45. Micky Vogel

45. Micky Vogel – My Blue Heaven

All Day

This is an easy quilt to make and is a great quilt for practicing your accuracy skills. I teach you some easy methods for making your blocks more accurate for a perfect finish to your quilt. You get to choose your favorite color scheme and have some fun. And better yet you can get into that stash and put it to good use. This quilt uses 3 color values. They can be from one color family (yours doesn't have to be blue like mine) or a scrappy look works beautifully in this quilt, just so you maintain the 3 values. So pick a light, a medium and a dark fabric and come have some fun.

Skill level: All

Pattern Fee: $3

Supplies: (please note the optional items help make the process easier but are not necessary)
6 1/2" x 6 1/2" square ruler

small rotating cutting mat, optional
Strip It, Tube It ruler, optional (available from cozyquilt.com)

spray starch or Best Press spray, optional

stiletto, optional

a sheet to lay out your quilt blocks on

Fabric Requirements:

Your fabrics can be from one color family or they can be scrappy. Be sure to have a value difference of light medium and dark.

Blocks

1 1/2 yd. dark fabric

1 1/4 yd. light fabric

1 yd. medium fabric

Borders (yardage is for seamless borders)

1 5/8 inner border

1 5/8 outer border

Cutting Instructions:

Cut fabric as follows and label as you cut:
From dark fabric:
   cut 5 strips 4" wide
   cut 9 strips a generous 2" wide (meaning slightly over the 2" line on the ruler)
   cut 5 strips exactly 2" wide
From light fabric:
   cut 5 strips 4" wide
   cut 9 strips a generous 2"
From medium fabric:
   cut 10 strips exactly 2" wide, then cut into exact 6" x 2" pieces