Featuring fabrics from Mardi Gras by Jinny Beyer - Logans ...

Designed by Jinny Beyer
Blue colorway 66 3 /4" x 78 3 /4"
Featuring fabrics from
Mardi Gras by Jinny Beyer
Red colorway 66 3 /4" x 78 3 /4"

Mardi Gras
Designed by Jinny Beyer
Instructions by Margrit Hall
Finished Quilt Size: 66 3 /4" x 78 3 /4"
Finished Block Size: 12"
All seams are 1 /4" – All strips are cut the width of the fabric, except as instructed otherwise – carefully trim all selvages.
No. Fabric Swatch Style Cutting Directions Yardage
Cut 5 strips 4 5 /8" wide. Cut 80
A A
1 5867-02 Template A's. Make Template A from 1 yd
A A
semi-transparent template plastic.
2 5866-04
Cut 7 strips 4" wide.
Cut into 160 rectangles x 4".
4"
11/2"
7/8 yd
3 5868-04
Cut 4 strips 3 1 /4" wide. Cut into 80 rectangles 1 1 /2" x 3 1 /4".
Cut 4 strips 4" wide. Cut into 80 rectangles 1 1 /2" x 4".
7/8 yd
*4 5866-41 Cut 8 strips 4 1 /2" wide. Cut into 160 rectangles 1 3 /4" x 4 1 /2". 1 1 /8 yds
5 5867-04 Cut 7 strips 4 1 /2" wide. Cut into 160 rectangles 1 1 /2" x 4 1 /2". 1 yd
6 5869-04 Cut 7 strips 4 1 /2" wide. Cut into 160 rectangles 1 1 /2" x 4 1 /2". 1 yd
7 5866-01 Cut 7 strips 4" wide. Cut into 160 rectangles 1 1 /2" x 4". 7/8 yd
Cut 4 strips, lengthwise, 2 1 /2" by length of fabric for the 2nd
* 8 5869-01
border. From the remaining fabric, cut 8 strips 4" wide by width
of fabric (fabric is approximately 32" wide). Cut into 160
rectangles 1 1 /2" x 4".
2 1 /4 yds
9 5863-01 See Cutting Border Print directions. 6 1 /2 yds
10 5747-06 Binding 3/4 yd
11 Any Coordinating Fabric for Backing 4 7 /8 yds
* Yardage and cutting for the Red colorway differs from the chart above in Fabrics 4 & 8 because of the 2nd border. (Refer to Fabric Requirement & Cutting
chart for Red colorway on following page.) For block construction, Fabric numbers are the same for the two colorways.
Cutting Border Print
Make sure to leave a 1 /4" seam allowance beyond the
outside edge of each border strip.
4. Using Templates B and C, cut 80 of Template B, and 80
of Template C from the remaining wide strips of the border
print fabric.
1. Make Templates C and D from semi-transparent template
plastic. Draw the 1 /4" seam allowance line on the
template and a line down the center of the template.
Cut Center
of Connecting
Strip
2. From the wide strip on the border print fabric, cut 2 strips
6 1 /8" x 84" for the top and bottom of the quilt, and 4 strips
6 1 /8" x 54" for the sides.
3. From the narrow strip on the border print fabric, cut 2
strips 2" x 60" for the top and bottom of the quilt, and 4
strips 2" x 40" for the sides. When cutting strips, cut on the
exact center of the narrow connecting strip.
B
C
Wide Strip
Cut Center
of Connecting
Strip
Narrow Strip

