Pre-cut Party Blog Hop - Day 2

Welcome to the second day of our Pre-cut Party! blog hop.

This week's blog hop features four different projects using...you guessed it...pre-cuts! 

We're all busy, we love the time that pre-cut fabric saves, and we can never have enough ideas of ways to use them! Stop by each day to find a different tutorial and have a chance to win the featured pre-cut bundle. 

Today our Fabri-Quilt team is featuring a wall hanging made using a charm pack of the Shadows collection. The tutorial features the traditional brick layout--simple rectangles--with two twists to create a more contemporary design. As for the fabrics? The shading and layers of the colors and silhouettes of the leaves are gorgeous--it's like working with a rainbow! That turquoise you see below (the quilt backing and binding) is definitely a favorite! At the bottom of the tutorial, find out how you can win a charm pack of Shadows so you can play with this rainbow yourself!

Finished quilt size: 31-1/2" x 29-1/2"

For this project, you'll need:

1 charm pack of Shadows

1/2 yard yellow leaf

1-1/4 yards turquoise leaf for backing and binding

35" x 37" batting piece

A look at the various charm squares in the pack:

1. Sew two charm squares together. Make 16 sets of squares. You can carefully choose the fabric pairs here or just wing it, grabbing two squares and sewing them together. (Or the middle of the road approach--grab two squares, but if they're the same color, try again--controlled scrappiness!)

2. Cut each set of double squares in half, creating two 2-1/2" x 9-1/2" double rectangles. You'll be making 32 sets of double rectangles. You will only use 28, but having a few extra allows you to play with color placement in the quilt layout.

 A look at a variety of 2-1/2" x 9-1/2" double rectangles:

3. Cut 3 charm squares in half to make 2-1/2" x 5" rectangles. For greater variety of color in your quilt, you can cut some of the remaining squares in half as well, but you only need 5 single rectangles.

4. Sew a 2-1/2" x 5" rectangle to a 2-1/2" x 9-1/2" double rectangle to make a 2-1/2" x 14" triple rectangle. Make 5.

5. Lay out 6 rows of 6 rectangles each (three 2-1/2" x 9-1/2" double rectangles per row) alternating with 5 rows of 5 rectangles each (one 2-1/2" x 14" triple rectangle and one 2-1/2" x 9-1/2" double rectangle). Sew the rectangles into rows.

6. Cut ten 2-1/2" x 2-3/4" yellow rectangles. Lay out on both ends of the short rows as shown below. Be sure your yellow rectangles are oriented correctly--they should be 2-1/2" tall to fit with the rest of the row, and 2-3/4" wide.

7. Sew to both ends of the short rows as shown below. You should have 5 rows with yellow on both ends and 6 rows without.

8. Join the rows together. Cut two 4" x 42" yellow leaf strips and two 2-1/2" x 42" yellow leaf strips. Sew the wider strips to the top and bottom, press and trim, and sew the narrower strips to the sides, press and trim. Your quilt top is complete!

9. Lay the backing fabric face down, batting, and quilt top right side up. Baste the layers together and quilt as desired. Cut four 2-1/2" x 42" turquoise leaf strips and use to bind the wall hanging.

A close-up of the quilt center--the yellow ends on alternating rows create a different look than a traditional brick quilt, especially as they blend into the border made from the same fabric.

What else makes this design out of the ordinary? Traditional brick quilts run horizontally, like actual bricks. We've chosen to display this quilt with the bricks running vertically instead--a slightly different look with a more modern feel accentuated by vertical lines of quilting.

Thanks for checking out our tutorial! For a chance to win a charm pack of Shadows (they're so fun to play with!), make sure you're following our blog either by email or by blog reader (see both options in right hand sidebar). Leave a comment letting us know that you're a follower as well as if you prefer the vertical or horizontal orientation of this wall hanging. The giveaway will close Saturday, April 18th at 11:59 pm EST and then we'll randomly draw a winner to receive a Shadows snack pack!  This giveaway is now closed.

Don't miss the other pre-cut fabric tutorials this week!

Day 1: Connie from Freemotion by the River using a Marblehead Global Brights snack pack
Day 3: Dawn Stewart of Spring Water Designs using a Baby Talk snack pack
Day 4: Tammy Silvers of Tamarinis using A Walk in the Park charm pack