Celebration Mystery Quilt-Along : Part 5
Who doesn’t like a good mystery? It’s even better when a mystery is attached to a quilting project. Upon opening the doors of our Quilt Street neighborhood, join us in this spectacular Celebration Mystery Quilt-Along with BERNINA. In this five-part series, host Krista Moser reveals invaluable tips and tricks you’ll be able to take with you and use on every quilt you make hereafter. It’s a quilt-along that all the neighbors are talking about and one you don’t want to miss out on! The quilt in this series is throw size.
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PART 4
Welcome to Part 5 of Quilt Street’s Celebration Mystery Quilt-Along! In this final installment, the mystery is solved and you’ll see all of your units come together easily into one lovely quilt top with two rounds of borders.
Follow along with instructor Krista Moser in the free Celebration quilt-along videos to see her demonstrate how to piece this quilt and for her expert sewing and pressing tips.
SKILL LEVEL: BEGINNER
FINISHED QUILT SIZE: 63″ x 79″
FINISHED BLOCK SIZE: 16″ x 16″
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS:
Read through entire pattern before beginning project. Use ¼” seam allowances with fabric right sides together. Pressing arrows are included with illustrations. Fabric requirements include extra yardage for shrinkage and insurance. If working with directional prints, you may want to begin with more fabric than called for.
IMPORTANT: In the quilt-along video, Krista Moser uses Fabric F strips cut from the length of fabric for the first border. The instructions given in this pattern are for strips to be cut from the width of fabric, which are pieced together for border strips. Additionally, Krista provides a method for calculating border strip lengths. In Quilt Street patterns, we provide the exact lengths needed.
*For the outer border cut from Fabric H, Krista gives tips for fussy cutting a large-scale print. If you are not using the same fabric as shown in the quilt or are using a print that doesn’t require fussy cutting, you may skip that step.
WOF = width of fabric
LOF = length of fabric
CUTTING
From Fabric E, cut:
• (3) 4½” x WOF strips. Cut strips into:
• (24) 4½” x 4½” squares
From Fabric F, cut:
• (15) 2½” x WOF strips
From Fabric H, cut:
• (4) 5¾” x LOF strips. *Refer to Special Instructions for more information on cutting strips.
BLOCK ASSEMBLY:
Paying attention to orientation, lay out (4) Flying Geese Units, (1) Large Four Patch, and (4) Fabric E 4½” squares as shown in Diagram 1. Sew into rows. Sew rows together to make Star Block. Make 6.
Referring to Diagram 2, lay out (4) Small Four Patches, (4) Rail Units, and (1) Block Center Unit, paying attention to orientation. Sew into rows. Sew rows together to make Hourglass Variation Block. Make 6.
QUILT ASSEMBLY:
Referring to Quilt Assembly Diagram, lay out (6) Star Blocks and (6) Hourglass Variation Blocks. Sew together into rows. Sew rows together to make Quilt Center.
Piecing end-to-end, sew together (7) Fabric F 2½” x WOF strips to make one long strip. Cut strip into (2) 2½” x 64½” lengths. Sew lengths to sides of Quilt Center; press. From remaining strip cut (2) 2½” x 52½” lengths. Sew lengths to top and bottom of Quilt Center.
Trim (2) Fabric H 5¾” x LOF strips to 5¾” x 68½” lengths. Sew lengths to sides of Quilt Center; press. Trim remaining (2) Fabric H LOF strips to 5¾” x 63″ lengths. Sew lengths to top and bottom of Quilt Center.
FINISHING:
Trim selvage edges from 5 yards of backing fabric, fold yardage in half lengthwise, and cut into (2) 2½ yard LOF pieces. Sew pieces together along LOF; press seam to one side.
Center and layer backing, batting, and quilt top together to make a quilt sandwich; baste layers together and quilt as desired.
Trim batting and backing even with quilt top.
Using diagonal seams, make Fabric F binding from (8) 2½” x WOF strips. Fold binding in half lengthwise, matching wrong sides; press length. Sew binding to quilt top and miter corners; join binding ends as desired. Press binding away from quilt top and fold over quilt’s edge to back of quilt. Hand-stitch binding in place to finish.
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