Tuscan Sun Colorway 1 - RJR Fabrics

Designed by Jinny Beyer - Instructions by Cathryn Tallman-Evans
83 3 /4"x 83 3 /4" Colorway #1
Featuring fabrics from the Tuscan Sun collection by Jinny Beyer

Tuscan Sun
Finished quilt size 83 3 /4” x 83 3 /4”
All strips are to be cut crosswise on the grain of the fabric (width of the fabric) unless otherwise noted.
Yardage is calculated for 42” wide fabric. Carefully trim off all selvages. Please read the pattern carefully before you begin.
Before beginning, please refer to Fabric Requirements chart on back cover.
To Cut the Border Print Fabric:
Cut all border print strips lengthwise. The border print consists of five large motif strips and
six small motif strips. All border print strips must be cut with the motif carefully centered in
the strip. Cut off 3 yards of border print fabric to
use for the outer borders. From this yardage,
cut five 5 1 /2" x 108" strips with the large motif
centered in each strip and six 2 3 /8" x 108" strips
with the small motif centered in each strip. For
the outer borders, set aside four each of the
large motif and small motif strips. The two
remaining small motif strips will be used below.
From the fifth large motif strip, cut four identical
Template A triangles for the quilt’s large center
square. Place the template on the fabric as
Template A Placement
illustrated at right.
Cut off 2 1 /2 yards of border print fabric. From this yardage, cut six 2 3 /8" x 90" strips
with the small motif centered in each strip. Using Template C, cut four identical pieces
from the small motif border print strips as shown below. Flip the template and cut
another four identical pieces for Template C Reverse.
Template C Placement
Using Template D, cut forty-eight identical pieces from the smaller border print strips as
shown below. Mark points X and Y on the wrong side of each Template D piece.
Template D Placement
From the remaining 3 yards of border print fabric, cut five 5 3 /4" x 108" strips with the
large motif centered in each strip. These strips will be used later to frame the obelisk
block units.
To Make the Paper Pieced Block Components:
Paper piece the star point rectangles, palm frond block components and obelisk block
components following the number sequence on each foundation. Using Foundation 1,
the star point rectangles are made using the Fabric 2 rectangles for piece 1 and the
2 1 /2" x 7" Fabric 6 rectangles for pieces 2 and 3. Make four star point retangle units.
There are four different colorations for the palm frond blocks. Refer to the diagram
Palm Frond Block Fabric Placement
provided above for fabric placement. (The number in each unit represents the Fabric #
indicated in the Fabric Requirements chart.) Make four each of Foundations 2 and 3 for each
coloration. Using Foundations 4 and 5 make the obelisk block units. Use the 3 1 /4" x 8 3 /4" Fabric
10 rectangles for piece 1. Use the 2" x 6 1 /4" Fabric 8 rectangles for piece 2. Use the 3" x 9 1 /2"
Fabric 4 rectangles for piece 3. Use the 2 1 /2" x 7" Fabric 7 rectangles for piece 4. Use the
3" x 11" Fabric 3 rectangles for piece 5. Use the 2 1 /2" x 10 1 /2" Fabric 6 rectangles for piece 6.
To Make the Large Center Square:
Using the smaller palm frond block units, pin a Foundation 2 unit to a Foundation 3 unit, and
sew them together on the long center line, carefully matching all the points. Press the seam
open. Repeat three times. Sew two Template A triangles together on one short side. Repeat.
Sew these two triangle units together to make a square. Sew a small palm frond block to
each long side of a Foundation 1 unit. Repeat. Sew a Foundation 1 unit to each side of the
square made from the Template A triangles. Using the quilt pictured on the cover as a guide,
sew these three units together to make the large center square.
To Make the Obelisk Block Units:
Pin a Foundation 4 unit to a Foundation 5 unit, and sew them together on the long center
line, carefully matching all the points. Press the seam open. Repeat three times. Using the
quilt pictured on the cover as a guide, sew a Template C border print piece to the right side
of an obelisk block, and a reverse Template C piece to the left side of the same block to
make one obelisk block unit. Repeat three times. Sew a Template B triangle to the left side
of an obelisk block unit and a Template B Reverse triangle to the right side of an obelisk
block unit. Repeat three times.
Mark
Here
From the 5 3 /4" strips of border print, cut eight
pieces for the obelisk block unit frames, using the
following procedure. For the right-hand frame, lay
the border print strip as shown at right. With
pencil, lightly mark the center point as shown at
right. Lay a ruler with the 45-degree marking along
the edge of the fabric and the 1 /4" line running
through the dot. Cut. On the wrong side of the
smaller palm
frond block

TEMPLATE D
PALM
FROND
BLOCK
TEMPLATE C
DARK
TRIANGLES
TEMPLATE B
SMALLER
PALM
FROND
BLOCK
TEMPLATE C
OBELISK
BLOCK
FOUNDATION 1

