12 Days of Christmas Quilt - Amazing Designs Blog

Making the wall hanging: (See picture of wall hanging for block placement.) All seam allowances are 1/4”.
To make top section:
1. Sew a blue 2-1/2” x 6-1/2” piece of fabric between the 1st day block and the 2nd day block, sew a blue piece between the 3rd day block and the 4th
day block. Sew a blue piece between the 2nd day block and the 3rd day block. Press seams.
2. Make two sashing strips by: sewing a green 2-1/2” square block to the right end of a blue 2-1/2” x 6-1/2” block, continue sewing these pieces
together until you have: a blue, green, blue, green, a blue a green and a blue stitched together, press. Sew one of the sashing strips to the bottom of
row one matching seam lines and press. The remaining strip will be used in Bottom section.
To make the center section:
1. Sew a 2-1/2” x 6-1/2” strip to the bottom of 5th day block; sew the 7th day block to the bottom of the blue strip. Sew a green 2-1/2” square
between two of the blue strips and press seams. Sew this strip to the right side of blocks 5 and 7 matching seams, and press seams.
2. Sew a blue strip to the bottom of 6th day block; sew the 8th day block to the bottom of the blue strip and press seams. Sew a 2-1/2” green square
between two blue strips, press seams. Sew this strip to the left side of blocks 6 and 8 matching seams and press seams.
3. Sew one of the 2-1/2” x 10-1/2” green strips to the top of the center embroidered square (12 days of Christmas) and one to the bottom.
4. Sew one of the 2-1/2” x 14-1/2” green strips to each side of the center embroidered square and press seams.
5. Sew the section completed in “1” to the left side and section “2” to the right side of the large center block just completed and press seams. (The
blue sashing will be toward the center block.)
To make bottom section:
1. Sew a blue 2-1/2” x 6-1/2” blue piece of fabric between the 9th day block and the 10th day block, sew a blue piece between the 11th day block and
the 12th day block. Sew a blue strip between the 10th day block and 11th and press seams.
2. Sew remaining sashing strip to the top of the block section just completed, matching seams and press.
To complete the quilt:
1. Sew the bottom of section 1 to the top of the center section, matching seams
and press.
2. Sew the top of the bottom section to the bottom of the center section, matching
seams and press.
3. Sew one of the 3-1/4” x 30-1/2” green border strips to the top of the quilt and one
to the bottom.
4. Sew one of the 3-1/4” x 36” green border strips to each side of the quilt.
5. Make a fabric sandwich by placing the backing fabric with right side down, the
batting on top of it, place the quilt on top of the batting with right side up and
pin securely.
6. Stitch in the ditch around the border and the blocks, complete quilting as desired
7. Square wall hanging if necessary, trim batting and backing even with edges of wall
hanging front.
8. Bind using your favorite method; you will need approximately 4-1/4 yards.
Enjoy your beautiful new quilt hanging!
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