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Pink, green and blue quilt made using rectangles of fabric.
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Gathered Precuts Quilt Pattern; Tulip Cottage Fabrics

This quilt pattern offers you a unique way to use the Tulip Cottage fabric quilt panel (sometimes called a cheater panel) and a 10" precut stack of fabric. It's fast to sew and is a great quilt for beginners.
Author Melissa Mortenson

Equipment

Supplies

  • 1 package 10” x 10” precut pack of fabric With at least 42 pieces. Fabric in the example quilt is Tulip Cottage by Riley Blake designs.
  • 1 Tulip Cottage Quilt panel OR 3/8 yard of extra fabric.
  • ½ yard fabric for Binding
  • 2 yards 58-60" wide Minky Backing Fabric You can also use 4 yards of quilting cotton.

Instructions

Pattern Notes

  • Quilt Size: 54” x 62”

Step One: Cut Up the Panel & Sort the Fabrics

  • Decide which portions of your quilt panel you want to use for the quilt top. The large squares are 9 1/2" x 9 1/2”, and the smaller rectangles are 5” x 9 ½”.
  • Sort your precut stack into piles.
    In one pile, place the prints you’d like to use for the larger squares (you'll need 8 larger squares), and in another pile, the ones you will cut into rectangles (you'll need 31 precut squares).
  • From the stack of precut pieces cut:
    62 pieces 5” x 9 ½” (note: if you are cutting all of these from precuts, you’ll need 31 precuts).
    8 pieces 9 ½” x 9 ½”
    From the fabric panel cut:
    4 pieces 9 1/2" x 9 1/2" (these are cut from the Flower Girl, All the Things, Oh Hello & Flower Market portions of the panel)
    4 pieces 5" x 9 1/2" (these are cut from the smaller rectangles on the panel).
    quilt layout diagram & cutting illustration in black and white

Step Two: Sew

  • This quilt is constructed by columns. Each column contains eleven 5” x 9 ½” pieces and two 9 ½” x 9 ½” pieces.
  • Refer to the layout diagram for the exact placement of pieces in each column. The gray squares on the diagram represent the 9 1/2" squares of fabric.
    quilt layout diagram & cutting illustration in black and white
  • Some precut stacks contain many of identical prints or use the same colors repeatedly, while others have a wider variety.
    For this reason, I recommend laying out your pieces on a design wall or the floor before sewing to ensure a balanced placement of print and color in your final quilt designs.
  • Sew the pieces in column one together. Repeated by columns 2, 3, 4, 5 & 6.
  • After you have the pieces sewn together, press your seams.
  • Sew the columns to each other.
    Pink, green and blue quilt made using rectangles of fabric.

Notes

TIP:
Take the time at the beginning to sort and plan out your quilt. If you are using a panel, I recommend that you plan around the panel.  After you know how many 9 1/2" x 9 1/2" and 5" x 9 1/2" pieces you can cut from your panel, you will know how many pieces of your precut pack you need to use.