Vintage Circle Quilt

Free Pattern Instructions
Vintage Circle Quilt
Make a colorful baby gift in an afternoon for an upcoming
shower, or to celebrate a new addition. We chose cheerful pastels,
but you could easily customize the color palette if you know the
colors of baby's nursery.
Save yourself the time and frustration of hand-cutting dozens
of shapes for this project by using precut fabric circles in whatever
colors suit your vision for this fun project. If you love the design
but want a larger quilt, add more rows and columns using the
spacing provided in the instructions to increase to lap, twin, queen,
or king size.
Finished Size: Approximately30"x37½"
Supplies:
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Helpful Notions:
1⅛ yd. white print fabric (for background and binding)
1yd.batting
1yd.fabricofyourchoice(forbacking)
32KonaCottonPrecut5½"Circles—weused8eachof
Periwinkle,Jungle,Lemon,andLupine
• ExtraLargeCircleYo-YoMaker
• Rollofnarrowpaper-backedfusibleweb,suchasWonder
Under
• Clearmonofilamentthread,ormatchingthread
• Adhesivesprayorgluestick
Instructions:
- Secondrow:Periwinkle,Lupine,Jungle,Lemon,and
Periwinkle
- Thirdrow:Lupine,Jungle,Lemon,Periwinkle,and
Lupine
- Fourthrow:Jungle,Lemon,Periwinkle,Lupine,andJungle
1. Cutfabricsandbattingforquilt.
• FromFabricA(whiteprint),cuta30"x37½"pieceforthe
background,andfour2½"widestripsforbinding.
• FromFabricB(backing),cuta36"x40"piece.
• Alsocuta36"x40"pieceofbatting.
2. CreateYo-Yos.
• UsingExtra-LargeYo-YoMaker,makethreeyo-yosfrom
each of the four colors of pre-cut fabric circles following
manufacturer’s instructions. Set completed yo-yos aside.
1"
2"
1"
2"
Make three
of each color
2"
2"
3. Prepareremainingfabriccirclesforappliques.
• Applyadhesivesprayorastripofgluetothewrongsideof
the remaining pre-cut fabric circles. There should be five of
each of the four colors.
4. Arrangecirclesonbackgroundfabric.
• Placethebackgroundfabriconapressingsurface,rightside
up.Arrangefabriccircles1"fromthetopandsideedges.
Arrangecircles2"apartintofourrowsinthefollowingorder:
- Firstrow:Lemon,Periwinkle,Lupine,Jungle,andLemon
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5. “Fusetack”backingfabric,batting,andbackgroundfabric.
• Fuse1"stripsofthe⅝"widepaper-backedfusibleweb
4"–5"apartonthefrontandbackofbatting.
• Positionthe36"x40"backingfabriconapressingsurface,
wrongsideup.Removethepaperbackingfromthefusible
web strips on one side of the batting. Turn that side toward
the wrong side of the backing fabric, center the batting on
backing fabric, and smooth out wrinkles with your hands.
4"–5"
7. Arrangeyo-yosontobackgroundfabric.
• Applyglueoradhesivespraytotheflat
side of each yo-yo. Center each yo-yo
at the intersection of four fused circles,
andpressintoplace,inthefollowingorder:
- Firstrow:Jungle,Lemon,Periwinkle,andLupine
- Secondrow:Lemon,Periwinkle,Lupine,andJungle
- Thirdrow:Periwinkle,Lupine,Jungle,andLemon
Paper-backed
fusible web
4"–5"
Batting
Backing
wrong side
• Removepaperbackingfromthefusiblewebstripsonthe
sideofthebattingnowfaceup.Centerthe30"x37½"background fabric over the batting, and smooth out wrinkles
withyourhands.Useyourirontopressthelayerstogether.
8. Appliqueyo-yostobackgroundfabric.
• Stitchtheyo-yostothebackgroundfabricusingablanket
stitch or zigzag stitch.
6. Appliquecirclesontobackgroundfabric.
• Threadyoursewingmachinewithclearmonofilament
thread, or a matching thread. Stitch the fuse-tacked circles to
the background fabric using a blanket stitch or zigzag stitch.
Zigzag
Zigzag
Blanket
stitch
Blanket
stitch
9. Bind the quilt.
• Trim away excess batting and backing fabric. Create and
add binding all the way around the quilt using your favorite
binding technique.
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