Piper's Picket Fence Quilt

Finished Size 49 1/2” X 66”

This quilt was inspired by Row #1 of our Piper's Girls Row by Row Quilt

It is perfect to use up your stash!

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You Will Need:

*36 assorted fabrics in an array of colors and prints, 3” X WOF (Width of fabric).

These are for all of your scrappy 4-patches through out the quilt.

* 2 ¾ Yards of Solid Silver or White (or another color of your choosing that will

contrast with your assorted fabrics from above) for the Background.

* 4 yards of your Favorite Fabric for the Backing

* 1 ¼ yards for Bias Binding (I used a solid Aqua)

* Batting to accommodate the size, I like Bamboo Batting!

* A Neutral color cotton thread for the patchwork piecing, I like Aurifil or Superior.

I used the same soft gray for the piecing and machine quilting. Basic quilting

supplies, such as a Rotary Cutter, Mat, ruler, pins, scissors, ect. And of course your

trusty sewing Machine.

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Cutting:

(2) 2 1/2” X 15” strips from each of your 36 assorted fabric for the 4

patches, this will yield a total of (72) strips.

(72) 4 1/2” squares from your silver background fabric

(3) 18 1/4” squares from your silver background and than cut in half

diagonally twice, to yield 4 setting triangles(ST on diagram) from each square. You

will get 12, and need 10 of them for the quilt.

(2) 9 3/8” squares from the silver background fabric, than cut in half

diagonally once, to yield 2 triangles from each square. This will give you a total of 4

triangles for the corners of your quilt(CT on diagram).

Stitching:

All seams are 1/4”

I prefer to press all of my seams opposing directions and that is how this

pattern is written. But if you prefer, you may press all of the seams open, it is up to

you. I find it is easier to get all of my squares to line up, if I press my seams to

opposing sides.

Take your 72 2 1/2” X 15” strips and assemble 36 different pairs.

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Pin lengthwise all of the pairs and stitch with the 1/4” seam. Press all of the

seams to one side, whatever is the darker fabric of the two.

Cut each of these pairs into (5) 2 1/2” strips.

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You should have a total of 180 of these pairs when you are finished. Now you

will pin and stitch pairs of 2 together into 4-patches. Make sure that the seams are

facing opposing directions so that they butt up right against each other. This will

make your blocks line up perfectly, they will fit together like puzzle pieces.

You should have 90 4-patches when you are all finished.

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Now you are ready to put together the 18 patchwork blocks that make up the

main part of this quilt. You will construct 18 blocks that look like the picture below.

First stitch them together as rows, creating the top, middle & bottom

row. Than you will stitch all 3 rows together to make a block that will measure 12

1/2” at that point. Pay careful attention to your seams, making sure they are

always in opposing directions to to each other. When pressing your rows, make

sure that the top rows joining seams go to the right, the next rows joining seams

go to the left and the bottom rows to the right.

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Once you have your 18 blocks as shown above that all measure 12 1/2”, you

are ready to construct the quilt top. You will be making a quilt that is put together

on the diagonal. You will be using your 18 pieced blocks, your 10 Setting Triangles

(ST on diagram) & your 4 Corner Triangles (CT on diagram). It is best if you can

layout your entire quilt on a design wall or on the floor, and make sure all of the

colors are in the place that you think looks best. We have given you a diagram on

the next page to follow to sew the entire quilt together. Once you have everything

layed out, just how you like it, use small strips of masking tape & a marker, to mark

each piece with its place in the quilt, You will mark its Row # and its place in the

diagonal Row. You will start from the top right hand corner, the first row consists of

only a CT Corner Triangle, it would be marked 1,1. The next row down has a ST

setting triangle, a pieced block and another ST setting triangle, they would be

marked 2,1 & 2,2 & 2,3. Mark everything in this fashion, so there is no question

where it goes when you start stitching everything together.

As with the rest of the pattern all seams are 1/4” . You will continue to butt your

seams in your rows, so make sure you press all odd # rows to the right and all

even # rows to the left as you sew. Make sure you can feel the seams meet

together perfectly from row to row, where the seams have butt up against one

another.

Stitch everything into rows, first as per the construction diagram below. Once you

have your 8 rows together, than start stitching the rows into pairs and so on until

all your rows are sewn together to make your quilt top.

Once the top is all together you are ready to sandwich your batting and your

backing together with the top, and hand or machine quilt. I machine quilted this

quilt on my regular machine, by stitching all vertical & horizontal lines. I marked

the lines, by making sure they went directly across the center of all of the colored

patchwork squares. Use your own creativity to quilt this as you like, or have it done

for you by a pro. Finish it up by binding the edge and you are all done!

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Please share your quilt and progress on any social media you participate in!

We love to see and share it on our page, you can tag us at @pipersgirls.

#pipersgirls #picketfence

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