Cutting Corners Quilt With Jenny Doan

If you are looking for an easy and beginner-friendly project, try this cutting corners quilt by Missouri Star. It’s super easy and quick to sew! You just need to sew five strips together, cut it into a block, then sew a background square on top on all sides, and cut it into half-square triangles. That’s it! How easy is that? I bet you’ll have fun making this one. Read on or watch the video below for full instructions.

Materials

• one roll of 2 1/2″ strips
• 3 yards of background fabric
• 4 1/2yards of backing fabric

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Instructions

Step 1:

Get two strips and put them right sides together. Sew on one side with a 1/4″ seam allowance. Keep a hold on the end of the sewn strips, and add another strip to the side. Sew on the side with 1/4″ seam allowance in the other direction. Keep sewing back and forth in alternating directions with the remaining two strips to make a 5-unit strip. Once done, press it flat.

Note: Do not sew the strips one after the other in the same direction as they can bow.

Step 2:

Cut the five-unit strip into 10″ blocks.

Step 3:

Get one block and one 10″ background square. Place them on top of each other, right sides together. Sew around the outside edge.

Step 4:

Place the edge of a ruler on top of the sewn block from corner to corner in both directions. Set the seams and turn them over so the dark stripe side is on the top. Open them up and press toward the darker side of the fabric.

Step 5:

Arrange the blocks in a row with the white on the bottom left. You need 12 rows with 10 blocks each. Sew them in rows first. Once done, press them flat and sew the rows together to make the quilt.

Cutting Corners Quilt With Jenny Doan