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Hot Summer Quilts

June 14, 2013
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Hot Summer Quilts

Heat up your summer quilting with tropical prints, citrus colors, and beachworthy designs. You’ll find all the patterns you need, including throws and table toppers, to turn your home into an oasis.

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Life's a Picnic

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Reproduction 1930s prints are showcased in a traditional star pattern. A pieced binding reinforces the "use it up" sensibility of the era.

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Beach Umbrella Table Runner

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Use stripe fabric to mimic an overhead view of umbrellas at the beach.

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Garden Party

Quilt Patterns That Use 10-Inch Squares

An easy-to-piece pattern provides plenty of space to showcase large-scale floral, precut 10" squares.

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Lemon Bars

Lemon Bars

​Capture the fresh feeling of cool summer breezes wafting through a flower garden in the bright quilt.

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Summer Breeze

Summer Breeze

This vintage quilt features a large selection of fabrics from the 1930s.

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Split-Rail Summer

Split-Rail Summer

The mottled blues and greens of this complex-looking quilt call to mind a bubbling brook and a peaceful meadow.

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Beachy Waves

Beachy Waves

For a quilt that mimics ocean waves, select dozens of batiks in sea glass colors and combine them in a bargello design.

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Bee Happy

Bee Happy

Fast fusible appliqués stitched atop foundation strips make this buzz-worthy quilt cute  as can "bee."

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Star-Spangled Summer

Star-Spangled Summer

Celebrate the season with a table runner that embraces the best of summer.

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Summer Snapshots

Summer Snapshots

Sew a wall hanging with sections featuring favorite summer motifs - a bowl of lemons, blooming flowers, and sunny pinwheels.

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Summer Salsa

Summer Salsa

Stitch up Nine-Patch blocks and combine them with setting squares for an easy checkerboard-style quilt.

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Sailing Ships

Sailing Ships

Lost Ship blocks rotated 180° form bright orange and orange-and-pink vessels swimming in a cream sea. A green print inner border provides an unexpected pop of cool color.

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Pineapple Chunks

Pineapple Chunks

Use the quilt-as-you-go method to add pieced rows at the same time that you layer the batting and backing. Then add the binding, pop on a few ragged-edge leaves, and your pineapple table topper is ready for a luau.

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What's the Buzz?

What's the Buzz?

Combine whimsical bird and floral appliqués with playful pieced blocks for a sweet-as-can-"bee" quilt.

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Summer Refreshers

Summer Refreshers

Appliqué fruit and straws to pieced glasses of refreshing drinks for a summertime table topper.

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Watercolors

Watercolors

Using a range of blue and green batiks and prints gives the sense of a deep, impenetrable ocean.

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Cherry Delight

Cherry Delight

Whip up an oh-so-sweet wall  hanging showcasing a pair of cherry appliqués and a bushel of borders made from precut floral strips.

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Pink Lemonade

Pink Lemonade

Stars created with a spirited mix of prints and tone-on-tones are sprinkled among a rosy Irish Chain of Double Four-Patch blocks.

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Watermelon Table Topper

Watermelon Table Topper

Use the flip-and-sew method to make this watermelon table runner.

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Ice Cream Wall Art

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Treat yourself to a foundation-pieced ice cream cone block. Frame it for cool wall decor.

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Ships Ahoy!

Ships Ahoy!

Think you'll make waves with a nautical-theme crib quilt? Our instructions for easy-to-piece sailboats and appliqué accents ensure smooth sailing.

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Colorful Fun Daisies

Colorful Fun Daisies

Brighten your day with a bouquet of daisies set off by white-and-black prints in a fast and fusible, cheery wall hanging.

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Splash of Summer

Splash of Summer

Keep your beach towel rolled with a whimsical seaside critter belt.

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Summer Stars Table Topper

Summer Stars Table Topper

Fussy-cut large prints or a panel to make a bright and happy summer-theme table topper.

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Summer Chevrons

Summer Chevrons

Purposefully arranged triangle-squares produce a chevron pattern in a summer-theme wall hanging. Pops of color in the beach-theme border echo the bright prints and batiks in the quilt center.

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Beachy T-Shirt Throw

Beachy T-Shirt Throw

Life's a beach with this sand castle-inspired T-shirt throw. A muted background of tone-on-tone tans and ocean blues lets the summer-theme shirts shine in the sun.

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Sunny Side Up

Sunny Side Up

Watch new shapes emerge when you cleverly arrange light and dark fabrics to create an optical illusion.

