42 Plus 3 - My Gift to You

 

Thank You to our Quilting Community

The past 1 1/2 years has been challenging for all of us.  That said, I have been so grateful for technology that enabled me to continue to learn, teach and share with all of you. 

I'm pleased to share this quilt as my way of giving back to our amazing community!

Just in time for National Jelly Roll Day on September 15th, here is a Complementary Lap Quilt Pattern using the Studio 180 Corner Pop III Tool.

History of the Design

In 2016, I participated in an Improv Sunday workshop with Ray Steeves of 3 Dudes in Phoenix, AZ.  As part of the workshop we dove into a bucket of 2 1/2" strips to find 60 strips to start our project.  We were initially told to think sets of 6 strips.

Well, I like to be different - go figure!  The one who always has to modify a pattern to make it her own.  I came to the workshop with a 1/2 m of Kona Snow and 1/2 m of Essex linen.  I did raise Ray's eyebrows on this one.

With no pattern, no handouts and verbal instructions and a few bullets on a white board, we started to sew strip sets.  This is where my memory gets foggy.   

We cut squares from the strip sets.

We added  2 - 2 1/2" strips placed wonky on two sides of the stripped squares. 

Then the challenge began.  We were to cut consistently sized wonky squares from the blocks.  I say it was a challenge, as you know I'm kind of the precise cut and piecer (even back then). 

This one wasn't going to beat me!  

I did it!  My blocks were very different from the other class participants.  I made tonal blocks for my quilt.  I do love my quilt!

After the release of my Simply Modern Christmas pattern using the Corner Pop III,  I was drawn to revisit this quilt using this tool.

I modified the technique/design in several ways:

• Reduced the strips in the strip sets to 5 - 2 1/2" strips in the smaller blocks, to better accommodate the use of a jelly roll plus a few strips
• Simplified the construction, whilst managing the bias edges
• Upsized the replacement triangles to coordinate with the strip sets
• Consistently sized the unfinished Small Block to 9 1/2"

The Corner Pop III tool was the key to simplifying the construction of this quilt.

More about the Corner Pop III

The Corner Pop Tools differ as to the ratio of two sides on the replacement triangles.

Corner Pop - 1 to 1 ratio

Corner Pop II - 1 to 2 ratio

Corner Pop III - 1 to 3 ratio

The benefits of these tools include:

• Increased consistency and accuracy of the replacement triangles
• Fabric waste is minimized when compared to traditional techniques

Come join the journey for this quilt.  If you made my Simply Modern Christmas lap quilt, you already have the tool.  The complementary pattern will be released in steps every two weeks starting September 8th, 2021.  As always, the complementary pattern will be a PDF download from this blog.

The Details

• Quilt top is 60" square
• Fabric requirements:
• 45 - 2 1/2"  WOF strips, a jelly roll plus 3
• Fabric 1 - Contrasting Replacement Triangles, 0.6 m (3/4 yd)
• Fabric 2 - Background, Replacement Triangles and border 1.2 m (1 1/4 yds)
• Binding (suggest Fabric 2) - 0.6 m (3/4 yd)

For your Fabrics 1 & 2, select fabrics that contrast with your strips.

My selection for my next 42 Plus 3 lap quilt.

You don't need to have a jelly roll..., 

Consider stripping your stash? 

or 

What about all those leftover 2 1/2" binding strips?

There are 9 - Large Blocks in the quilt.  

There are 4 - Small blocks in each Large Block.

One strip set, comprised 5 WOF 2 1/2" strips will be the base for 4 - Small Blocks.

The quilt can be resized for a baby quilt using 4 Large Blocks, for a finished quilt that is 42" square.

I'm excited, are you?

Here is the link to Step 1 of the pattern:

42 Plus 3 Step 1