Tutorial - Herringbone

I just wrapped up this fun and fast Herringbone quilt for a client, and it came together in under a week! It’s a perfect project for beginners or anyone looking for a quick finish. In this post, I’ll walk you through my process step-by-step so you can follow along with ease.

Dimensions

Completed Size: 80 x 88

10 Columns and 11 Rows

Cutting Instructions:

Lets first cut strips from your fabric yardage.

• 12.5inch Strips from White background fabric

  • Subcut 28 12.5inch squares

• 12.5inch Strips from Solids fabric

  • Subcut 28 12.5inch squares

Sewing Instructions:

There are three parts to the plus sign, which we're going to consider a 'row'

• Take one 12.5inch white square and a 12.5inch solids square, put them right sides together

• Sew along the outside edge, all four sides

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• Cut the square diagonally across, like an 'X' - You will now have 4 HST

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  Iron to the dark fabric

• Trim to an 8inch square

  • Tip: use a square ruler with a 45 degree line. This will be helpful to make sure your diagonal line ends is centered and aligns to corner point.

• Repeat for all your 12.5 inch squares

• You should end up with 112 HST

  • Note: you will only use 110 HST so you will have two extra

• Start laying out your blocks in the Herringbone pattern

  • Triple check often the blocks are lining up correctly. I cant tell you how many times I had to fix a few of my layouts.

• Sew your blocks together. I did two rows at a time and sewed columns as I went.

• Thats it, all there is left to do is quilt and bind

Please share photos of the quilt top you made!