Modular Blocks Quilt in Orchid
Our original Modular Blocks Quilt is one of our most playful projects ever. From its cheerful color palette to its grab-bag construction method, it was both a joy to make and to behold!
This time around we borrowed the modular technique and applied it to a quieter, gentler color story. The result may look subtler and more elegant, but it’s just as fun to make! -Molly
Materials
To sew your own Modular Blocks Quilt, you will need…
- Backing Fabric: 1 3/4 yards of Moda’s Muslin, 200-count, 90-inch, in Natural
- Binding Strip Fabric: 1 yard of Moda’s Muslin, 200-count, 45-inch in Natural
- 3/4 yard of Kiyohara Fine Solids in Beige
- 1/2 yard of Kokka’s Lightweight Linen Canvas in Tea Rose
- 1/2 yard of Kiyohara’s Linen Blend Solids in Lavender
- 1/2 yard of Kiyohara’s Linen Blend Solids in Violet
- 1/2 yard of Robert Kaufman’s Essex Yarn Dyed in Flax
- 1/2 yard of Robert Kaufman’s Essex in Rose
- 1/2 yard of Robert Kaufman’s Kona Cotton in Peach
- Two spools of Gutermann’s Cotton Sewing Thread in color 1040 (a 110-yard spool and a 274-yard spool)
- Quilter’s Dream’s Cotton Batting, Request loft, Twin size
- Quilter’s curved safety pins
- A Hera Marker
- A rotary cutter
- A self-healing cutting mat
- A 6 1/2 x 24 1/2-inch non-slip straight ruler
- A 12 ½ x 12 1/2–inch non-slip square ruler
Update, May 2024: You can explore our current collection of beautiful fabrics and supplies on our page of Sewing Tools + Notions!
Size
50 inches wide X 60 inches long
Pattern
For the free pattern, please visit our original Modular Blocks Quilt post.
Update 2024: You can explore our current collection of beautiful fabrics and supplies on our page of Sewing Tools + Notions!
I think your Tiny Tile quilt has just been replaced as my favorite quilt pattern of yours.
I love the colors you have choosen for this quilt? Thanks for sharing with us.
I like, no, I adore your colours, your simplecism and your forms. They are the most noble approach for the patchworks. Congratulation!
I would love to make this quilt for my full bed; if I doubled the amount of fabric would that make a quilt about 54 inches by 75 inches?
Hi Juilieanne,
Thanks for writing in! I love the idea of a larger version of this quilt! The size of this quilt is 50×60 inches. To yield a larger quilt or 54 x 75 inches, you would likely need 30% more of the fabrics for the front. To be safe, I would say scale up the fabric requirements by 50%. You will also need to adjust the number of squares that you cut accordingly. From the backing fabric you will need to cut a piece measuring 60 x 81. You should be able to make this cut from the 1 3/4 yards of Moda’s Muslin, 200-count, 90-inch, in Natural listed.
I hope that this helps and happy sewing!
Cassy
I am interested in making a quilt that is a California king size. This will be my first quit and I will be using scraps from vintage indigo Japanese kimonos, but will need to supplement with another fabric as well as a backing. Can you help me figure what the size/square difference would be? Also, considering I will be working with small scraps, do you recommend cutting what I have before determining how much additional fabric I should order?
Thanks in advance!
Sarah
Hi Sarah,
Thanks for writing in! Your quilt sounds like it will be just gorgeous! Rather than adjusting the size of the squares, I would recommend piecing more squares the same size as ours to create a larger quilt. This should also help you make the most of your smaller scraps! A standard California King comforter measures 96 inches square, and our squares turn out as 5 inch square blocks after assembly, so you will need 400 squares. It will probably be easiest to cut what you can first, and then see how many more squares and triangles you will need. You should be able to cut about 45 squares from a yard of 45 inch wide fabric, so hopefully that will give you an idea of how much more fabric you will need!
Happy quilting!
Julianna
Do you have any recommendations for the correct yardages needed for a crib/baby size version of this quilt? Thank you so much!
Hi Jennifer,
Thanks for reaching out! Unfortunately, since we only offer this pattern in the throw size and not a crib size I do not have a yardage estimate of what you would need for that size. However, depending on the dimensions you would like I think it could be fairly easy to calculate the yardage needed!
Warmly,
Gianna