More Loose Change Quilt Top

This charity top uses a lot of relatively small scraps. It is easy to make as there is little to no matching.

 

Finished size 60" x 80"

 

INSTRUCTIONS FOR PIECED TOP

 

I cut pieces with ¼ inch seams, as I stitched with a serger. If you choose to use ½ inch seams instead, use the measurements in parentheses.

 

Cut 4 sashing strips (shown in hot pink) 65½" x 2" (66" x 2½")

 

Cut miscellaneous scraps 8½" (9") x any width you choose. I used varying widths from 1½' to 3".

 

Cut side borders 65½" x 7½" (66" x 8").

 

Seam the scraps until you reach the length of the sashing strips. Stitch pieced and pressed strips to sashing strips. Add side borders.

 

If you choose to use cornerstones, there will be matching at the inner corners of the cornerstones. If you choose to use them, cut cornerstones 7½" x 7½" (8" x 8") and top and bottom borders 7½" x 46½" (8" x 47"). (Measure the quilt top before you do this, though, as slight errors in seam width could alter this measurement slightly. Be sure to add seam allowances.)

 

To eliminate ALL matching, omit the cornerstones and cut the top and bottom borders 7½" X 60½" (8" x 61"). (Again, measure the stitched top before you cut the border.)

 

Add cornerstones (if used) to the top and bottom borders.

 

Add the top and bottom borders to the quilt top.

 

 

Photo # 20150406_4-A

Done