SIZZLING QUILT PATTERN
For many of us, quilts evoke a sense of calm and warmth, a yearning for a cup of tea or cocoa and a paperback novel. For those of us who want to raise the mercury and spice up a drab room, this fiery quilt pattern is the answer.
Overall size: 65x 65
Block size: 12x 12
finished
Block Count: 16
Materials
Purple sashing strips: 40 strips of 1-1/2x 12-1/2
Fuschia sashing strips: 25 strips of 1-1/2x 1-1/2
Outer vertical borders: 4 strips of 6=1/2x 53-1/2
Outer horizontal borders: 4 strips of 6-1/2 x 65-1/2
Binding: Gold geometric print: enough 2-1/4
strips to equal 270" length
Step 1

Fabric key Click on image to enlarge and see fabric key.
Step 2

Yardages given assume borders are cut selvage to selvage from border fabric; binding length equals measurement of all four sides plus extra inches for seaming together.
Step 3

Finished block: 12x 12
A: Cut 5-1/2x 7-1/2
B: Cut 6-1/2x 7-1/2
C: Cut 4-1/2x 5-1/2
D: Cut 4-1/2x 6-1/2
E: Cut 1-1/2x 5-1/2
F: Cut 1-1/2x 6-1/2
G: Cut 1-1/2x 12-1/2
Step 4

This free quilt pattern is excerpted with permission from Quilting Block & Pattern-a-Day 2014 Calendar
by Debbie Kratovil and Jean Ann Wright, and published by Accord Publishing, a division of Andrews McMeel.