SCRAPPY LINES QUILT

A pattern by Bess Casey Wilke of Side Lake Stitch

 PATTERN GUIDELINES
Please read through the entire pattern before
you begin. Background
All fabric is assumed to be 42” in width.
All seam allowances are 1/4”. Accent
WOF = Width of fabric
RST = Right sides together Finished Block
5” x 5”

Making a Scrappy Quilt

This quilt was designed with the goal of using up small pieces of fabric, or scraps, in a modern design. The
colored pieces, or accent fabric, can all be cut from scraps. Instructions are also included for starting from
yardage.

Notes on Yardage Requirements and Cutting Instructions

• The sashing listed below refers to all of the fabric that surrounds the individual blocks. I chose for the
sashing to be the same as the background in my block, but variation is welcome. The border goes around
the outside of the assembled rows made up of blocks with sashing in between.
• While cutting accent strips from yardage, consider how much color variation you would like. You may
want it all to be one color or you may use an abundance of color.
• The directions for starting with yardage over scraps have you begin with longer strips than the finished
5” strips to streamline the process. In some instances, you will subcut your strips before assembly into
varying sizes. Make sure you match up the correct length strips during assembly.
•You may have some leftover strips or pieced strips when using yardage.

FABRIC REQUIREMENTS
Pillow Wall Baby Throw Large Bed
Hanging Throw

Quilt from Accent Fabric 1/8 yard 1/4 yard 3/4 yard 1 1/4 1 3/4 yards 3 yards
Scraps yards
Background 1/8 yard 1/8 yard 1/2 yard 2/3 yard 1 yard 1 3/4
Fabric yards
Quilt from Accent Fabric 1/8 yard 1/4 yard 2/3 yard 1 1/4 1 2/3 yard 3 yards
Yardage yards
Background 1/8 yard 1/8 yard 1/2 yard 2/3 yard 1 yard 1 2/3
Fabric yards
Sashing & 1/3 yard 1/2 yard 1 yard 2 yards 3 yards 5 1/4
Border yards
Backing 1/3 yard 3/4 yard 1 1/2 yards 4 1/2 5 yards 8 1/2
Fabric yards yards
Binding 1/4 yard 1/4 yard 1/2 yard 1/2 yard 2/3 yard 3/4 yard
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 CUTTING DIRECTIONS
Pillow Wall Hanging Baby Throw Large Throw Bed
16” x 16” 24” x 24” 46” x 46” 60” x 60” 74” x 74” 86” x 109”
(4 Blocks) (9 Blocks) (36 Blocks) (64 Blocks) (100 Blocks) (180 Blocks)

Quilt from Accent Cut 12 strips Cut 27 strips Cut 108 Cut 192 Cut 300 Cut 540
Scraps Strips at 1.5” x 5” at 1.5” x 5” strips at 1.5” strips at strips at 1.5” strips at 1.5”
(1.5” x 5”) x 5” 1.5” x 5” x 5” x 5”

Background Cut 1 strip at Cut 3 strips at Cut 3 strips Cut 4 strips Cut 6 strips Cut 11 strips
Strips 1.25” x WOF 1.25” xWOF at 5” x WOF at 5” x WOF at 5” x WOF at 5” x WOF
(1.25” x 5”)
Subcut into Subcut into Subcut into Subcut into Subcut into Subcut into
8 strips at 18 strips at 72 strips at 128 strips at 200 strips at 360 strips at
1.25” x 5” 1.25” x 5” 1.25” x 5” 1.25” x 5’ 1.25” x 5” 1.25” x 5”

Quilt from Accent Cut 2 strips Cut 4 strips Cut 14 strips Cut 24 Cut 36 strips Cut 69 strips
Yardage Strips at 1.5” x at 1.5” x at 1.5” x strips at at 1.5” x at 1.5” x
WOF WOF WOF 1.5” x WOF WOF WOF

Subcut into Subcut into 8 Subcut 2

4 strips at strips at 1.5” strips into 4
1.5” x 20” x 20” strips at 1.5”
x 20”
Background Cut 1 strip at Cut 3 strips Cut 10 strips Cut 16 Cut 26 strips Cut 46 strips
Strips 1.25” x WOF at 1.25” x at 1.25” x strips at at 1.25” x at 1.25” x
WOF WOF 1.25” x WOF WOF WOF

