{"product_id":"chandelier-precut-friendly-kit-blossom-breeze","title":"Chandelier Precut-Friendly Kit | Blossom Breeze | Confident Beginner | 50\" x 60\"","description":"\u003cdiv style=\"background:#f4efe4;border:1px solid #e3d9c4;border-radius:8px;padding:16px 20px;margin:0 0 22px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0 0 6px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe Chandelier pattern is a PDF only, not a printed pattern.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin:0;\"\u003eIt's a free pattern by Vanessa Goertzen of Lella Boutique, and you download it from her blog. Our \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/free-quilt-patterns\/chandelier-free-quilt-pattern\"\u003eChandelier pattern page\u003c\/a\u003e has the link and Yvonne's throw version on video. This kit is the fabric for that quilt.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat a precut-friendly kit is\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA precut-friendly kit is built around precuts, fabric already cut to standard sizes, counted for one specific quilt. You don't choose fabrics or work out yardage, and most of the cutting is done. It isn't a fully precut kit, though: the pattern still has its own cuts. In Chandelier the small squares are cut from the ends of the mini strips.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's included\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 pack of Blossom Breeze 5\" squares, for the large squares in the blocks.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e1 pack of Blossom Breeze 2.5\" x 10\" mini strips, for the small squares, cut from each end of a strip. The two packs carry the same forty prints.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eA link to the free Chandelier pattern, on our pattern page.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's not included\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eAny fabric the pattern lists beyond the two packs, so check its fabric list before you start.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBacking.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBatting.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThread.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe quilt\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChandelier finishes at about 50\" x 60\" in Yvonne's throw. It is seven-patch blocks, 8 1\/2\" finished, on point. Yvonne made a throw from it, four blocks across and five down, about 50\" x 60\", and that's the quilt this kit is for. The pattern itself is 60\" x 60\". Confident Beginner level.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cdiv style=\"border: 1px solid #E0C9A6; background: #FDF7EE; padding: 16px; margin-bottom: 20px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0 0 10px 0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBefore you add to cart:\u003c\/strong\u003e this bundle is the printed fabric for the quilt top, and nothing else. You will also need about 2½ yards of cream background fabric, which we do not currently stock, so please use what you already have or source it before you start. Backing, batting and binding are not included either, though we can help with two of those further down this page.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 0;\"\u003eAnd a word on the fabric itself. These precuts are decent quality at a friendly price, not premium quilting-shop quality. The weave runs a little lighter and more see-through than heirloom cotton, which makes this a wonderful everyday quilt, a gift quilt, a first quilt, or a quilt for the couch. It's not the one you'd hand down three generations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThere is not a single seam to match inside this block.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eNot one. You sew a background rectangle to each side of a 5\" square, you sew a background rectangle to each of two small squares, and you join three straight rows. The only seams you'll ever match in this entire quilt happen when the rows come together, and by then the pressing has already done that work for you. Press everything toward the print and the seams nest on their own. No pins. No unpicking at eleven at night. No squinting at points.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYvonne made the whole quilt top on camera using nothing but these two packs, and she said something in the video that stayed with us. She'd been working on an intense pattern and it had quietly taken the joy out of her quilting. What she wanted was something calm. Something she could sit down to without having to think.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThat's what this is.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: center; margin: 24px 0;\"\u003e\u003ciframe class=\"youtube-video\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/x5UI924YrUU?si=bFdKliuR7um2MAFo\" title=\"YouTube video player\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe pattern is free.\u003c\/strong\u003e Chandelier is a pattern by Vanessa Goertzen of Lella Boutique, from her book \u003cem\u003eCharm School: 18 Quilts from 5\" Squares\u003c\/em\u003e. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/blog.lellaboutique.com\/2021\/03\/free-downloadable-chandelier-quilt-pattern\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eDownload the free Chandelier quilt pattern from Lella Boutique\u003c\/a\u003e. Her version finishes at 60\" x 60\". The quilt in the video is Yvonne's smaller throw, four blocks across and five down, at about 50\" x 60\".\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhy two different packs and not two of the same\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLook closely at the quilt and you'll see it. Every floral diamond has two small squares sitting at opposite corners, and they are always the same print as the diamond itself. That repetition is the whole trick. It's what turns forty unrelated florals into one design instead of a pile of scraps, and it's where the chandelier effect comes from.