4”
Foundation 1 Foundation 1
6”
8”
2
3
To Make the Paper Foundations:
The center square, obelisk blocks and palm frond
blocks are all made by paper piecing. Make four
Foundation 1 units by enlarging the pattern provided
200% and printing two per page on 8 1 /2” x 11” paper.
Make sixteen each of Foundations 2 and 3 by enlarging
the pattern provided 200% and printing one per page
on 8 1 /2” x 14” paper. Make four each of Foundations 4
and 5 by enlarging the pattern provided 200% and
printing one per page on 11” x 17” paper. To prepare
the foundations for use, trim all the foundations on the
outermost lines. Trim four each of Foundations 2 and
3 - 1 /4” beyond the bottom of the triangle marked “5”.
These foundations will be used for the smaller palm
frond blocks in the quilt’s large center square.
8”
7
6
5
4
1
Foundation 3
8”
For more tips on paper piecing, visit the RJR website at
www.rjrfabrics.com.
8”
Foundation 2

8 7 /8”
11 3 /4”
16 3 /8”
16 3 /8”
11 3 /4”
8 7 /8”
Obelisk
Foundation 4
Obelisk
Foundation 5

B
D
8”
4 1 /4”
1 7 /8”
To Make the Templates:
Using see through template plastic, make
templates for shapes A, C, and D.
Template A is shown at 100%. Templates
C and D must be enlarged 200%. Make a
small hole at points X and Y on Template
D. Enlarge the pattern given for Template
B 200% on 11” x 17” paper, glue the
paper to the template plastic and cut out
on the outermost line.
1 7 /8”
C
10 3 /8”
4”
A
11 7 /8”
2”
2 1 /4”

fabric, use the Template D template to mark a
dot 1 /4" from the edge of the upper corner. From
the lower corner, measure 36”, and cut. Repeat
this procedure three times. For the left-hand
frame, turn the border print so that the motif is
oriented as shown at right and repeat the entire
procedure for cutting the right-hand frame.
Repeat three times for a total of four units. Using
the cover quilt as a guide, sew one border print
piece to each short side of an obelisk block unit.
Sew just to the marked dots; do NOT sew through the seam allowances. Finally, sew the
mitered seam joining the two pieces of border print to each other, being careful to match the
design motifs. Repeat three times. Again, referring to the quilt pictured on the cover, trim
the ends of the border print frames even with the bottom edge of the obelisk block units.
To Make the Dark
Triangle Units:
Sew a Template D border print piece to each
short side of a 7 1 /4" Fabric 6 triangle. Sew
just to the dots already marked on the
Template D pieces. Do NOT sew through the
seam allowance. Sew the mitered seam
joining the two pieces of border print to each
other, being careful to match the design
motifs. Repeat twenty-three times for a total
of twenty-four units.
Sew a dark triangle unit to a Foundation 2
palm frond block unit as shown at right.
Repeat eleven times. Sew a dark triangle unit
to a Foundation 3 palm frond block unit as
shown below. Repeat eleven times. Use the
quilt palm frond block placement diagram on
previous page as a guide for the remaining
steps. Sew three Foundation 2 units together.
Sew this unit to the right-hand side of an
obelisk block unit. Repeat this procedure three
times. Sew three Foundation 3 units together.
Sew this unit to the left-hand side of an obelisk
block unit. Repeat this procedure three times.
7
6
5
4
3
1
2
To Make the Borders:
Use Illustration 1 as a guide for centering the design motifs for all the border print strips
used for the first and third borders.
First Border:
Divide each 2 3 /8" strip of border print into
two mirror-image sections by folding each
strip in half. Press on fold.
Second Border:
Trim the selvages from the eight 3 1 /2" Fabric
6 strips. Sew two of the strips together
end-to-end to make one long 3 1 /2" strip. Cut
to measure 82" long. Fold each strip in half
and press on fold. Repeat three times.
Third Border:
Divide each 5 1 /2" strip of border print into
two mirror-image sections by folding each
strip in half. Press on fold.
Open the folds and sew three borders
together, matching fold lines. Repeat three
times.
To Attach the Borders:
Fold the quilt in half and measure. It should
measure 32 1 /4". If your measurement is
different, use your measurements for the
following steps.
Fold a border unit in half on the fold line. The
design motifs should be precisely matched.
Measure over 32 1 /4" from the center fold
and place a dot at the point and 1 /4" up from
the edge of the border as shown in
Illustration 2. Lay a ruler with the 45-degree
marking along the top of the border and the
edge of the ruler through the center of the
dot as shown in Illustration 3. Cut. Repeat for
each border unit. Match the center of the
border to the center of your quilt. Pin the
border to the quilt as shown at right. Sew the
border to the quilt from dot to dot, being
careful not to sew through the seam
allowance.
Fold
Illustration 1
32 1 /4"
Illustration 2
Illustration 3
Sew
To Assemble the Quilt Top:
Sew an obelisk block unit to one side of the quilt’s large center square. Sew from
the center of one palm frond block to the center of another. Do NOT sew through the
seam allowance. Repeat three times to join all the obelisk block units to the large
center square. Finally, sew the mitered seams joining the two halves of the palm frond
blocks together, carefully matching all points. Remove all the paper foundations from
the back of the quilt top.
Finally, sew miters, being careful to match
all design motifs on the border print
fabric. Again, do NOT sew through the
seam allowance. See the quilt pictured on
the cover for an illustration of the
completed borders.

