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By Hemamalini Elumalai

Splendor Garden Quilt Tutorial

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Hello, this Hema from Malini's Quilts blog with the Splendor Flower Garden quilt made from Lila Tueller's Splendor fabric collections. This collection has

beautiful big prints and this pattern will showcase those big prints.

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Fabrics and Tools Required:

Splendor Fat Quarter Bundle 1

Cotton Shades Snow - 4.5 yards for background

Splendor Stripes White - 3/4 yards for binding

Splendor or other Yardage - 5 yards for backing

12" 60 degree Triangle Ruler

8.5 inch x 24.5 inch ruler

6.5 inch square up ruler





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Cutting Instructions

Background fabric

Tip: I put a new blade in my rotary cutter since I am cutting through 4 to 6

layers of fabrics at a time.

Cut 20 strips 6.5" x WOF, sub-cut into six 6.5" squares from each strip a

total of 120 squares.

Cut 12 strips 1" x WOF

Cut 40 strips 1.5" x WOF





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Cut the 6.5 inch strips into 6.5 squares. I am aligning my fabrics with the

markings on the mat and then aligning the rulers to cut all 3 set of strips at the same time. This is a big time saver but you have make sure the

alignments are correct before cutting the squares.





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Now sub-cut the 120 6.5" squares diagonally into 240 Half Square triangles(HSTs). We will use these as the sashing for kites. Then trim them

using 60degree to get 120 60 degree triangles.

Flower Blocks

Pressing:

Since we will be dealing with lot of bias edges, used Best Press which keeps

the fabric from stretching. It really helped with all the cutting.

Stitch Length:

All seam allowance are 1/4 inch while sewing and I prefer to press my

seams open. To ensure that my edges don't open up, I use a smaller stitch

length of 2.0 on my Singer sewing machine.

Block1 Construction:





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I am using 4 big prints from each colorway to make kites for this set of

flower blocks. Each flower block is made out of six 60 degree kites.

I also used Best Press before cutting the fabric and ironed them to take any

creases off.

Cut 2 strips of 6 inch x 21 inch from each fat quarter. Sub cut them into six

6 inch squares. You can save the rest for another project.

Now cut 6 kites for each block from the squares, I used the measurement of

8 1/4 from tip of the kite to bottom of the kite on the 60 degree triangle

ruler as shown in the picture below:





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You only need six 6 inch squares from each FQ with big print. Each colorway

has 4 big prints. Total squares cut for Block 1 set would be 72.

Now cut the kites from the 6 inch print squares.





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Each flower will have 6 kites/petals.

Here is a finished Block#1 from Layout 3, which includes a shashing around

each kite/petal. More details about the sashing can be found under Layout3

below.





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Block #2 Construction

3 - 2.5 inch strips cut on the bias from the stripped fabrics

10 - 1 inch x WOF cut for sashing of the small or inner kites

3.5 x 5.5 inch rectangle cut from 6 different fabrics - 48 total

3.5 x 2.5 inch rectangle cut from 6 different fabrics - 48 total





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We need a total of 3 bias strips, then sub cut into 24 2.5" squares with lines

going straight with the direction of kites.





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From each Stripped fabric( 3 in this collection) - Sub cut them into 18 2.5

inch squares for the small kites. This set will make 3 #2 block centers.





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Align the two tip(top & bottom) of the squares with stripes parallel to the center line of the triangle ruler.

Trim the excess fabric away.





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We need 6 kites for center of one flower block.





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Sash the small center kites

We need a total of 10 1"x WOF(42 inches) strips for sashing all the kites. We will use two other striped fabric from different colorway. We only need to

make 8 #2 blocks for Layout 2 and Layout3.

Note:- If all your small print FQs are 21 inches long. You can make a total of

12 #2 blocks. But some of mine were smaller, so I limited myself to just

making 8 blocks.

Let the chain piecing begin.

You can scissor trim each kite and then trim them to size.





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Now chain piece the other side of sashing to the small kites.





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Trim the right angles of each kite. You can leave the 60 degree side for

trimming later.





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Now sew the 2.5 x 3.5 rectangle to one side of these kites. And then sew the 3.5 x 5.5 rectangle to the other side of the kite. I actually forgot to take a

picture of the 2.5 x 3.5 inch strip sewn to just one side for the sashed kite.





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While pressing I used "Mary Ellen's Best Press" to hold the seams in place.

This was really helpful for the block to stay flat.





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Trim using 60 degree triangle ruler to make kites for Block#2.





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Trimmed Kite.





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We need 6 kites/petals to make one #2 flower block:





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We need a total of 48 kites to make 8 pieced flower blocks.

Here is a finished Block#2 from Layout 3, which includes a shashing around

each kite/petal. More details about the sashing can be found under Layout3

below.





