FREE PATTERN
Staggered Bricks Quilt

* 14 fabrics X 4 squares each = 56 Colored Squares 10”x10”

* (OR you could use 10” Pre-Cut Squares *LayerCakes* Bundles)

* (OR you could use Assorted Scraps from your Stash)

Sew Sets: 10”x10” Color, 10”x10” White, 10”x10” Color

* Each Strip Set will measure 10”x29”

-Cut the 10”x29” Strip Set in half lengthwise.

* This makes TWO Sets of THREE “Full Bricks” in each Set

* Each Full Brick measures 5”x10”

Use a Design Wall if possible, to arrange Sets in a Staggered “Step-Like” Pattern.

* You may have the “steps” going up to the right, OR up to the left.

[Feel free to change the number of Bricks per row, or number of rows, to achieve the size you want.]

First Row will have 8 Full Bricks, as per pattern drawing [or 6.5 Bricks as per Vicky’s photo]

-Use THREE Sets, and Remove the Extra Brick, to use as Half Bricks in other rows.

* Rows 3,5,7,9, etc. will also have 8 Full Bricks.

Every other row will need to Start and End with a Half Brick ( Each Half Brick is 5”x5” )

* ( ONE Half Brick, SEVEN Full Bricks, ONE Half Brick )

20 rows of 8 bricks will be about 80”x100” (minus 7 or 8 seams per row, so about 76” x 90” finished.)

Add Borders (optional) to achieve desired final size. (YOUR seam width might alter actual sizes.)

1 yd Dark Gray for Narrow Border, cut 3” strips WOF

1.5 yds Yellow for Wide border, cut 5” strips WOF

2 yds Gray for Widest Border, cut 7” strips WOF (with all three borders= about 90”x103” )

1 yd Binding: Striped Grey/White, cut 2.5” Bias Strips

2.5 yds WideBack (108” wide) (or enough Minky, or yardage, if preferred)

Double Layer of 80/20 Hobbs Heirloom Batting

Pieced by Vicky Kloos.
LongArm Quilted by PaolaJo at SederQuilts.
Digital Quilting Design: “Fly Like A Butterfly” by aBitOrange.com (use code “PJ20” for 20% off)

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Inspiration BackStory:

My lifelong friend, Vicky, wanted to make a “Cheerful Yellow & Gray Quilt” for her grandchildren and upcoming foster children. She wanted it to look like a happy garden, with flowers and butterflies.

She started gathering fabrics five years ago. Vicky also gathered photos of quilts that she thought she could tackle as a beginner. She chose a “simple rectangle” pattern, but could not find the actual pattern for it. Vicky asked me for help, so from her photo, I puzzled out the math, both for the pattern and the yardage, and “drew up a plan” to make it about 90”x100”.

Vicky and her husband planned to come to my house for another PaolaDayHoliday sewing day. I had helped Vicky & CB make a special quilt for their master bedroom a few years earlier, with many unique original Custom Quilting designs in the border, around an inside E2E. CB did the chain piecing, Vicky, a self proclaimed OCD neat freak… (you should see her folded towels!) … did the pressing, and I coordinated and guided them through the process of their very first quilt, a Disappearing 9 Patch.

But alas, as life goes, by the time Vicky was ready to make her second quilt, my husband and I had moved out west. So Vicky enlisted her sister Val to help with the cutting and piecing this time, and mailed it to me to quilt & bind on my LongArm. We all decided a soft yellow Shannon Cuddle would make the perfect backside.

Vicky wanted an E2E quilting design with “Butterflies and Flowers, but Not Too Juvenile.” I suggested a couple, including the new digital E2E design, “Fly Like A Butterfly” from my friend Cee at aBitOrange.com … Vicky loved it! (YOU can SAVE 20% on digital designs for your Robotic LongArm Quilting System by using the code “PJ20” at checkout. Thank you, Cee!) This design, along with the Staggered Brick piecing pattern, achieved Vicky’s vision for a Happy Garden of flowers, butterflies, sunshine, and a safe strong brick wall… all in a super comfy quilt!

Thank you Vicky for choosing SederQuilts!