectangles, 1 background G rectangle, 1 background H rectangle and 1 background I rectangle

•Row 3: 7 pieced blocks, 2 background E rectangles and 6