We recently introduced you to the new Stashery program offering a curated collection of fat quarters and three 12″ block patterns in a mystery package. Each month we reveal the 12″ blocks, click here to see the blocks in Stashery: Cubed, and offer a free setting idea using one of the blocks.
And don’t miss Stashery: Nova or Stashery: Cubed!
Take a look at this stunning setting using twenty-five 12″ blocks using the Stashery: First Ladies blocks.
Edith Wilson’s Choice
80″ x 80″
Fabric Requirements*
*Additional fabric required for blocks
Tan – 1 1/8 yards
Navy – 2 yards
Binding – 3/4 yard
Backing – 9 yards or 2 3/4 yards of 108″ backing
Cutting Instructions
Follow the Stashery: First Ladies block instructions for sizes
25 Blocks
From the tan fabric, cut:
(10) 2 1/2″ x Width of Fabric (WOF) subcut into:
(80) 2 1/2″ x 4 1/2″
(7) 1 1/2″ x WOF sewn together and then subcut into:
(2) 1 1/2″ x 68 1/2″
(2) 1 1/2″ x 70 1/2″
From the navy fabric, cut:
(1) 2 1/2″ x WWOF subcut into:
(16) 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″
(5) 2 1/2″ x WOF subcut into:
(40) 2 1/2″ x 4 1/2″
(8) 5 1/2″ x WOF sewn together and then subcut into:
(2) 5 1/2″ x 70 1/2″
(2) 5 1/2″ x 80 1/2″
From the binding fabric, cut:
(9) 2 1/2″ x WOF strips
Blocks
Following the block instructions that come in Stashery: First Ladies, make 25 block 12 1/2″ x 12 1/2″ unfinished. We’re using Edith Wilson’s Choice in our pictures, but we show what the quilt looks like with Eleanor Roosevelt’s Favorite and Martha Washington’s Star below.
Setting Block
Sew a tan 2 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ rectangle to the left and right side of a navy 2 1/2″ x 4 1/2″ rectangle.
Setting block measures 2 1/2″ x 12 1/2″ unfinished. Make 40.
Quilt Assembly
Set the blocks together in rows of five blocks with sashing blocks in between. Make 5 Block Rows.
Set the remaining sashing blocks together in rows of five sashing blocks with navy 2 1/2″ squares set in between. Make 4 Sashing rows.
Once the rows are complete, sew the rows together to make the quilt center. Center measures 68 1/2″ x 68 1/2″ unfinished.
Sew on the tan inner border.
And then sew on the navy outer border.
Layer the quilt top, batting and backing. Quilt as desired and bind using preferred method.
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