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo get it, you need a 5\" square and two 2½\" squares of the same fabric. The charm pack gives you the 5\" square. The 2½\" x 10\" mini strip gives you the two small squares, one cut from each end, in exactly the right width with nothing wasted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYou could do it with two charm packs instead, cutting one square down to feed the other. It works, and the pattern tells you how. But you'd be slicing up a perfectly good 5\" square to get two little ones, and you'd have a pile of odd offcuts at the end.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere you don't have to. The charm pack and the strip pack carry the same forty prints. Not the same collection, the same forty prints, one for one. So whichever thirty-two squares you pick as your favorites, the strips that match them are already sitting in the other pack.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat the leftovers become\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe quilt uses 32 of the 40 charm squares and 32 of the 40 strips. After you've cut a small square from each end of a strip, you're left with a center piece around 4½\" long, and there are 32 of them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eYvonne didn't throw hers away. She sewed them end to end and ran them up two sides of the quilt as a pieced border. You can see it in the photograph: the colored run along the top edge and the one down the left, both finished off with background fabric. It's optional, and you can skip it or replace it with a plain border, but it means the scraps from this project become part of this project. Eight charm squares and eight strips go back in the drawer for something else.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat's in the bundle\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOne Charm Pack, 40 squares, 5\" x 5\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, Blossom Breeze Collection, 100% cotton. 32 are used for the quilt.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eOne Mini Strip Pack, 40 strips, 2½\" x 10\"\u003c\/strong\u003e, Blossom Breeze Collection, 100% cotton. 32 are used for the quilt. These are short 10\" strips, not full width-of-fabric jelly roll strips.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBoth packs arrive pre-cut with a pinked edge, ready to sew. Line the charm squares up by the straight woven edge rather than the pinked points and your blocks will come out true.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe quilt these two packs make\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinished block: 8½\" x 8½\" (9\" unfinished)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinished quilt: approximately 50\" x 60\", a generous throw\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eLayout: 32 blocks on point, 4 across and 5 down, with side and corner triangles\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSkill level: beginner. Straight seams, no points to match inside the block, no curves, no templates\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat you'll need to add\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWe'd rather you knew this before you order than after your parcel arrives.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCream background fabric, about 2½ yards.\u003c\/strong\u003e This is the white you see holding the whole quilt together, and it's the one thing we can't supply at the moment. Any good quilting cotton in cream or white will do the job.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBacking, about 3¼ yards of standard fabric.\u003c\/strong\u003e Or one cut of extra-wide backing, which saves you seaming two lengths together. Our \u003ca href=\"\/products\/northcott-108-x-108-wide-backing-fabric-cream\"\u003eNorthcott Impressions 108\" Wide Backing, 3 Yard Cut in Cream\u003c\/a\u003e covers a quilt this size in a single piece, with plenty left over.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eBatting, at least 58\" x 68\".\u003c\/strong\u003e Our \u003ca href=\"\/products\/batting-80-20-cotton-polyester-no-scrim-twin-72-x-90\"\u003e80\/20 Cotton Polyester Batting, no scrim, Twin 72\" x 90\"\u003c\/a\u003e is comfortably big enough and leaves you room to square up.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding, about ½ yard.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeatures \u0026amp; Benefits\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTwo coordinated packs from one collection\u003c\/strong\u003e so that every 5\" square has a matching pair of 2½\" squares, which is what creates the chandelier effect.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePre-cut and ready to sew\u003c\/strong\u003e so that you can skip the measuring and the cutting mat and start piecing the same afternoon.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003e100% cotton\u003c\/strong\u003e so that the pieces are soft, press flat and behave under the needle.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLightweight weave, 120 GSM\u003c\/strong\u003e so that the fabric is easy to handle and forgiving (it is on the thinner, slightly sheer side, so worth keeping in mind for projects where coverage matters).\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eForty prints across pinks, corals, aquas, navies, reds and creams\u003c\/strong\u003e so that the quilt has lights that breathe and darks that anchor, which is what most scrappy quilts are missing.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eEnough fabric for the optional pieced border\u003c\/strong\u003e so that the offcuts finish the quilt instead of going in a bag.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGreat for\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA first quilt. A gift quilt. A baby-shower quilt. Or the project you reach for when you've just come off something complicated and you want to sit at the machine, chain-piece thirty-two blocks, listen to music and not think about anything at all.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"The Fabric Hut","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43435954470973,"sku":"CHANDELIER-BB","price":17.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1875\/7971\/files\/Chandelier_Blossom_Breeze_Precut_Friendly_Kit.png?v=1794058126","url":"https:\/\/www.thefabrichut.com\/products\/chandelier-precut-friendly-kit-blossom-breeze","provider":"The Fabric Hut","version":"1.0","type":"link"}