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This colourful design uses a clever folded patchwork method that creates bright triangles scattered over a white background, giving the quilt its ‘flying start’ name. Backed in gorgeous Amy Butler cotton and using a jelly roll from the range, this eye-catching quilt will add a splash of beautiful colour to any room.
Make the quilt
Cut the patchwork pieces. Unravel the jelly roll, and lay the strips out onto a cutting mat. Trim them into 11.5cm pieces – create 100 of these in total.
Lay out the plain white cotton fabric and cut it into strips, 6.5cm wide by the entire width of the fabric. Trim each of these strips into 6.5cm pieces, to create squares – make 200 of these in total. Turn the square over, so wrong side is facing up. Using tailor’s chalk, draw a diagonal line through the middle of each square, working from corner to corner.
Assemble the patchwork blocks. Place one jelly roll piece and one white square right sides together, aligning along one of the 6.5cm edges. Pin, then machine stitch along the diagonal line drawn in step 2. Trim away the excess seam allowance, making sure to cut on the correct side of the line (removing the corner, and leaving the larger part of the jelly roll piece intact). Press the seam toward the jelly roll piece.
Lay the stitched patchwork piece right sides upwards, and place another white square onto it (aligning along the opposite 6.5cm edge), again with the diagonal line facing upwards. The diagonal line should run from the centre of the jelly roll piece to the outer corner. Pin, then stitch as before.
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