Hi everyone!

Happy Tuesday! It is also the first of April today!! And April Fools Day! Did anyone try pulling a prank on someone else or got a prank pulled on them? :) We love a brilliant joke or prank here in the office, as long as it’s all in good fun! Happy pranking! :)

We are starting off April with this week’s How To’s Day. Today we are going to share with you another one of our quilt designs – Our Flying High Quilt by Swirly Girls Design for Camelot Fabrics. This quilt design is playful and modernistic, with the triangles creating an awesome “flying high” pattern (almost like geese!) that works wonderfully with our Take Flight Collection. The tiered triangles also give this otherwise simple and clean design more of a bold statement!

This quilt design would look fantastic with any collection, and is perfect as a kid’s quilt or for snuggling with on the couch, but we especially adore it with our Take Flight Collection. You can get the PDF version of this tutorial on our website, in the our Free Projects Program section, but today we are going to share the tutorial with you on the blog. Be sure to also check out Swirly Girls Design for lots more, as well as their Facebook Page, Pinterest, and Twitter!

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Flying High Quilt for Camelot Fabrics

Design and Instructions by Susan Emory of Swirly Girls Design

Other Supplies: Rotary Cutter, Mat, Rulers, Straight Pins, Sewing machine, and threads to match your fabrics.

Notes:

– WOF = Width of Fabric

– Please wash, dry & press your fabric before beginning.

– Sew all seams with an accurate 1/4” allowance.

– Press all seams open unless directed, to reduce bulk.

Step 1: Cutting the Fabric

1. From Fabric A, cut: [12] 4-1/2” x WOF strips; sub-cut [90] 4-1/2” squares

2. From Fabric B, cut: [2] 8-1/2” x WOF strips; sub-cut [10] 4-1/2” x 8-1/2” rectangles

3. From Fabric C, cut: [2] 8-1/2” x WOF strips; sub-cut [10] 4-1/2” x 8-1/2” rectangles

4. From Fabric D, cut: [2] 8-1/2” x WOF strips; sub-cut [10] 4-1/2” x 8-1/2” rectangles & [14] 2-1/2” x WOF strips (inner border and binding)

5. From Fabrics E-N, cut: [1] 12-1/2” square from each

6. From Fabric O, cut: [8] 5-1/2” x WOF strips (outer border)

Step 2: Piecing

1. Draw corner-to-corner diagonal lines on the wrong sides of [60] 4-1/2” Fabric A squares.  With right sides together, place a 4-1/2” Fabric A square on the left corner of a 4-1/2” x 8-1/2” Fabric B rectangle as shown. Sew on the drawn line. Trim 1/4” from seam and press toward Fabric A. Repeat on right side of rectangle. Repeat to make a total of [10] Fabric A/B flying geese units; [10] Fabric A/C flying geese units and [10] Fabric A/D flying geese units.

2. Sew a 4-1/2” Fabric A square to the left side of a Fabric A/B flying geese unit. Press toward Fabric A. Repeat to make a total of [5]. Sew a 4-1/2” Fabric A square to the right side of a Fabric A/B flying geese unit. Press toward Fabric A. Repeat to make a total of [5].

3. Repeat Step 2 using the Fabric A/C and A/D flying geese units.

4. Sew trios of flying geese units together in stacks as shown. Make [5] in each direction.

5. Arrange pieced blocks and 12-1/2” Fabric E-N squares together as shown and sew together into horizontal rows. Press toward 12-1/2” squares.  Sew rows together to complete the quilt center.

6. Join [7] 2-1/2” Fabric D strips together end to end. Cut [2] 60-1/2” lengths and sew one to each side of quilt center. Press toward Fabric D strips. Cut [2] 52-1/2” lengths and sew one each to top and bottom of quilt center. Press toward Fabric D strips.

7. Join [8] 5-1/2” Fabric O strips together end to end. Cut [2] 64-1/2” lengths and sew one to each side of quilt. Press toward Fabric O strips. Cut [2] 62-1/2” lengths and sew one each to top and bottom of quilt. Press toward Fabric O strips.

8. Layer quilt top with batting and backing.

9. Quilt as desired and bind with remaining 2-1/2” Fabric D strips.

And there you have it! A beautiful and modern quilt that you can create yourself at home. You can also check out the quilt pattern here, as well as all our other free quilt designs by our amazing quilt designers! Have a fantastic day!

Happy Sewing!