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CHORUS
We always love Log Cabin designs but this one we really love because with straight lines you can create the illusion of circles. This is done by cutting the background strips narrower than the jelly roll strips. We chose to have lots of different background fabrics but it would look equally good using just one background fabric. We used a gorgeous blue range designed by Edyta Sitar.
Vital Statistics
Quilt size: 60in x 60in (152.5cm x 152.5cm)
Block size: 12in square (finished)
Number of blocks: 25
Setting: 5 x 5 blocks
Requirements
One jelly roll OR forty 21⁄2in strips cut across the width of the fabric
21⁄4yds (2m) of background fabric (or nine long quarters for a scrappier background)
1⁄2yd (50cm) of binding fabric (or use six spare jelly roll strips to make a scrappy binding)
SORTING THE FABRICS
Choose thirty-four jelly roll strips for the quilt. These need to be darker than the background fabric. The remaining six strips can be used for a scrappy binding if desired (see Step 13).
CUTTING INSTRUCTIONS
Jelly roll strips
Cut each of the thirty-four jelly roll strips into the following (and keep the pieces together).
Three 21⁄2in squares.
Three 21⁄2in x 31⁄2in rectangles.
Three 21⁄2in x 51⁄2in rectangles.
Background fabric
Cut fifty 11⁄2in strips across the width of the fabric (or, if using nine long quarters, cut each long quarter into six 11⁄2in strips). You need fifty 11⁄2in strips in total. Subcut each of the fifty strips as follows.
Two 11⁄2in x 61⁄2in.
Two 11⁄2in x 51⁄2in.
Two 11⁄2in x 31⁄2in.
Two 11⁄2in x 21⁄2in.
Binding fabric
If you are not using the spare jelly roll strips to make a scrappy binding, cut seven 21⁄2in wide strips across the width of the binding fabric.
MAKING THE QUILT
1 Working with squares and rectangles cut from the same jelly roll strip, sew a 11⁄2in x 21⁄2in background rectangle to a 21⁄2in jelly roll square. Press in the direction shown in the diagram.
TIP
If you are using different background fabrics, you can choose how scrappy an effect you want to create. We chose our background rectangles randomly and tried not to have the same fabrics next to each other.
2 Sew a 11⁄2in x 31⁄2in background rectangle to the right-hand side of the unit. Press as shown.
3 Sew a 21⁄2in x 31⁄2in jelly roll rectangle to the unit as shown and press.
4 Sew a 21⁄2in x 51⁄2in jelly roll rectangle to the unit as shown and press.
5 Sew a 11⁄2in x 51⁄2in background rectangle to the unit as shown and press.
6 Sew a 11⁄2in x 61⁄2in background rectangle to the unit as shown and press.
7 Repeat with all remaining squares and rectangles from the same jelly roll to make three quarter-blocks from one jelly roll strip.
8 Repeat with all thirty-four jelly roll strips to make a total of 100 quarter-blocks.
9 Choose four quarter-blocks and sew together as shown to create one block, pinning at the seam intersections to ensure a perfect match. Press the work. Repeat to make twenty-five blocks.
10 Lay out the twenty-five blocks into five rows of five blocks. When happy with the layout sew the rows together pinning at every seam intersection. Press the seams of alternate rows in opposite directions so the seams will nest together nicely when sewing the rows together.
11 Sew the rows together, again pinning at all seam intersections. Press well.
QUILTING AND FINISHING
12 Your quilt top is now complete. Make a quilt sandwich of the quilt top, the wadding (batting) and the backing. Quilt as desired and then bind to finish.
13 To make a scrappy binding, cut each of the six jelly roll strips allocated for the binding into four pieces, mix them up and sew them together into a continuous length, making sure you do not sew rectangles of the same fabric next to each other. (Six strips is rather tight, so feel free to add a bit extra.) Now make your double-fold binding.
