These directions create a table topper that is 24″ square. 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:
Draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of the 3 3/8″ white squares.
2
Sew a seam on both sides of the line 1/4″ away from it.
3
4
Press 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:
Sew 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.
Quilt your table topper as desired (I did some simple free motion quilting) and bind.
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