Hi Quilty Friends! I’m Melanie Call from A Bit of Scrap Stuff (Blog) (Instagram) and I’m excited to share my Twinkle Quilt featuring the newest fabric collection: Sweet Acres designed by Beverly McCullough.
Sweet Acres is a sweet collection of florals, farm life, stripes, and geometric prints in cheerful colors! Such a perfect collection for spring quilting!
I absolutely love to fussy cut fabric prints when quilting! I love choosing a specific pattern such as cute barn animals or florals to be a focus for a quilt block. The fussy cut blocks add extra interest to your quilt and only takes a bit of extra time. When I’m fussy cutting fabric, my favorite tools are: Lori Holt Cute Cuts Trim it Rulers plus the Sue Daley Rotating Cutting mat (both products are produced by Riley Blake Designs)
Twinkle Quilt 56.8″ x 69.5″
Twinkle Quilt Supplies
- 10 Fat Quarters – extra for a more scrappy quilt: Sweet Acres designed by Beverly McCullough
- 1.25 yards background: Riley Blake Designs Confetti Cloud
- 1.5 yards sashing: Sweet Acres designed by Beverly McCullough
- 1 yard* outer border: If you prefer to fussy cut the border – you will need 1.5 – 1.75 yards. Sweet Acres designed by Beverly McCullough
- 0.625 yard binding: Sweet Acres designed by Beverly McCullough
- 3.75 yards backing: Sparkler by Melissa Mortensen
- Twinkle Quilt Pattern
My Twinkle Quilt is a bit bigger than the Twinkle Pattern because I fussy cut my outer border strips a bit larger at 4.5″ x WOF. Plus I love a perfect striped fabric for binding!!!!
Half-Square Triangle Tips
My two favorite methods for creating perfect half-square triangles for the Twinkle Quilt are:
- AccuQuilt GO! Half-Square Triangle Die (my favorite as no trimming is needed) OR
- Bloc-loc Half-Square Triangle Ruler
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Have fun quilting!
Melanie Call
