Bee Kind Quilt
Designed and made by Sally Ablett
Quilt Size: 58” x 58”
Block Size: 9½“ x 9½”
Outer Block Size: 4½“ x 5½”
FABRIC REQUIREMENTS (Bee Kind Collection)
Fabric 1: 1⅛yd - 1⅛mtr - A281.2 (Allium & poppies on blue)Fabric 2: 1yd - 1mtr - A282.3 (Pinky red honeycomb)
Fabric 3: 1⅛yd - 1⅛mtr - A283.3 (Bee hexagons pink)Fabric 4: ⅞yd - 80cm - A284.1 (Lavender on white)Fabric 5: 1½yd - 1½mtr - A285.1 (Bees on grey)
Wadding and backing 62” x 62”
Use ¼" seam allowance throughout. Press all seams open unless otherwise noted
Main Diagram
CUTTING
1. From fabric 1 cut:24 x 3½" H x 10¼" W
3 x 2½" x 42“2. From fabric 2 cut:13 x 3½" H x 4½" W24 x 3" W x 3½" H
3 x 2½" x 42"3. From fabric 3 cut:
24 x 3½" H x 10¼" W3 x 2½" x 42"
4. From fabric 4 cut:12 x 3½" H x 4½" W26 x 3" W x 3½" H
3 x 2½" x 42"5. From fabric 5 cut:
2 x 2" x 45½" inner border (you will need to join for the length)2 x 2" x 48½" inner border (you will need to join for the length)
50 x 3⅞" x 3⅞" cut in half diagonally once48 x 1½" x 4½"4 x 5½" x 5½"
MAKING UP BLOCK 1
Lay out fabric pieces for your block and sew in rows
Next sew the rows together to complete the block
Sew 13 in total
Cut 45º angles from top right
and left corners
Cut 45º angles from top right
and left corners
Lay out fabric pieces for your block and sew in rows
MAKING UP BLOCK 2
Lay out fabric pieces for your block and sew in rows
Sew 12 in total
Place the blocks as in the main diagram and sew in rows
Then sew the rows together to complete quilt centre
Next sew the border strips, sides and then the top and bottom
COMPLETION
Quilting
Sandwich quilt top, wadding and backing together. Quilt by hand or machine as desired. Trim backing and wadding to size
Binding
Use your favourite method from fabric 2 to bind the quilt
© Lewis & Irene 2018
Sew the strip of fabrics 1 and 4 together along the length, do this to all three strips. Sew 2 and 3 as before, press
Now cut 2½" x 4½" strips, 48 in total
OUTER BORDER BLOCKS
48 48 48
Sew the strips together to make the block
Now add the strip 1½" x 4½" of fabric 5. As in the main diagram, all four borders are made up in the same way
So, on the border strips, 24 will have the strip at the top and 24 at the bottom
Sew the blocks together and on two of the strips add the 5½" x 5½" of fabric 5 to each end
Stitch the border strips to the quilt, the two short strips and then sew your last two to the quilt