Constructing Block
Place fabrics and sew on the front side of the paper piecing
pattern.
1. Using a glue stick or pin, glue or pin a Template A of
Fabric 1, right side up, on Position 1 of the paper piecing
pattern. Place a 11/2" x 4" rectangle of Fabric 2, right sides
together, on top of Fabric 1. Place the edge of the Fabric
2 rectangle against the black line between Position 1 and
2. Sew 1/4" from the line. Press the rectangle back to
cover Position 2. Trim even with the black line.
3. To each of the 80
completed paper
pieced sections,
sew a Template B to
the top left corner
and a Template C
to the bottom right
corner. Remove paper.
B
C
4. Sew 4 sections together as illustrated to make a block.
B
B
C C
C C
2. Using the color illustration for fabric color, continue to
sew, press, and trim in the sequence listed on the paper
piecing pattern. When the paper pieced section is
completed, trim the section even with the outer edge of
the black line. Make 80.
Red Colorway
B B
Quilt Assembly
Using color photo, layout blocks to construct the quilt body.
There will be 5 rows of 4 blocks each.
No. Fabric Swatch Style Cutting Directions Yardage
1 5867-02
Cut 5 strips 4 5 /8" wide. Cut 80 template A's. Make Template A
from semi-transparent template plastic.
1 yd
2 5868-12 Cut 7 strips 4" wide. Cut into 160 rectangles 1 1 /2" x 4". 7/8 yd
3 5867-03
*4 5866-03
Cut 4 strips 3 1 /4" wide. Cut into 80 rectangles 1 1 /2" x 3 1 /4".
Cut 4 strips 4" wide. Cut into 80 rectangles 1 1 /2" x 4".
Cut 4 strips, lengthwise, 2 1 /2" by length of fabric for the 2nd
border. From the remaining fabric, cut 9 strips 4 1 /2" wide by
width of fabric (fabric is approximately 32" wide). Cut into
160 rectangles 1 3 /4" x 4 1 /2".
7/8 yd
2 1 /4 yds
5 5868-02 Cut 7 strips 4 1 /2" wide. Cut into 160 rectangles 1 1 /2" x 4 1 /2". 1 yd
6 5866-02 Cut 7 strips 4 1 /2" wide. Cut into 160 rectangles 1 1 /2" x 4 1 /2". 1 yd
7 5866-21 Cut 7 strips 4" wide. Cut into 160 rectangles 1 1 /2" x 4". 7/8 yd
*8 5865-02 Cut 7 strips 4" wide. Cut into 160 rectangles 1 1 /2" x 4". 7/8 yd
9 5863-02 See Cutting Border Print directions. 6 1 /2 yds
10 3302-02 Binding 3/4 yd
11 Any Coordinating Fabric for Backing 4 7 /8 yds

Jinny's Method for Framing a Rectangular Quilt with a Border Print
Because Mardi Gras is rectangular, the side border print strips must be pieced to ensure perfectly matching motifs in the
border corners, as on the featured quilt. Here are Jinny's step-by-step instructions for cutting and piecing the strips.
1. Place one 2" x 60" inner border strip across the middle of
the quilt, centering a mirror-image motif from the border
print at the exact center of the quilt (Figure 1). Using a
right-angle, 45° triangle to mark miter along one end of
the strip, positioning triangle at edge of quilt as indicated
(see arrow in diagram) to ensure that the seam allowance
is included. Mark, then cut the miter (make sure miters
are exact mirror-images).
2. Carefully pick up the mitered edge of the border strip and
bring it over to the other end of the border strip at the
opposite side of the quilt. Position it at the precise point
where the miter will be, making sure the fabric design
matches. Cut the second miter.
3. Using this first mitered strip as a pattern, place it on the
remaining 60" inner border strip, matching the design
exactly, and cut an identical strip. Reserve these two
strips for the top and bottom inner borders.
Figure 1 – Cut Top & Bottom Inner Border Strips

4. Because this quilt is rectangular, to ensure that the motifs
will match at the corners, it is necessary to sew a seam in
the center of each side border strip as follows. Place one
of the cut top/bottom inner border strips on one of the
border print 2" x 40" strips, matching the fabric design.
Cut one miter to match the miter on the cut strip. Place the
newly cut strip along the length of the quilt through the
center of the quilt with the miter at the edge of the quilt
(Figure 2). Bring the strip to the exact center of the quilt
and cut it off 1 /4" beyond the center.
Cutting line
Sewing line
Figure 2 – Cut Mirror-Image Half Strips for Inner Border Sides

5. Using this cut strip as a guide, cut one more piece
identical to it and two strips that are the exact mirror
images of the first piece. Sew two mirror-imaged strips
together to form the long (side) borders (Figure 3).
6. To prepare to sew the inner border strips to the quilt,
begin by pinning the midpoint of one of the strips to the
middle of one of the edges of the quilt. Pin the corners
next. Then find the midpoint of each half and pin.
Continue finding midpoints and pinning. Finally ease in
any fullness, pinning carefully all along the edge. Sew all
four inner border strips to the quilt. Sew the miters last.
7. Sew the middle border strips to all four sides of the quilt
and miter the corners.
8. Repeat steps 1-6 for the outer border.
9. Layer the backing, batting, and quilt top; baste. Quilt,
bind, and finish as desired.
Seam
Figure 3 – Piece Side Strips

Paper Piecing Pattern
(Shown at 100%, DO NOT scale when printing)
12
14
8
4
10
5
6
9
1
2
13
3
7
15
11
0 1" 2" 3"
Use this 3" scale to insure the accuracy of your printout.

Templates
(Shown at 100%, DO NOT scale when printing)
Template C
Template A
Template B
0 1" 2" 3"
Use this 3" scale to insure the accuracy of your printout.