Jewel Box in Flight Quilt Pattern

This winter, create a stunning quilt in vibrant greens and deep blues with this new pattern from Megan Farrell. A play on the classic jewel box pattern, this throw quilt pattern brings to mind the image of butterflies in flight and is a wonderful project to start if you’re already dreaming of the arrival of spring. A lovely combination of traditional and modern quilting, this pattern begs you to experiment with color.

Designer Note: WOF=Width of Fabric.

Materials:

• Fabric Requirements:
  • Patchwork:
    • Color #1 – 1/2 yard
    • Color #2 – 1/2 yard
    • Color #3 – 2 1/2 yards (background)
  • Borders:
    • Border #1 – 1/3 Yard
    • Border #2 – 1 yard
  • Binding:
    • 3/4 yard
  • Backing:
    • 4 1/2 yards

Cutting Instructions:

Color #1:

• Cut into six (6) 2 1/2” strips.

Color #2:

•  Cut into three (3)  5” strips, then sub cut into twenty four (24) 5” squares.

Color #3:

• Cut into six (6) 8 1/2” strips, then sub cut into twenty four (24) 8 1/2” squares.
• Cut into six (6) 2 1/2” strips.
• Cut into three (3) 5” strips, then sub cut into twenty four (24) 5” squares.

Border 1:

• Cut into six (6) strips 2 1/2” x WOF.

Border 2:

• Cut into seven (7) strips 4 1/2” x WOF.

Sewing Instructions:

1. Sew into a strip set, one (1) 2 1/2” strip from Color #1 and one (1) 2 1/2” strip from Color #3. Repeat this step six times (for all 2 1/2” strips from Color #1 and Color#3).
   
2. Iron strip sets from Step 1, and once ironing is complete, sub cut the strips into 2 1/2” wide pairs. This will yield 96 pairs that are 2 1/2”x 4 1/2”.
3. Sew pairs from Step 2 into 4-patches. This will yield (48) 4-patches that are 4 1/2”.
   
4. Take one (1) 5” Color#2 and one (1) 5” Color#3 and put the squares right sides together. On the back of one of the fabrics, draw one line diagonally from one point to point. Then you will sew a 1/4” on either side of that line. Once the sewing is complete, you will cut on the hand drawn line and this will yield qty two (2) 4 1/2” half square triangles (HST). The triangles may need to be trimmed and can be trimmed with any ruler. Complete Step 4 a quantity of 24 times and it will yield a total of 48 HST’s.
   
5. To construct the block, you will need qty of 2 HST’s from Step 4 and qty of 2 4-patches from Step 3.  Sew one HST to one 4-patch and the other HST to the other 4-Patch. Once together, you will sew the pairs together to create a bigger 4 Patch. The constructed block should be 8 1/2”. Repeat this step 24 times.
   
6. To make each of the rows, you will need three (3) blocks from Step 5 and qty three (3) 8 1/2” Color #3. You will construct two of each row.
   1. To make row one:
      
   2. To make row two:
      
   3. To make row three:
      
   4. To make row four:
      
7. Now to put the rows together, you will sew one to two, then three to two and then four to three. You will make two sets of four rows.
   
8. Now that you have two sections of four rows, you will rotate one of the sections 180 degrees and you will sew row four to row four.
9. Once all steps are sewn above are completed and all rows are sewn together, it is time to attach suggested borders.
   1. Attach Border 1 to all four sides.
   2. Attach Border 2 to all four sides.
10. Once borders are attached, add binding in your preferred method.