Subcut into Subcut into Subcut 2

2 strips at 6 strips at strips into
1.25” x 20” 1.25” x 20” 4 strips at
1.25” x 20”
Sashing Cut 1 strip at Cut 2 strips Cut 7 strips Cut 16 Cut 25 strips Cut 49 strips
3” x WOF at 3” x WOF at 3” x WOF strips at 3” at 3” X WOF at 3” x WOF
x WOF

Subcut 2 Subcut 6 Subcut 30 Subcut 56 Subcut 90 Subcut 165

rectangles rectangles at rectangles rectangles rectangles rectangles
at 3” x 5” 3” x 5” at 3” x 5” at 3” x 5” at 3” x 5” at 3” x 5”
Border Cut 2 strips Cut 3 strips Cut 4 strips Cut 6 strips Cut 7 strips Cut 10 strips
at 3.5” x at 3.5” x at 3.5” x at 3.5” x at 3.5” x at 3.5” x
WOF WOF WOF WOF WOF WOF
Binding Cut 3 strips Cut 5 strips Cut 6 strips Cut 8 strips Cut 10 strips
at 2.5” x at 2.5” x at 2.5” x at 2.5” x at 2.5” x
WOF WOF WOF WOF WOF

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 ASSEMBLY

Sewing Your Strips figure 1

1. Choose 3 accent strips to be sewn

together with 2 background strips. Make sure your
strips are the same length. (figure 1)

2. Sew one accent color strip RST with a background

strip. Press seams open. Repeat this step with
another accent strip and background strip.
(figure 2) figure 2

3. Sew these two sets of strips together with RST

and press open. Lastly, take your third accent strip
and sew it RST with your 4 pieced together strips.
Press seams open. You now have a strip set. + = + =
(figure 3)

4. If you started with yardage: Cut your strip set into

sections that measure 5 inches in length. If you be- figure 3
gan with 20” strips, you will have 4 blocks measur-
ing 5” x 5” and if you began with WOF strips, you
will have 8 blocks measuring 5” x 5”. (figure 4)
+ + =
TIP: If you started with scraps that all measure 5” in
length, decide on combinations for your strip sets
and chain piece your strips for
efficiency. figure 4

5. Repeat this process until you have reached the

necessary number of blocks as shown below. You
5”
may have leftover strips or sections of a strip set de-
pending on the size of your quilt. = 5”

Pillow Wall Baby Throw Large Bed

Hang- Throw
ing
Number 4 9 36 64 100 180
of Blocks
Layout 2x2 3x3 6x6 8x8 10 x 10 12 x 15
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 6. Refer to the previous table or following page for figure 5
block layout. Lay out all your blocks in your desired
design. Starting with your top row, sew your fin-
ished blocks together with the 3” x 5” sashing strips
in between each block. Make sure you are sewing
 
with RST and pressing seams open or toward the
darker fabric. (figure 5) Repeat with subsuquent
rows until all rows are assembled. figure 6

7. Using your accent strips which have been cut to

3” x WOF, sew an sashing strip onto the bottom of
your first row with RST. (figure 6) For sizes larger
than the wall hanging, you will need to first sew
your strips together with RST at the short end to
create a longer strip.Continue this process with 
each row except your last row.

8. Sew all of your rows with attached sashing strips

together with RST. Press seams open or toward figure 7
darker fabric.

9. Sew the border around your assembled quilt
top. Using the 3.5” x WOF strips, sew a strip RST
onto the left and right sides of your assembled quilt
top. Sew the remaining 3.5” x WOF strips onto the  
top and bottom of your quilt top. (figire 7) Again,
for sizes larger than the wall hanging, you will first
need to sew your strips together on the shorter 
end to make a longer strip.
Pillow Layout

FINISHING YOUR QUILT!

10. If you are making a size larger than the wall hanging, piece together your backing
fabric.
11. Make a quilt sandwich with your backing, batting and quilt top.
12. Baste and quilt with your preferred method.
13. Sew your binding strips together on the short end with RST. Press open. Press your
binding in half vertically and attach to your quilt with your preferred method.

ENJOY YOUR QUILT!

Cuddle up under it, gift it, hang it, love it.
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