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Great Mini Quilts!
Designer Joanne S. Nolt brings us four fun little quilts, all
featuring STURBRIDGE
VILLAGE MINIATURES by Judi Rothermel, inspired by The Old
Sturbridge Village Collection. |

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MINI-BRAIDS
Finished Size 15 1/2" x 17 3/4"
(approx.) |
You'll Need: |
- Fat eighths of 12 different fabrics (10 for
strips, 1 for triangles, 1 for squares)
- Fat quarter for the borders and bindings
- Fat quarter for the backing
- 17" x 21" piece of batting
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Cutting Guide (All include 1/4" seam allowance) |
- From each of 10 different fabrics Cut 4: 1
1/2" x 6" rectangles
- From 1 fabric Cut 2: 7" squares in quarters
diagonally to yield 8 large triangles. You will use
5.
- From 1 fabric Cut 20: 1 1/2" squares
- From the border fabric Cut (4) 17" strips
- From the binding fabric Cut 4: 1 1/4" x
18" strips
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| Instructions |
- Stitch a l 1/2" square to the short end of a
l 1/2" x 6" rectangles to create a pieced
strip. Do this for two of each of the 10 different
fabrics.
- Join a 1 1/2" x 6" rectangle to the
right side of a large triangle, maintaining the line
of the triangle. The opposite short end will extend.
We will trim that later.
- Join a matching fabric pieced strip to the other
side of the triangle with the square at the top,
forming a diamond on the tip of the triangle.
- Continue joining rectangles to the right side and
matching pieced strips to the left side. Repeat
until you have the 10 fabrics attached forming the
braid.
- Make a second braid in the same manner and in the
same fabric order.
- Trim the uneven ends off the braid by laying a
ruler along the strip.
- Stitch the two trimmed braid strips together
matching the fabrics and seams.
- Set-in a large triangle between the braid strips
at the top of the quilt.
- Trim the quilt top and bottom to make the quilt
measure approximately 14 3/4" x 15 1/2".
(I trimmed the last square in half plus the
1/4" seam allowance and squared the corners of
the quilt.)
- Stitch a 17" border strip to each long side
of the quilt. Trim to fit.
- Stitch a 17" border strip to the remaining
sides of the quilt. Trim to fit.
- Layer the quilt backing, wrong side up; batting;
quilt top, right side up.
- Quilt. Bind using the 1 1/4" strips.
- Sign and date your quilt.
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DIAMONDS
Finished Size: 15 1/2" x 21"
Block Size: 4" square |
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"twin quilts" use the same block and setting,
but they differ in (1) the color of the center squares,
corner and setting triangles are different fabrics and
(2) the way the border strips are cut from border fabric
is different.
Directions are for each quilt with options for the
border presentation. |
You'll Need: (Based on 44" wide fabric) |
- Fat eighth of a dark, for the blocks
- Fat eighth of light, for the blocks
- Fat eighth for the corner, setting triangles and
center square
- Fat eighth for the binding
- Fat eighth for the straight border OR 1/8 yard for
the mitered border
- Fat quarter for the backing
- 18" x 24" piece of thin batting
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| Cutting
Guide (All include 1/4" seam allowance) |
| For
six blocks |
- Cut 24: 1 1/2" squares, dark
- Cut 6: 2 1/2" squares, dark
- Cut 24: 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" rectangles,
light
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| For
the center square, corner and setting triangles |
- Cut 2: 4 1/2" squares, for the center squares
- Cut 2: 4" squares in half diagonally for the
corner triangles
- Cut 2: 7" squares in quarters diagonally to
yield 8 triangles. You will use 6.
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| For
the straight blue border |
- Cut 2: 2 1/2" x 17 1/2" strips, across
the pattern. Refer to the photo.
