Summer Table Topper Quilt Tutorial

These directions create a table topper that is 24″ square. I love this summer quilt topper. The sewing instructions are so clear it looks easy to make. I love simple quilt tutorials.You can make this project larger by adding more rows.

Materials

1 yard white fabric (quilting cotton)

1 fat quarter EACH of red, orange, and yellow. You can also use scraps and do each arrow a different fabric.

1 yard backing fabric

1/4 yard binding fabric

1 yard quilt batting

Sewing Essentials (pins, scissors, etc.)

Cut

18 square in white 3 3/8″

16 squares in white 4.5″

2 rectangles in white 2″ x 20.5″

2 rectangles in white 2″ x 24.5″

6 squares in red 3 3/8″

6 squares in orange 3 3/8″

6 squares in yellow 3 3/8″

2.5″ strips for binding

Summer Table Topper Quilt Tutorial

Sew

1

Create half square triangles:

85springquilt-2Draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of the 3 3/8″ white squares.

2

 

85springquilt-5Sew a seam on both sides of the line 1/4″ away from it.

3

 

85springquilt-6Cut along the line.

4

 

85springquilt-7Press open with the seam towards the darker side. Trim to 2.5″, being sure that the seam runs diagonally from corner to corner.

 

 

5

Assemble:

85springquilt-8Sew together 4 of the half square triangles as shown. You will create 9 of these blocks (3 of each colour). Each completed block should measure 4.5″ square.

 

6

Assemble blocks with larger white squares as shown. Sew the long white strips as a border around the outside edges.ffsummerquilt-01

Quilt your table topper as desired (I did some simple free motion quilting) and bind.

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I love this summer quilt topper. The sewing instructions are so clear it looks easy to make. I love simple quilt tutorials.