Lyra Quilt Along - Sashing Units and Quilt Assembly

Aaand… just like that - we are done until the final parade opens on June 15! A few of you have gone ahead and got your quilt top together, so I do hope you'll have a completely finished quilt by then. Know that both tops and finished quilts can go into the parade, though I truly do hope that you finish your quilt. I'd hate to be the reason more WIPs show up in your quilt rooms!

The sashing pieces will go together in a jiffy. Then it's basically a 9-patch layout with borders. But I'm a bit ahead of myself.

1. Gather four Fabric A 5 ½" squares, four Fabric A/BG spiky star units, and four Fabric A/D spiky star units. Lay them out as shown, joining them into a row, pressing the seams to the centre square. Make four of these units.

2. Find the BG/Fabric A square in a square unit you made a few weeks ago, and then you have all the parts for the quilt centre. Lay them out as shown.

Sew the units into three rows, and then join the rows together. Press the seams open or to one side. There are a lot of points to align, so do what works for you pressing-wise.

The quilt centre complete. It should measure 35 ½" square.

3. From the four border fabric WOF strips you cut, cut four that are 35 ½" long, or the width/length of your quilt. Set two aside. Sew the two remaining strips to either side of your quilt centre. Press to the border fabric. Set aside.

4. From the remaining 6 ½" x 3" rectangles of the four border strips, cut eight 2 ½" squares. Cut each of these on the diagonal so that you have 16 triangles.

5. Using the four Fabric B 2 ¼" squares and the 16 border fabric triangles you just cut, follow the SiaS method to make four SiaS. Trim them to measure 3". Sew one to each end of the two remaining border strips you set aside. Press to the border strips. Sew these border units to the top and bottom of your quilt. The quilt should now measure 40 ½".

Fun right?! You now have a month to get a backing together (the nice thing is it fits on a width of fabric), quilt it up and bind it ready to show it off in the parade on June 15, which was my dad's birthday. He would have been 100 had he lived this long!

For quilting inspiration, here is the link to my Lyra quilt. Remember you can pick up the pattern, which has three variations within it, right here. If you've participated in the QAL,  and would like the pattern, please send me an email (ephdra at gmail dot com) and you can buy it for the sale price when it was released, which was CA$9.