CHEVRON MINI

Piece half hexie shapes into a striking braid arrangement for a simple yet effective design

YOU WILL NEED

■ Print and solid fabrics: three (3) fat quarters

■ Background fabric: ½yd

■ Backing fabric: 20in square

■ Batting: 20in square

■ One (1) copy of the Half Hexie template

FINISHED SIZE ■ 18in square

NOTES

■ Seam allowances are ¼in, unless otherwise noted.

■ Press seams to one side, unless otherwise instructed.

■ Templates include seam allowances, where necessary.

■ For templates, see p87.

■ All fabrics supplied by our friends at Sewing Quarter (sewingquarter.com)

FABRICS USED

■ Prints are from the Sunkiss Fat Eight Bundle by Tilda.

■ Solids are from the Fat Quarter Bundle by V & Co. for Moda.

CUTTING OUT

1 From each print and solid fabric fat quarter cut:

■ One (1) 3in x 22in strip. Subcut into five half hexies, using the template.

■ Three (3) 2½in x 6in strips for a pieced binding.

2 From the background fabric cut:

■ One (1) 20in x 12in piece.

■ One (1) 2½in x WOF strip for binding.

MAKING THE BRAID

3 Place the short edge of one half hexie against the longest edge of a second, right sides together. Sew along the short edge and press the seam to one side. You will have a unit forming a “V” shape with one short edge and one long edge along the bottom (Fig 1).

4 Take another half hexie and place the longest edge right sides together with the longer edge of the joined unit from step 3. Sew along the edge and press to one side (Fig 2).

5 Continue adding half hexies to the unit in this way until you’ve added all the pieces in a braid formation (Fig 3).

FINISHING THE QUILT

6 Sew the 20in x 12in piece of background fabric to the longer edge of the braid. Press the seam towards the background fabric.

7 Make a quilt sandwich by placing your backing fabric right side down, the batting on top, then place the mini quilt top centrally and right side up.

8 Quilt as desired. We quilted diagonal lines, mirroring the braid shape. Trim and square up the quilt to 18½in square.

9 Sew your binding strips from the braid and background fabrics into one long length and use to bind the quilt.