Harrogate Scrap Quilt

Made with mainly 2.5" squares, I have written the instructions to use up your scraps or to use pre-cuts.
At the bottom is a link to print or save your own pdf copy.
Requirements
576 2½” squares from your scrap box
1¼m of 44” wide fabric for background
2¼m of 44” wide fabric for backing
½ m of 44” wide fabric for binding
56” x 72” Wadding (minimum) – Twin size
or
11 fat quarters (of different patterns or colours)
1¼m of 44” wide fabric for background
2¼m of 44” wide fabric for backing
½ m of 44” wide fabric for binding
56” x 72” Wadding (minimum) – Twin size
or
36 x 10” squares (or 37 to make sure you have enough)
1¼m of 44” wide fabric for background
2¼m of 44” wide fabric for backing
½ m of 44” wide fabric for binding
56” x 72” Wadding (minimum) – Twin size
or
1 Jelly Roll™ (minimum of 40 strips)
1¼m of 44” wide fabric for background
2¼m of 44” wide fabric for backing
6 of the Jelly Roll™ strips to make the binding
56” x 72” Wadding (minimum) – Twin size
Cutting mat, ruler and rotary cutter
Sewing machine with ¼” foot
Optional: Walking Foot
Method
For this quilt you will need 576 2½” coloured squares, make these as follows, from your precuts:
Using FQ’s: cut these into 2½” strips and then into 2½” squares, this will yield between 616 and 704 2½” squares
Using the 10” squares: cut these into 2½” strips and then into 2½” squares, this will yield 576 2½” squares (so be careful)
Using the Jelly Roll™: put 6 strips to one side for the binding, then cut the remaining 34 strips into 2½” squares, this will yield 578 2½” squares.
Four Square Block
You will need to make 96 of these blocks. So (randomly) take 384 of your 2½” squares (or remove 192 squares and put to one side) and sew them together in pairs.
Press the seams to one side
Sew two pairs together to make a four square block
You should have 96 of these blocks
Half Snowball Block
From the backing fabric you will need to cut 96 4½” squares
Cut the fabric into 4½” strips across the width of the fabric, then cut these into 4½” squares, this should yield 99 squares, so please be careful if you have only 1¼m of fabric.
Using the remaining coloured squares, pin two of these squares to two opposite corners of the background 4½” squares
Turn this over, and draw two lines, one in each corner, going diagonally across the corners of the coloured squares
Sew along these lines
Trim these seams with a ¼” seam allowance, press the seams towards the corner
You should now have 96 Half Snowball blocks.
Arranging the blocks
Each of the main blocks needs 2 Four Square blocks and 2 Half Snowball blocks, arrange them like this:
I have to admit, that this is the only time I will pin my blocks together. The Half Snowball block has to be the same way round every time and I find pinning them stops them from doing a dance and spinning around. Sew them in pairs, then, sew the two strips together to make the block
The finished block should be 8½” square.
Arrange these blocks into 8 rows of 6 blocks as per the picture on the front cover and sew together.
Binding and Backing
Cut off 2 10” strips from the width of fabric for the backing. Sew these together along the short end and trim to 70” long. Cut the remaining piece of backing in half along the fold (length of fabric) and sew the 70” x 10” strip into the middle. This should give you a backing of 70” x 53” approx.
For the binding, cut the binding fabric into 6 strips 2¼” wide from the width of fabric, sew them together in a long strip.
If using a Jelly Roll™ then, join 6 strips together. These are 2½” wide, so will make a thicker binding.
What to do with the remaining squares
Put them in your scrap box for your next scrappy quilt!
for a printable version click
here
Happy Scrapping
Easy Lap Quilt
It is certainly a quick make and could easily be done in a weekend. Although my fat quarters were from a theme, I think it would look very stunning as a scrappy quilt. How about from old clothes?
At the bottom is a link to print or save your own pdf copy.

Here are the instructions for the Easy Lap Quilt. I used a variety of seaside themed prints, but you can use any fabric you wish.
The finished size of the quilt is 46” x 46”
Requirements
8 fat quarters (of different patterns or colours)
½m of fabric for border
1½m for backing
½ m of fabric for binding
48” x 48” Wadding (minimum)
Cutting mat, ruler and rotary cutter
Sewing machine with ¼” foot
Optional Walking Foot

To purchase the pattern click
here
Cat Basket Quilt

Here are the instructions for the Cat Basket Quilt. I used Makower Kitty with Makower Linea for the background, but you can use any fabric you wish.
The finished size of the quilt is 44” x 49½”
Requirements
9 fat quarters (of different patterns or colours)
1.5m of fabric for background
1.75m for backing
0.4m of fabric for binding
48” x 54” Wadding
Cutting mat, ruler and rotary cutter
Sewing machine with ¼” foot
Optional Walking Foot
To purchase the pattern click