DESIGNER MARCIA HARMENING OF HAPPY STASH QUILTS (HAPPYSTASHQUILTS.COM) MACHINE QUILTER LAURIE VANDERGRIFF Create a veritable color explosion with ombré fabrics in warm and cool colors. Believe it or not, the quilt top is made with only three fabrics! materials » 2 yards white print (blocks) » 2% yards yellow/orange/fuchsia ombré (blocks) » 2% yards green/teal/blue ombré (blocks) » 3% yards backing fabric » 58x70" batting Finished quilt: 49%2x61/2" Finished block: 11" square [5 | Size options: For a chart of materials and the LL} number of units needed to make this quilt in three more sizes, visit AllPeopleQuilt.com/219 Yardages and cutting instructions are based on 42" of usable fabric width Measurements include */s" seam allowances. Sew with right sides together unless otherwise stated. Press seams in directions indicated by arrows on diagrams. If no direction is specified, press seam toward darker fabric. PHOTOGRAPHER JACOB FOX 66 AMERICAN PATCHWORK & QUILTING | FEBRUARY 2016cut fabrics Designer Marcia Harmening used two ombré fabrics in her quilt: one in awarm yellow, orange, and fuchsia colorway and one in a cool green, teal, and blue colorway. Cut pieces in the following order. Cut strips widthwise or lengthwise as indicated. Marcia saved the leftover lengthwise ombré strips and pieced them with white to make her quilt backing. (Turn to page 66 to see a turned-back corner of the quilt.) From white print, cut lengthwise: » 42x65 > 4—1%ex6! » 41x65" strips > 49—1¥%2x11¥2" sashing strips From yellow/orange/fuchsia ombré, cut: » 32/242" binding strips cut widthwise YELLOW PORTION > 30—1¥2" sashing squares GOLD PORTION » 40—3" squares LIGHT ORANGE PORTION > 1—3%2x65" strip cut lengthwise » 1—2'2x65" strip cut lengthwise DARK ORANGE PORTION » 1—4x65" strip cut lengthwise » 1—3x65" strip cut lengthwise Ombré fabrics have colors or values that shade into each other. In Rainbow Connection, designer Marcia Harmening used ombré fabrics that gradate in color and value from the center out to both selvages (photos A and B: Gelato collection by E.E Schenck). A few ombré fabrics change color and/or value from one selvage to the other (Figure C). If you're making Rainbow Connection with this second ombré type, cut strips of the same color as close together as possible so the colors match. FUCHSIA PORTION >» 1—4Y2x65" > 1—3¥%2x65" strip cut lengthwise From green/teal/blue ombré, cut: > 3—21/2x42" binding strips cut widthwise LIGHT GREEN PORTION » 40—3" squares DARK GREEN PORTION > 1—3¥2x65" strip cut lengthwise » 1—2%2x65" strip cut lengthwise TEAL PORTION > 1—4x65" strip cut lengthwise » 1—3x65" strip cut lengthwise BLUE PORTION > 1—4%2x65" strip cut lengthwise » 1—3¥%2x65" strip cut lengthwise rip cut lengthwise make segments A-L Before sewing strip sets, see tip on page 70. 1. Sew together a white print 1x65" strip and light orange ombré 24/2x65" strip to make Strip Set A (Diagram 1). Cut strip set into forty 1*/2"-wide Asegments. i 1x65 STRIP SETA DIAGRAM 1. ave 68 AMERICAN PATCHWORK & QUILTING | FEBRUARY 2016 2. Join a whit light orange ombré 32x65" strip ip Set B (Diagram 2) strip set into forty 1¥2"-wide print 1x65" strip and to mak Cut B segments. ave" STRIP SETB DIAGRAM 2 3. Using white print 1*/2x65" strips, dark orange ombré 3x65" strip, and dark orange ombré 4x65" strip, repeat steps 1 and 2 to make forty 14/2"- wide C segments and forty 1*/2’-wide D segments (diagrams 3 and 4). Cs | 1 1Yex65" Re ae STRIP SETC DIAGRAM 3 ine STRIP SETD DIAGRAM 4 SELVAGE70 E. Sch 1e Gelato collection by E. OMBRE FABRICS re To order akit of fabrics for quilt top and binding for #110 ppd + (Washington residents, $110 plus applicable taxes), contact G Quilting Inc., 601 W. Yelm Ave., Yelm, WA 98597; 360/458-5616. geegeesquilting.com AMERICAN PATCHWORK & QUILTING | FEBRUA See's If the strips you'y in value, you can by joining the wh ombré strips whe ut from your ombrés have any variation hance the glowing effect of this quilt print strips to the lighter edges of the making strip sets ACL.4. Using white print 2x65" strips, fuchsia ombré 32x65" strip, and fuchsia ombré 44/2x65" strip, repeat steps 1 and 2 to make forty 142"- wide E segments and forty 14/2'-wide F segments (diagrams 5 and 6). fayey STRIP SETE DIAGRAMS lave" 1} 2x65" STRIP SETF DIAGRAM 6 5. Using white print 1x65" strips, Jark green ombré 2¥/2x65" strip, and dark green ombré 32x65" strip, repeat steps 1 and 2 to make forty 1 ¥e"-wide G segments and forty Ve-wide H segments (diagrams 7 and 8). 