Quarter Log Cabin Quilt Tutorial

A quick and easy jelly roll or stash buster quilt! Today I've got a super cute quilt pattern tutorial to share with you using a Jelly Roll and a Layer cake and a little bit of yardage! It's a great throw quilt size, perfect for the couch, picnics, etc.

If you're unfamiliar with precuts, a Jelly Roll typically consists of 40+ strips of fabric that are 2.5" wide x WOF, and a Layer Cake is a stack of 10" squares. We'll only be using 10 strips from our jelly roll to make a lap size quilt, but you could essentially make a King Size quilt from an entire jelly roll (and another layer cake or 2 of course). This quilt is also an awesome way to use up scraps!

 

Fabric Requirements:

    One Jelly Roll
    20 White Layer Cake squares OR 2 1/4 yards of fabric for sashing
    3 yards background fabric (border and setting triangles)
    4 ½ yards backing fabric
    Half yard binding fabric
    Batting

Finished quilt size: 53" x 74"

*Use a ¼" seam throughout.

Tutorial:

1.   From your printed Jelly Roll, choose 30 strips. From each strip cut the following pieces:
        Four - 2.5" squares
        Four - 2.5" x 4.5" strips
        Two 2.5" x 6.5" strips

    *You may have a few pieces leftover at the end. Feel free to make a matching pillow cover :)

2.   Cut 10 Layer Cake squares into 1.5" x 6.5" strips, and the other 10 squares into 1.5" x 7.5" strips and set aside.You should yield 6 strips from each square, you will need 118 strips total. (59 each of each size)

3.   Mix and match the pieces you cut from your printed Jelly Roll to make your blocks. Each block will require 3 separate prints as shown below. Make 59 blocks total. 

4.   Once all blocks are completed add a 1.5" x 6.5" strip to the left side, and a 1.5" x 7.5" strip to the bottom to finish off. Each block should finish around 7.5" - you will now trim them down to 7" each to square up the edges.

Quilt Construction:

5.   Using your background yardage, cut 24 - 7" squares for setting triangles. Assemble 11 rows on point as shown below, placing a white square at the beginning and end of each row.

6.   Once your rows have been completed and quilt top has been pieced, trim off the excess fabric on each side to square your quilt.

7.   To finish your quilt top, using your white background fabric, add a 2.5" border on all four sides of your quilt. Quilt and bind as desired.

I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial and find it useful!