Shoo Fly Quilt

This is a fun small quilt (55 ½” square) using 3” shoo fly blocks arranged in a zigzag setting.
You can use every colour of the rainbow as I did and a whole variety of backgrounds for each small block. Or maybe you would prefer to use many shades of one colour, it is entirely up to you. I would wait until you have lots of your blocks made before selecting a setting/border fabric. I changed my mind several times before I chose the blue! You should get a good number of blocks made on the day and will go through putting them together. Techniques used are rotary cutting and machine piecing. Suitable for confident beginners and those with more experience.
 
Student requirements
For 126 Shoo Fly Blocks

A good selection of fat 1/8ths in different colours, totaling at least 1 metre

A good selection of fat 1/8ths in background fabrics, totaling at least 1 metre

To complete the quilt top – I would wait until you have a several of your blocks made before selecting a setting/border fabric.

Setting triangles 1.30m, outer border 70cm, binding 30cm – totaling 2.30m

Inner narrow Border 30cm

You will also need:

Sewing machine in good working order with manual & leads (sewing machine to have been recently PAT tested.)

Spare sewing machine needles

¼” foot

Normal sewing equipment – scissors, pins etc…

Neutral sewing thread

Rotary cutting equipment and mat