Summer of Sewing: Striped Mini Quilt

Welcome back to our Summer of Sewing tutorials here at Inspired by Fabric! 

We'll be featuring regular tutorials as part of our Summer of Sewing series, all using our newest fabric lines that you can find at your local quilt shop! Our tutorials will include a chance to win a bundle of the fabric line being used, so make sure to enter each time! 

The 4th of July may have passed, but that doesn't mean we can't still love a great red, white and blue combo! It's such a summery palette! This week we've matched up three blues and three reds from our Painter's Palette Solids collection to create a fun mini quilt. This design concept offers plenty of options--while ours is just a 10-1/2" square mini, use this tutorial to create a table runner, a throw pillow, or even a quilt! Scroll down to the bottom of this post to find out how you can win this red, white and blue bundle.

Let's get started!

You'll Need:

1 fat quarter each of three red solids (Crimson, Real Red and Claret) 

1 fat quarter each of three blue solids (Midnight, Royal, and River)

1 fat quarter white solid

Lightweight interfacing or muslin

13" batting

13" square of backing

Cutting:

From each red and blue solid: 

Cut two strips ranging in width from 1" - 2"

From the white solid:

Cut four strips ranging in width from 1" - 2"

From the remaining Midnight:

Three 2-1/4" x 21" strips for binding

From the interfacing or muslin:

Cut four 6" squares

Make the Blocks:

1. Lay a wider white strip diagonally across the muslin square. 

2. Choose another strip to layer on top and stitch along the long edge using a 1/4" seam allowance. 

3. Press open. 

4. Continue sewing various red and white strips to the square until it is completely covered. 

5. Trim the unit to measure 6" square. Make two red stripe units.

6. In the same way, make two blue stripe units. 

7. Cut each unit in half diagonally. Cut one blue unit perpendicular to the stripes and one parallel to the stripes. Do the same with the red units. 

8. Match up each red unit with a blue unit that has the stripes running in the opposite direction. Make four blocks. 

9. Play around with the lay out of these blocks. You can try them like this: 

Or like this: 

10. Sew the blocks into rows and join the rows. Press seams open to decrease bulk. 

11. Layer the backing right side down, batting, and mini quilt top right side up. Quilt as desired. Trim backing and batting even with the quilt top and use the three 2-1/4" x 21" navy strips to bind. 

Click here to see all 84 of the Painter's Palette Solids colors.

For a chance to win a fat quarter bundle of our red, white and blue solids, make sure you follow us on the blog (options are in the right hand sidebar) and leave a comment letting us know you do, as well as telling us what two colors you'd like to see paired together (like we paired red and blue here) . Giveaway is open through Sunday, July 10th at 11:59 pm CST. We'll randomly draw a winner and announce it on the blog next week. Make sure we have a way to get in touch with you if you are selected as the winner!  

Congratulations to the winner of the American Pride bundle: Lee
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