pattern easy • Project Linus

Made by Peg Spradlin. Fabric: Safari by Deborah Edwards for Northcott. Batting: The Warm Company.

It’s a Zoo!

This is the sixteenth pattern published by Quiltmaker in support of Project Linus, an organization that provides hand-made blankets for seriously ill or traumatized children.

Learn more about Project Linus at projectlinus.org or by writing to: Project Linus National HQ, P.O. Box 5621, Bloomington, IL 61702-5621.

materialsCrib: 38”x 38”Finished Blocks: 6”

Novelty Print ⅜ yard for blocksWhite Dot ½ yard for blocksOrange Dot ⅝ yard for blocks and bindingGreen Check and Teal Tone-on-Tone Fat eighth each for blocks (a fat eighth is approximately 9”x 20”)Yellow Check ½ yard for A’sMulticolor Chevron Stripe ⅝ yard for borderBacking 1¼ yardsBatting 42”x 42”(Although fabric amounts are adequate for foundation piecing, you may need more if you cut very generous patches.)

cuttingNovelty Print foundation patchesWhite Dot foundation patchesOrange Dot 5 strips 2¼”x 40” for binding foundation patchesGreen Check and Teal Tone-on-Tone from each foundation patchesYellow Check 12 squares (A) 6½”x 6½”Multicolor Chevron Stripe 4 strips 4½”x 40” for border

The foundation can be found on the pattern sheet.

Please let others know that the complete pattern for It’s a Zoo!, as well as all of the Project Linus pat-terns from years past, are available at quiltmaker.com/projectlinus.

WEBBONUS

1About This Quilt A fun, bright novelty print is the

inspiration for easy foundation blocks.

The foundation for this quilt can also be found at quiltmaker.com.

2Making the Sections Make 13 paper copies total of the

foundation sections. Refer to the foun-dations for color placement.

Foundation piece each section in numerical order, pressing and trim-ming after each patch addition. Make 5 section 1’s, 4 section 2’s and 4 sec-tion 3’s.

Section 1Make 5

Section 3Make 4

Section 2Make 4

Row 1Make 2 A A

A A

Assembly

A A ARow 2Make 2

Row 3Make 1

Row 2

Row 1

Section 1Section 1 Section 2Section 2

Section 3Section 3 Section 3Section 3

Section 1Section 1

Section 2Section 2 Section 2Section 2Section 1Section 1

Quilting Placement

3Assembling the Quilt Top Refer to the assembly diagram.

Sew the sections and A’s together as shown to make 2 row 1’s, 2 row 2’s and 1 row 3. Sew the rows together as shown.

Sew the border strips together end to end. Refer to “Borders” in Basic Lessons to measure and trim the borders. Matching centers and ends, sew the border side strips to the quilt. Repeat to add the border top and bot-tom strips. Carefully remove the foun-dation papers.

4Quilting and Finishing Layer and baste together the back-

ing, batting and quilt top. Refer to the quilting placement diagram. Quilt the sections in the ditch as shown. Using the patchwork as a guide, quilt diago-nal lines as shown.

Peg quilted a freeform echo around the animals in the novelty print and quilted wavy lines in the border, loosely following the chevron print. Practice your machine quilting skills by following the prints and shapes in the fabrics you use.

Bind the quilt.

Section 1Make 5

Section 3Make 4

Section 2Make 4

Row 1Make 2 A A

A A

Assembly

A A ARow 2Make 2

Row 3Make 1

Row 2

Row 1

Section 1Section 1 Section 2Section 2

Section 3Section 3 Section 3Section 3

Section 1Section 1

Section 2Section 2 Section 2Section 2Section 1Section 1

1novelty

4white

5white

6orange(green)

blue

7orange(green)

blue

9orange(green)

blue

8orange(green)

blue

2white

3white

Seam Allowance

Patterns are the reverse of the finished block.

It’s a Zoo Sections 1, 2 and 3

This line should measure 2".