2015 Lost Lake QAL

Welcome to the Lost Lake Quilt Along. The Lost Lake pattern is made up of traditional Lady of The Lake blocks.

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Quilt finishes to a 60" square.

Fabric Requirements:

Fabric A (upper left)- 3/4 yard

Fabric B (blue)- 1 1/4 yards

Fabric C (lower right)- 3/4 yard

Fabric D (grey)- 2 1/4 yards

Backing- 3 3/4 yards

Binding- 1/2 yard

Batting 68 x 68

I normally will round up to the nearest half or whole yard just to give myself some wiggle room with cutting.

Week One

Thank you for joining me in my first quilt along. This week I’m going to be covering cutting the fabric. I decided to give instructions for making the small half square triangles either 8 at a time or 2 at a time and you can decide whichever you are comfortable with. The large HST units are done with the two at a time method to prevent waste. Here are the week one instructions in the Lost Lake QAL:

Eight at a time method

Fabrics A and C

Cut 1 10 inch strip and sub cut that into 2 10 inch squares

Cut 2 8 inch strips and sub cut into 8 8 inch squares

Fabric B

Cut 1 10 inch strip and sub cut into 4 10 inch squares

Cut 4 8 inch strips and sub cut into 16 8 inch squares

Fabric D

Cut 2 10 inch strips and sub cut into 8 10 inch squares

Cut 7 8 inch strips and sub cut into 32 8 inch squares

Two at a time method

Fabrics A and C

Cut 4 4 inch strips and sub cut into 32 4 inch squares

Cut 1 10 inch strip and sub cut into 2 10 inch squares

Fabric B

Cut 7 4 inch strips and sub cut into 64 4 inch squares

Cut 1 10 inch strip and sub cut into 4 10 inch squares

Fabric D

Cut 13 4 inch strips and sub cut into 128 4 inch squares

Cut 2 10 inch strips and sub cut into 8 10 inch squares

Week 2

Eight at a time method

Match each eight-inch Fabric D square with an eight inch square of each of the other fabrics. Using the eight at a time method create half square triangles, press to the dark, and square them up to 3.5 inches. You will end up with 64 HST's with both Fabrics A and C and 128 HST's with Fabric B.

Two at a time method

Match each four-inch Fabric D square with a four inch square of each of the other fabrics.  Using the two at a time method create half square triangles, press to the dark, and square them up to 3.5 inches. You will end up with 64 HST's with both Fabrics A and C and 128 HST's with Fabric B.

Week 3

We will be using the two at a time method this week since we will only need a few of each color.

Take each 10-inch fabric D squares and mark a line diagonally corner to corner on the wrong side. Match them up with one of each of the other fabrics right sides together. Sew a quarter inch from the line on both sides and cut along the line. Press each HST to the dark side and square up to 9.5 inches. For a step-by-step tutorial see the link above. If you have any questions let me know I would love to help.