Fabric Requirements
Colorway 1
1 5059-1 See special section on cutting the border print fabric.
Colorway 2
Visit the RJR website
www.rjrfabrics.com for the
cutting directions for this quilt
in the second colorway.
Fabric # Style # Cutting Directions Swatch Yardage
8 1 /2 yards
2 4735-2 Cut (1) 4 1 /2" strip. From this strip, cut (4) 4 1 /2" x 6 1 /2" rectangles.
(NP# 14)
1
/4 yard
3 1702-2 Cut (2) 2 1 /2" strips. From each strip, cut (4) 2 1 /2" x 7 1 /2" rectangles. Cut (3) 3" strips.
(NP# 13) From each of two strips, cut (3) 3" x 11" rectangles. From the last strip, cut (2) 3" x 11"
rectangles.
1
/2 yard
4 5061-1 Cut (7) 2 1 /2" strips. From one strip, cut (8) 2 1 /2" x 5 1 /4" rectangles. From each of the
remaining six strips, cut (4) 2 1 /2" x 9" rectangles. Cut (2) 3" strips. From each strip,
cut (4) 3" x 9 1 /2" rectangles.
3
/4 yard
5 5063-2 Cut (4) 2 1 /2" strips. From each strip, cut (5) 2 1 /2" x 7 1 /2" rectangles. Cut (1) 2 7 /8" strip.
From this strip, cut (4) 2 7 /8" x 2 7 /8" squares. Cut each square once from corner to corner
on the diagonal to make a total of eight triangles. To save fabric, trim the remainder of this
strip to 2 1 /2". From this strip, cut (4) 2 1 /2" x 7 1 /2" rectangles.
6 9812-8
(NP# 87)
Cut (2) 7 1 /4" strips. From each strip, cut (3) 7 1 /4" x 7 1 /4" squares. Cut each square
from corner to corner on both diagonals to make a total of 24 triangles. Cut (4) 2 1 /2" strips.
From each of two strips, cut (4) 2 1 /2" x 10 1 /2" rectangles. From each of the remaining
two strips, cut (4) 2 1 /2" x 7" rectangles. Cut (8) 3 1 /2" strips. Set aside for the middle
border. Cut (9) 2 1 /4 " strips. Set aside for the binding.
7 5062-1 Cut (5) 2 1 /2" strips. From each of two strips, cut (4) 2 1 /2" x 8 1 /2" rectangles
and (1) 2 1 /2" x 6 1 /2" rectangle. From the third strip, cut (6) 2 1 /2" x 6 1 /2"
rectangles. From each of the remaining two strips, cut (4) 2 1 /2" x 7" rectangles.
1
/2 yard
2 1 /8 yards
1
/2 yard
8 9412-12
(NP# 123)
Cut (3) 2 1 /2" strips. From each of two strips, cut (4) 2 1 /2" x 8 1 /2" rectangles and
(1) 2 1 /2" x 6 1 /2" rectangle. From the third strip, cut (6) 2 1 /2" x 6 1 /2" rectangles.
Cut (3) 2" strips. From each of two strips, cut (4) 2" x 6 1 /4" rectangles. From the third strip,
cut (8) 2" x 4 3 /4" rectangles.
9 5062-22 Cut (1) 2" strip. From this strip, cut (8) 2" x 4 3 /4" rectangles. Cut (3) 2 1 /2" strips.
From each of two strips, cut (4) 2 1 /2" x 8 1 /2" rectangles and (1) 2 1 /2" x 6 1 /2" rectangle.
From the third strip, cut (6) 2 1 /2" x 6 1 /2" rectangles.
1
/2 yard
3
/8 yard
10 5061-11 Cut (1) 2" strip. From this strip, cut (8) 2" x 4 3 /4" rectangles. Cut (2) 2 1 /2" strips.
From each strip, cut (4) 2 1 /2" x 6 1 /2" rectangles. Cut (2) 3 1 /4" strips. From each strip,
cut (4) 3 1 /4" x 8 3 /4" rectangles.
1
/2 yard
11 9812-9 Cut (1) 2" strip. From this strip, cut (8) 2" x 4 3 /4" rectangles.
(NP# 128)
12 9414-6 Cut (3) 2 1 /2" strips. From each strip, cut (8) 2 1 /2" x 5 1 /4" rectangles.
(NP# 111)
13 5063-3 Cut (1) 2 7 /8" strip. From this strip, cut (12) 2 7 /8" x 2 7 /8" squares. Cut each square once
from corner to corner on the diagonal to make a total of 24 triangles.
14 5057-1 Cut (2) 15" strips. Fold strips wrong sides together and trace two Template B triangles on
each strip. Cut the triangles on the marked lines cutting through both layers of fabric. Each
marked triangle will yield one Template B and one Template B Reverse.
15 5057-1 Quilt Backing
1
/4 yard
3
/8 yard
3
/8 yard
1 yard
6 yards
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