The Hawthorn pattern is a PDF only, not a printed pattern.
It's free, and you download it from the Hawthorn pattern page. This kit is the fabric for that quilt.
What a precut-friendly kit is
A 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 Hawthorn there's one, and you make it after the sewing.
What's included
- 5 packs of Patchwork Carnival 2.5" x 10" mini strips, 40 to a pack (200 strips). The top takes 156 and the binding 38 more, which leaves 6 spare.
- 2 packs of White Supreme 5" squares, 42 to a pack (84 squares). The top takes 78, which leaves 6 spare.
- The Hawthorn pattern as a free PDF, on the pattern page above.
What's not included
- Backing. The pattern uses 2 3/8 yards of 108" wide fabric, 66 1/2" x 83", with no seam.
- Batting, cut to the same size as the backing.
- Thread.
The quilt
Hawthorn finishes at 58 1/2" x 75", a throw. It's thirteen columns of six units, and every unit is the same: four mini strips sewn together, cut in half, with a white square on the end of each half. The unit stands upright and turns from column to column, which is what makes the pattern. Beginner level.
At a glance:
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Pattern: Hawthorn, by Marbelia Fernandes, The Fabric Hut Co-Founder
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Finished size: 58 1/2" x 75"
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Level: Beginner
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Fabric: 100% cotton, Patchwork Carnival prints by The Fabric Hut and White Supreme solid
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Weight: lightweight, 120 GSM
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Kit contains: 7 packs, 284 precut pieces
5 packs of 40 Patchwork Carnival 2.5" x 10" mini strips
2 packs of 42 White Supreme 5" squares
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Variety: 40 Patchwork Carnival prints, 5 strips of each, plus 84 squares in one solid white
Forty prints that do not whisper
Patchwork Carnival is gingham checks, candy stripes, stars and polka dots in red, pink, blue, green, purple and yellow, with small ditsy florals between them. It's a loud box, and in Hawthorn that's the point. The range of value is already there, from a near black spot to a pale yellow check, so sort the strips into two piles, light and dark, before you start, and build each column so that no two darks sit side by side.
The white does the opposite job. Checks, stripes and dots at full strength will fight each other if you let them touch. A plain white square at the end of every unit gives each print a clean edge, which is what turns forty loud fabrics into one quilt.
One note before you start. The strips are short 10" cuts, not full width-of-fabric jelly roll strips, which is why Hawthorn is built from short units rather than long strip sets.
Features & Benefits
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Counted for Hawthorn so that you buy once and finish, with a few strips and squares to spare.
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The binding is in the box so that it comes out of the same strips as the top, scrappy all the way around.
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One cut in the whole quilt so that you spend your time at the machine, not at the cutting mat.
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100% cotton so that every piece is easy to press and simple to sew.
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Lightweight weave so that the strips are easy to handle (they're on the thinner, slightly sheer side, worth keeping in mind for a light backing).
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A free pattern so that you can print it, sew from it and teach from it.
