Simply Country – Firework Fizz Quilt

Hi Quilty friends! I’m Melanie Call from A Bit of Scrap Stuff Blog and Instagram. Today I’m sharing my Firework Fizz Quilt featuring the Simply Country Collection designed by Tasha Noel.

Firework Fizz Quilt Pattern

Simply Country is the sweetest collection of blue and white prints designed by Tasha Noel. I absolutely looooove all the shades of blue! Plus the prints are fabulous! The collection also includes a coordinating panel, which can be used as a quilt or I used the panel on my backing for a reversible quilt!

Firework Fizz Quilt 67″ x 67″

Supplies:

Firework Fizz Quilt Pattern – Pattern Shop or Etsy
(9) Fat Quarters – Simply Country designed by Tasha Noel
2.5 yards Background OR I used (4) 0.75 yard cuts of the low volume prints of Simply Country designed by Tasha Noel
(1) yard Outer Border OR I used 1/4 yard cut for top border and 1/2 yard cut for side borders and 1/4 yard cut for bottom border from Simply Country designed by Tasha Noel
4.25 yards of Backing Fabric OR I used the Simply Country Panel plus added extra yardage for 6″ border plus the backing fabric

Firework Fizz Quilt

I love the secondary pattern that is created once you sew together all nine blocks! Such a fun surprise!

Of course Tasha included the most perfect navy stripe print … which is a must for the binding!

You may have noticed the Firework Fizz Quilt uses half-square triangles to create the blocks.

My favorite tips for creating perfect half-square triangles:

*Tip 1 – Make the half-square triangle block a bit larger and trim to size. I love the Bloc-Loc half-square triangle ruler for this method.

*Tip 2 – Use the desired size of AccuQuilt GO! half-square triangle die. THIS is my favorite method as it is so quick, accurate, and no trimming needed!

I LOVE creating quilts that are double sided … it’s so much fun! Using the Simply Country Panel made it super easy! I did trim the printed borders off the panel since I trimmed the panel to a square size since my finished quilt is a square shape. I just added borders around the panel until my quilt backing was the correct size – so easy!

A few pattern changes I made ….

Scrappy background using the Simply Country low volume prints. This was a happy accident. I didn’t have enough of one fabric for the background so I decided to mix and match the low volume prints through out the quilt and I LOVE it!
Scrappy border. I wanted to match the ombre color placement of the quilt with the border too. I used the same pattern print … just in three shades of blue.