Snuggly Bricks Fat Quarter Quilt Tutorial

Step 1

Quilt Size: 45" x 54"

Step 2

To begin, cut your fat quarters into 6.5″ x 9.5″ blocks. You can get 4 blocks per fat quarter, use the cutting guide below for reference.

Step 3

You will end up with 48 rectangles, you only need 45 for the quilt, save the extra for something else.

Step 4

After you’ve cut out all of your pieces, you’re ready to begin sewing your pieces together by rows.

Step 5

On the odd rows sew 5 blocks together along the short edges.

Step 6

For the even rows, sew 4 blocks together, then cut your 5th block in half (so that it’s 6 ½″ x 4 ¾″) and sew half to each end as shown in the diagram above.

Step 7

The rows are staggered which gives the quilt the look of bricks stacked up on a wall. One of the great things about sewing quilt blocks together this way is that it is super forgiving. If your seams aren’t matched up perfectly, it doesn’t matter.

Step 8

After you’ve sewn 9 rows, then sew your rows together. The blocks should be staggered like a brick wall.

Step 9

Trim edges even if necessary. Make your quilt sandwich and machine quilt. If you’d like to see how I finish my quilts it's explained in detail in my "how to finish a quilt" article.

Step 10

For the straight line machine quilting, I used a walking foot and did a stitch in the ditch over each seam.