The Juniper pattern is a PDF only, not a printed pattern.
It's free, and you download it from the Juniper 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 in the usual sense: the fabric comes as standard precuts, not as pieces cut for this quilt alone. In Juniper there's nothing to cut for the top: the squares go in as they come.
What's included
- 3 packs of Patchwork Carnival 5" squares, 40 to a pack (120 squares). The top takes 104, which leaves 16 spare.
- 3 packs of Morning Mist 5" squares, 40 to a pack (120 squares). The top takes 104, which leaves 16 spare.
- 1 pack of Patchwork Carnival 2.5" x 10" mini strips (40 strips). The binding takes 36, which leaves 4 spare.
- The Juniper pattern as a free PDF, on the pattern page above.
What's not included
- Backing. The pattern uses 2 1/4 yards of 108" wide fabric, 66 1/2" x 80", with no seam.
- Batting, cut to the same size as the backing.
- Thread.
The quilt
Juniper finishes at 58 1/2" x 72". It is a checkerboard of 5" squares from two collections, with no blocks and nothing to cut in the top. The binding goes on as four separate lengths, one for each side, so there are no mitered corners to turn.
At a glance:
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Manufacturer: The Fabric Hut, our own printed cotton
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Fabric: 100% cotton
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Weight: Lightweight, 120 GSM
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Construction: Woven
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Quantity: 280 precut pieces
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Bundle contains: 7 packs
3 packs of 40 Patchwork Carnival 5" squares (120 squares)
3 packs of 40 Morning Mist 5" squares (120 squares)
1 pack of 40 Patchwork Carnival 2.5" x 10" mini strips (40 strips)
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Variety: 40 Patchwork Carnival prints with 3 squares of each, 20 Morning Mist prints with 6 squares of each, and 40 mini strip prints, one of each
Two collections that argue politely
Patchwork Carnival is the loud one. Gingham checks, candy stripes, stars and polka dots in red, pink, blue, green, purple and yellow, with small ditsy florals between them, and no two of the forty alike. Morning Mist is the quiet one. Twenty prints in mossy greens, soft beiges and faded blues, the kind of fabric that holds a quilt together instead of shouting across it.
Set side by side, neither one wins. That is the whole reason they are in the same box. Put the Carnival squares on one square of a checkerboard and the Mist squares on the other and the quilt reads as a pattern rather than as a pile of pretty fabric, because the eye has somewhere to rest between every loud square.
Counted for one quilt, with the binding included
This bundle is the fabric for Juniper, our free charm square checkerboard pattern. The throw finishes at 58 1/2 x 72in and takes 104 squares from each collection, which leaves 16 of each over. The 40 mini strips cover the 36 the binding needs, joined end to end at 45 degrees, so there is nothing else to buy and nothing to cut for the top.
Juniper is free to download, print and teach, and it comes in five sizes. The pattern tells you how many packs each of the other four takes.
One note before you plan around them. The strips are short 10" cuts, not full width-of-fabric jelly roll strips. That shorter cut is what keeps the price where it is, and it suits binding, blocks and strip patchwork rather than long borders.
Features & Benefits
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100% Cotton so that every piece is easy to press and simple to sew.
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Lightweight Weave, 120 GSM so that the squares and strips are easy to handle and forgiving for everyday makes (they are on the thinner, slightly sheer side, so worth keeping in mind for projects where coverage matters).
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Counted for One Quilt so that you buy once and finish, instead of running short halfway or paying for packs you do not need.
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A Loud Collection and a Quiet One so that you have the contrast a checkerboard needs the day you start, instead of hunting for a second fabric that works.
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60 Prints in All so that a scrappy top can run a whole row without repeating itself.
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Binding in the Same Box so that the quilt finishes in the same collection it started in, scrappy all the way around.
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Precut and Ready to Sew so that you can skip the measuring and the cutting and go straight to the machine.
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A Free Pattern Written for It so that you can see the quilt before you buy the fabric, in five sizes.
Great For
Checkerboard quilts, scrappy charm square patchwork, nine patch and four patch blocks, table runners, placemats, cushions, mini quilts, and a first quilt that you want to finish rather than plan forever.
