Dino Patch Quilt Tutorial - Part 1

I am on a bit of a roll with quilts at the moment, so here is another pattern for you. This quilt was made for our beautiful godson on his Christening Day. There isn't a little boy out there who can escape the wonder of dinosaurs and this quilt is made to match their little imaginations! Again, this is a relatively simple quilt, with lots of straight lines and sharp corners.

The best thing about this quilt is that it gives you an excuse to channel your inner child and use your imagination. Go on the hunt for fun fabrics, with a range featuring a panelled fabric.

What you will need:

• Download the Dino Patch Quilt Pattern here
• 6 coordinating fabrics + 2 plain, complementing fabrics
• Backing fabric
• Wadding
• Coordinating thread

**Note - you will need the pattern for the necessary quantities and measurements of fabrics and quilt blocks. The pattern will be available free for the next month for my avid readers and for a small fee on my Etsy store thereafter.

1. Cut the necessary quantity of squares and strips from your fabrics.

2. Assemble blocks 1 - 5, as directed in the pattern and sew in place with a 1/4 " seam. Press seams flat.
**Tip - to ensure your blocks line up perfectly, try pinning the rows together before you sew them.

3. Attach the blocks together in required order, to create rows 1 -5, using a 1/4" seam. Press seams flat.

4. Attach the rows together, using 1/4" seam. Press seams flat.
5. Attach the fabric strips along either side of the quilt front, using a 1/4" seam and press seams flat.

6. Attach the fabric strips along the top and bottom of the quilt front, using a 1/4" seam and press seams flat.

And that is the quilt front finished!

Next week, we will complete the quilt by adding the wadding, backing fabric, quilting the front and binding.

Phoebe
xo

Click here to see Part 2 of this Tutorial.