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Summer Sea Glass Table Runner

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Tone-on-tone prints in sea glass hues sparkle in a table runner just right for summer.

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Nautical Baby Quilt

Nautical Baby Quilt

Make a splash with a nautical-theme crib quilt. Stitched in pink prints and rose polka dots, this baby quilt will make a great gift for any baby girl.

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Mango Tango Throw

Mango Tango Throw

Each block of this sizzling, south-of-the-border 54-1/2-square throw uses nine assorted stripe, plaid, and solid fabrics.

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Sea and Sand Quilt

Sea and Sand Quilt

Combine batik and tone-on-tone fabrics in an easy-to-piece quilt that conquers images of the ocean.

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Tropical Crossing Wall Hanging

Tropical Crossing Wall Hanging

Bright batik fabrics pop off a light, scrappy background in this wall hanging.

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Pineapple Twist Wall Quilt

Pineapple Twist Wall Quilt

A square and cross pattern takes center stage on this wall hanging, which contains four Pineapple blocks.

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Citrus Patch Throw

Citrus Patch Throw

Citrus prints combine beautifully in a sunny throw.

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Blue Jeans Quilt

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Recycle your old blue jeans into an easy, pieced throw perfect for a summer picnic.

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Two-Block Citrus Quilt

Two-Block Citrus Quilt

Use setting rectangles grouped by color families to create diagonal patterns across a quilt top.

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Here Comes the Sun

Here Comes the Sun

You'll have sunshine on a cloudy day with this cheery throw that features yellow bursting through black and gray. Geometric prints lend a modern feel to a traditional block and color combination.

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Sherbet Rail Fence

Sherbet Rail Fence

Make a cheerful summer throw of cleverly arranged Rail Fence blocks. Cheerful sherbet-tone prints liven up this traditional, easy-to-piece pattern.

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Salute to Summer

Salute to Summer

Greens and grays bring a modern feel to this otherwise red, white, and blue table runner that can be used long after summer ends. Carefully combining triangle-squares results in the fun banner shapes.

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Appliqué Fan Quilt

Appliqué Fan Quilt

Appliquéd fans in sky blue and sunny yellow are perfect for a day spent outdoors.

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Blue Ocean Waves

Blue Ocean Waves

Serene aquas and cool blues rule in a tranquil wall hanging. Soft prints and large floral fabrics result in Ocean Waves blocks with less defined edges, adding to the relaxed feel of the piece.

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Tropical Medallion Wall Hanging

Tropical Medallion Wall Hanging

Tropical fabrics give this wall hanging an island vibe. Fussy-cut tropical birds and dragonflies appear in the Square-in-a-Square blocks in the middle border.

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    1 of 42 Life's a Picnic
    2 of 42 Beach Umbrella Table Runner
    3 of 42 Garden Party
    4 of 42 Lemon Bars
    5 of 42 Summer Breeze
    6 of 42 Split-Rail Summer
    7 of 42 Beachy Waves
    8 of 42 Bee Happy
    9 of 42 Star-Spangled Summer
    10 of 42 Summer Snapshots
    11 of 42 Summer Salsa
    12 of 42 Sailing Ships
    13 of 42 Pineapple Chunks
    14 of 42 What's the Buzz?
    15 of 42 Summer Refreshers
    16 of 42 Watercolors
    17 of 42 Cherry Delight
    18 of 42 Pink Lemonade
    19 of 42 Watermelon Table Topper
    20 of 42 Ice Cream Wall Art
    21 of 42 Ships Ahoy!
    22 of 42 Colorful Fun Daisies
    23 of 42 Splash of Summer
    24 of 42 Summer Stars Table Topper
    25 of 42 Summer Chevrons
    26 of 42 Beachy T-Shirt Throw
    27 of 42 Sunny Side Up
    28 of 42 Summer Sea Glass Table Runner
    29 of 42 Nautical Baby Quilt
    30 of 42 Mango Tango Throw
    31 of 42 Sea and Sand Quilt
    32 of 42 Tropical Crossing Wall Hanging
    33 of 42 Pineapple Twist Wall Quilt
    34 of 42 Citrus Patch Throw
    35 of 42 Blue Jeans Quilt
    36 of 42 Two-Block Citrus Quilt
    37 of 42 Here Comes the Sun
    38 of 42 Sherbet Rail Fence
    39 of 42 Salute to Summer
    40 of 42 Appliqué Fan Quilt
    41 of 42 Blue Ocean Waves
    42 of 42 Tropical Medallion Wall Hanging

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