- Cut 2: 2 1/2" x 16" strips, across the
pattern
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the mitered border |
Lay your clear ruler over the stripes in the border
print. Decide on the design you want to show, then
center your ruler over the design adding 1/4" on
each long side of the design for a seam allowance. (My
design was approximately 1 3/4" wide so I cut the
strips 2 1/4" wide.) Cut 4 identical strips making
two 24" long and two 20" long. |
For the binding: Cut 4: 1 1/4" x 18" strips |
CONSTRUCTION |
- Stitch a 1 1/2" x 2 1/2" rectangle
between two 1 1/2" squares. Press the seam
toward the dark fabric. Make 12. Label the pieced
strips A.
- Stitch a 2 1/2" dark square between two 1
1/2" x 2 1/2" rectangles. Press the seam
toward the dark fabric. Make 6 pieced centers.
- Stitch each pieced center between "A"
pieced strips to complete the block. Make 6 blocks.
- Refer to the photo and lay out the blocks on
point. Place the 4 1/2" center squares between
the blocks. Place the setting and corner triangles
around the quilt.
- Stitch the quilt top together in diagonal rows.
Join the rows.
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| BORDER |
Straight border |
- Stitch the 2 1/2" x 17 1/2" blue strips
to opposite long sides of the quilt top.
- Stitch the 2 1/2" x 16" blue strips to
the remaining sides of the quilt top.
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| Mitered
border |
- Stitch the 24" strips to opposite long sides
of the quilt top. Center the strip on the quilt and
start and stop stitching 1/4" from the
beginning and ending raw edges.
- Stitch the 20" strips to the remaining sides
of the quilt top. Center the strip on the quilt.
Start and stop stitching 1/4" from the
beginning and ending of the raw edges.
- Lay the quilt top flat and smooth the border
strips out for one corner, laying one extension over
the other.
- Fold each end back until they form a smooth miter.
Press. Stitch along the pressed fold line. Trim.
Repeat for each corner.
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| FINISHING |
- Layer the quilt backing, wrong side up; batting;
quilt top, right side up.
- Quilt. Bind using the 1/ 1/4" strips.
- Sign and date your quilt.
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NINE-PATCH
Finished Size: 15 3/4" x 20" Block Size:
3" square |

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You'll Need: (Based on 44" wide fabric) |
- 6 dark 5" squares from the Sturbridge Village
Miniature collection, for the blocks
- 6 light 5" squares from the Sturbridge
Village Miniature collection, for the blocks
- 12" square brown, for the center squares
- Fat eighth tan, for the corner and setting
triangles
- Fat quarter red, for the borders and binding
- Fat quarter for the backing
- 18" x 24" piece of thin batting
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Cutting
Guide:
All instruction includes 1/4" seam allowance. |
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each of 12 Nine Patch blocks: |
- Cut (5): 1 1/2" squares, light
- Cut (4): 1 1/2" squares, dark
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| Also: |
- Cut (6): 3 1/2" squares, brown for the center
squares
- Cut (2): 3" squares, tan, cut each square in
half diagonally for the corner triangles
- Cut (3): 5 1/2" squares, tan, cut each square
in quarters to yield 12 triangles for the setting
triangles. You will use 10.
- Cut (2): 2" x 17 1/2" strips, red
- Cut (2): 2" x 16 1/4" strips, red
- Cut (4): 1 1/4" x 18" strips, red for
the binding
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DIRECTIONS
For each of the 12 Nine Patch blocks: |
- Referring to the photo lay out each Nine Patch
block using five 1 1/2" light squares and four
1 1/2" dark squares in 3 rows of 3.
- Stitch the squares in rows. Join the rows.
- Make 12 Nine Patch blocks.
- Lay out the 12 Nine Patch blocks on point. Place
the six 3 1/2" center squares between the Nine
Patches. Place setting triangles and corner
triangles around the quilt.
- Stitch the triangles and squares into diagonal
rows. Join the rows.
- Stitch a 2" x 17 1/2" red strip to each
long side of the quilt.
- Stitch a 2" x 16 14" red strip to the
remaining sides of the quilt.
- Layer the quilt backing, wrong side up; batting;
quilt top, right side up. Quilt. Bind using the 1
1/4" red strips.
- Sign and date your quilt.
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