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How to make 60 degree Triangles for each petal/kite?

All fabrics are now ready to make the 60 degree triangles.





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We cut a total of 240 HST. Out of that pick 120 and we will trim them to get

ready for chain piecing.





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We will use 6.5 inch square up ruler and align one edge of the HST with 4.5

inch marking on the ruler as shown below:





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Chain Piecing

Now chain piece all kites from both Block 1 and Block 2 sets.





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To speed up the process we just finger press and sew the other HST on

other side of the kite.





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Let the chain piecing being for all Kites from Block 1 and Block 2 sets.

Notice that the tip of the second HST is offset my 1/4inch and the needle

should be in the valley between the two pieces as shown above.

Now Press all seams open as shown below:





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Trimming:

Let the trimming begin using the 60 degree triangle ruler as shown below.

My final triangles would be 9 1/4 inches tall.





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In the picture above I used the 1/4 marking right below the 3" marked from the

top of the rulers. This will ensure that finished triangles are 9 1/4 tall.

All triangles trimmed and ready for design wall.





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Playing with the Design





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Layout 1 (Made with just Block1):





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The layout one using just Block1 with 12 FQs. A total of 10 full flowers and 4

half flowers.

To finish these triangles sew triangles in each row together and join the

rows.

Layout 2:

This layout uses both block#1(kites cut from squares without piecing) and

block#2(pieced kites). I used all 20 blocks below. I am referring to each

hexagon flower as a hexagon block.





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To finish these triangles sew triangles in each row together and join the

rows.

Layout 3 - Adding sashing to the flower blocks

I added sashing in the layout 3. You need an additional 2.5 yards of the

background fabric for this layout.

Cutting sashing for flower block center

Sub-cut the 1.5 inch strips from the background fabric into 13.5 inch strips.

We will use these for sashing the flowers.

Cutting sashing between half hexagon/flower rows

Also you would need seven 1.5 x 95 inch strip for adding sashing between

the half hexagon flowers/half rows. I had extra yardage to I cut length wise.

But if you are using 1.5x WOF(42 inches). You would need to piece 3 strips

to form 95 inches long.

Chain Piecing





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Chain piece the first sashing strip to all triangles.





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Triangle after sashing has been added to both sides.





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Sashing all done.

We will trim the tip of the triangle 3/4 inch from the tip of the kite. When the 2 side triangles are added to the sashed triangle the alignment would just

work perfect.





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Don't worry about trimming the tails on the longer sides now. We will trim

these later. Just trim the tips of the triangles for now.





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Chain piece the first side triangle to all the flower center triangles. You will

have two center triangles per flower block.





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I took a picture of my layout with just the center triangles gone. Then, I

paired up one side for each triangle together make two sets for either side of

the sashed triangle. Also for chain piecing I had all my center triangles in

order and the 2 sets of side triangles to go with them. Organizing ahead of

time makes it really easy for chain piecing.





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While chain piecing, make sure you're joining the correct side triangles to

the center sashed triangle.

Here is how I organized them by rows and 2 sets for each sashed triangle.





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We will start making half hexagons first and then join them to form the half

row.





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Here I am aligning the longer side of the hexagon with the cutting mat (9

1/4 inch) and then trimming the excess off.

You can also use the 12" triangle ruler for trimming. I forgot to take a

picture of that. But that worked better than aligning it with the mat and a

straight ruler. Just for reference I have shown the above picture, trimming

the excess off from the half hexagon. The finished height of half hexagon

measures 9 1/4 inches.





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Once you have made 2 half rows join the two using 1.5 strip by 95 inch

strip.

Tip: I extra yardage for the background fabric, so I cut my strip length wise

to avoid the stretch due to bias. You could cut these strips at the beginning

and use the rest of the fabric to cut squares and other strips.





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Pin the half hexie rows together as shown below:

Take a peak by opening up the half rows to make sure flower centers are

aligned correctly. There is some stretch, so you can adjust them if needed.





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Half hexie rows sewn together to make one complete hexie row. We have 3

more to make repeat the process for each row.





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Splendor Garden Quilt Top

The finished quilt top measures 80/90 x 77 inches.

Other size options You can add one more row of hexagon flower to make a Queen size quilt

80/90(hexagon side) x 96 inches. Each hexagon row is made out of 5 flower

blocks, 3 full flower blocks and 4 half flower blocks.

Now make a quilt sandwich with your favorite batting and backing. And quilt

and bind as desired.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial as much as I enjoyed making this quilt. It

was lot of work but was fun too.

I would like to see the pictures if you decide to make one, so please post

pictures on my Flickr Group, Facebook, instagram, twitter and pinterest.

Happy Quilting!

Hema



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