I-Sew-lation – Polka Dot Party mystery quilt

September seems a fitting month to start a fun mystery quilt. Join the fun! Please post your pictures online using this hashtag: #polkadotpartymysteryquilt

©2020
By Mavis Reynolds, Dayspring Quilt Company

Introduction

Welcome to the Polka Dot Party Mystery Quilt project.   This is a Confident Beginner to Intermediate quilt pattern delicious kostenlosen vollversion. There will be a bit of foundation paper piecing but please don’t let that scare you.  It sometimes makes the math so much easier! 

This fun quilt will finish at approximately 45” x 45”.  It will make a cute wall hanging, baby quilt or even a table topper.  You decide!   Of course you don’t have to use polka dot fabric.  I’m just kind of obsessed with it and was dying to use some terminkalender downloaden. And I love the name “Polka Dot Party”. 😊 So thank you for indulging me!  Let’s jump right in and talk about fabric and tools.

Tools

6” x 24” ruler
Template plastic cut 2″ x 10″ (for paper piecing)
Rotary Cutter
Batting 60” x 60”
Design Wall
Sewing machine with ¼” foot
Thread and
Stash!!

Fabric choices and yardage/colours:

You should assume that all of your fabrics will be touching some or all of your other fabrics and should accordingly have some contrast.  Prints or solids will work as will modern or traditional fabrics.  Let’s bust that stash handy klingeltöne kostenlos downloaden nokia!

I chose two polka dot fabrics for my “constant”. One is dark (white on black) and the other is light (black on white).  The constant fabrics will tie the scrappy fabrics together. The light one calls for 1.4 meters and the dark one 1.2 meters. The rest can be from scraps.  This is also charm pack friendly.  In fact I used a charm pack for my first quilt from this pattern herunterladen.

These are minimum yardage requirements.  I usually always buy a tad more in case of cutting errors.  Backing yardage is not included.

1.4 meters white polka dot fabric

.25 – .5 meters of each of the colours or use 1 charm park dkb secure app herunterladen. They contain 40 charms normally.

1.2 meters black polka dot fabric

Cutting:

If you are using a charm pack, choose 12 of your assorted coloured charms and cut them in half on the diagonal. This will yield 24 triangles.
Put these in a bag marked “A”.

*OR*

If you are using scraps, cut 12 5” squares from your scrappy/coloured fabrics.  Then cut them in half on the diagonal. This will yield 24 triangles.
Put these in a bag marked “A”.

From your white polka dot fabric, cut 6   5” squares and cut them in half on the diagonal.
Put these in a bag marked “B”.

From your white polka dot fabric, cut 2  13” squares.  Then cut them in half on the diagonal.  This will yield 4 triangles.
Put these in a bag marked “C”.

From your black polka dot fabric, cut 18  5 1/2” squares. (NOTE change in size). Then cut them in half on the diagonal.  This will yield 36 triangles.
Put these in a bag marked “D”.

From your white polka dot fabric, cut 18  5 1/2” squares.  (NOTE change in size). Then cut them in half on the diagonal.  This will yield 36 triangles.
Put these in a bag marked “E”.

Take one of your charms or cut one 5” coloured square, and cut the charm square into 4  2 ½” squares.
Put these in a bag marked “F”.

From your black polka dot cut 4   2” strips. (2” x 44 WOF”)
Put these in a bag marked “G”.

From your white polka dot cut 24 rectangles 1 ½” x 8 ½”.
Put these in a bag marked “H”.

From your assorted colours cut 48 2 ½” squares
Put these in a bag marked “I”.

From your black polka dot cut 96 2” x 2 ½” rectangles
Put these in a bag marked “J”.

Take 2 matching charms or 5” squares and cut them in half diagonally. This will yield 4 triangles.
Put these in a bag marked “K”.

Cut 2 white polka dot 5” squares and cut them in half diagonally. This will yield 4 triangles.
Put these in a bag marked “L”.

If you wish to cut your binding now, cut 5  2 ½” strips (or whatever width you like to use for your binding).  You can join them now and press them and set aside or wait for instructions at the end.  Some people like to get all their cutting done ahead of time.   I used the black polka dot for mine. The benefit to waiting to cut your binding is that you may want to use a different colour.  The choice is yours.

And that’s all for now!  Have fun choosing your fabrics.  If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact me:  info@dayspringquiltcompany.com

The next clue will be published next Monday, September 14, 2020.

Mavis Reynolds
Dayspring Quilt Company