1x65" STRIP SETG DIAGRAM 7 6. Using white print 1x65" strips, teal ombré 3x65" strip, and teal ombré 4x65" strip, repeat steps 1 4 and 2 to make forty 1¥2"-wide I segments and forty 14'-wide 12x65" J segments (diagrams 9 and 10). ad 7. Using white print 2x65" strips, ave blue ombré 32x65" strip, and blue ombré 4%/2x65" strip, repeat steps 1 and 2 to make forty 1'/2"-wide 4 K segments and forty 11/2"-wide 1 axes L segments (diagrams 11 and 12). STRIP SETK lave} DIAGRAM 11 1¥e"| 4 1 1¥ex65" ‘STRIP SETI 4 DIAGRAMS 1! axesr STRIP SETL DIAGRAM 12 CUT YOUR TIME IN HALF Fabric & Quilt Ruler Cutter 27 1/2" Long, 6" Wide A great precision tool for cutting fabric strips, small blocks, and stabilizers for embroidery. Perfect size for travel, classes and retreats. te i ; Use Promo Code FAB2 for $5 OFF your order Call us @ 888-470-3052 Visit us @ havelssewing.com72 assemble blocks 1. Referring to Diagram 13, join an A segment and a gold ombré 3" square. Add a B segment a | A 3 54. I DIAGRAM 13 i" 2. Referring to Diagram 14, sew C-F segments to Step 1 unit in alphabetical order to make a gold quarter unit. The unit should be 6" square including seam allowances. DIAGRAM 14 3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 to make 40 gold quarter units total 4. Using light green ombré 3” squares and G-L segments, repeat steps 1 and 2 to make 40 green quarter units (Diagram 15). DIAGRAM 15 5. Referring to Diagram 16, sew together two gold quarter units and two green quarter units in pairs. Join pairs to make a block. The block should be 11/2" square including seam allowances. Repeat to make 20 blocks total. ‘AMERICAN PATCHWORK & QUILTING | F 12x11 ye" £c ye a 1Yex te" [Eaeeereoa F i sa) WR acer] Fe a a QUILT ASSEMBLY DIAGRAM BIE assemble quilt top Pr 1. Referring to Quilt Assembly ce Diagram, lay out yellow ombré = 1Y%2" sashing squares, white print | — 12x11" sashing strips, and 1 AE blocks in 1.1. rows; rotate every zn c| other block 90 | 2. Sew together pieces in each | row. Press seams toward sashing DIAGRAM A6 trips. Join rows to complete quiltCzLOR...... OPTION For her version of Rainbow Connection, quilt tester Laura Boehnke separated red-and-white prints and black-and-white prints into two piles—those that “read' the darkest and those that read the lightest. (TIP: To determine how a print reads, squint at it to better see its value.) For each block, she made two quarter blocks from the darks. and two quarter blocks from the lights. She rotated the four blocks so the darker fabrics create a ion in the wall hanging, Go to AllPeopleQuilt.com/218 for instructions for a big impact quilt. ‘candinavian collection and Urban W collection by Kirstyn Cogan and the Suede collection, n PRB Textiles (pbtex.com). FABRICS are from the Ur 74 AMERICAN PATCHWORK & QUILTING | FEBRUARY 201€ HORRY COUNTY MUSEUM sm Culture, Heritage & Natur Discover 60 miles of >> Myrtle Beach, South Carolina > and find new experiences : ‘that never disappoint.finish quilt 1. Layer quilt top, batting, and backing; baste. (For details, see Complete Quilt, Pattern Sheet 3.) 2. Quilt as desired. Laurie Vandergriff machine- quilted a pattern of circles, swirls, and feathers across the quilt top (Quilting Diagram). 3. Using diagonal sams and alternating colorways, join yellow/orange/fuchsia and green/teal/blue ombré 2¥/2x42" binding strips to make a pieced binding strip. Bind quilt with pieced binding strip. (For details, see Complete Quilt.) * QUILTING DIAGRAM 20 Crib Quilts for Bundles of Joy! Packed with fresh fabrics and a variety of styles for everyone! ST earn CT E DERN PTR ECamCO Cs ie. ORO TRC y local quilt shop! wn fabric to use on your quilt yrint patterns in actual sizes ign with a library of blocks and fabrics int fabric yardag + draw your own pieced and appliqué blocks 1 + and so much more!