Comfort Quilt One-A Step-by-Step in Photos

The center of this quilt begins with squares cut 2 1/2 inches. There are 188 squares in the center, half of which are black and half of a mix of other fabrics.

Each of the color fabrics is teamed with a black square to start putting the center of the quilt together. There are 23 of these pairs in each of the four rows of the center of this Comfort Quilt. Save out four of these fabric pairs to add to the bottom of each row.

Then all but four of the pairs are sewn to another to make 4-Patch blocks. Note that one of the pairs is turned opposite to the other so that the black squares are diagonally across form one another in the 4 Patch.

Then the 4-Patch blocks are put together to make four strips.  Take one of the 4-Patch blocks and sew one of the four pairs that you kept out to it. Each strip in the center is five 4-Patch blocks plus this threesome.

While putting the 4-Patch blocks together, pay attention to the color fabrics that are nearby. I make it a point not to place the color fabrics in a diagonal with one another. Putting two pieces of the same fabric so close to one another draws a little too much attention to that particular fabric at the expense of the others. When you have completed the four rows, the row on the left is sewn to the one immediately to its right. The row on the right is sewn to the row immediately on its left. When this is done, you sew the two pairs of strips together in the center. By attaching the rows in this way, you don't pick up and sew the same strip over and over. This reduces fabric distortion.

When the center is done, I added a black border on all four sides. Notice how this makes the colorful fabrics stand out even more than they did before.