Zed Twin Size Quilt

I have a Zed quilt to show you today – this one is twin size.

My Zed quilt pattern was published in 2018 and includes instructions to make a throw size quilt. You can find a blog post on that rainbow coloured first quilt here.

The pattern has now been amended to include the twin size instructions as well, yay! Two for one.

Zed is a fat quarter friendly pattern and is a great introduction to making half rectangle triangle blocks. The HRTs are 2:1 size ratio and easy to trim either with a Bloc_loc HRT ruler or with a standard ruler (instructions are given for this).

The twin size can be made with half yards if you are careful. A half yard will make one colour row, as long as you don’t make any cutting mistakes.

When I write my patterns I always make sure to bump up the fabric requirements to include the ability to cut an extra of the widest strip required. This is so if you make a cutting mistake you’ll have enough fabric to cut that one strip again. (If you mis-cut 2 strips, you’re on your own!)

I don’t know about you, but when I’ve had 3 glasses of wine and decide to start a new project, I’m always grateful there’s a little fat built into the fabric requirements. (Are you the same, or does it annoy you? I hope you can see that it comes from a place of love!)

This is why you’ll see the fabric requirements show 5/8 yd for the single color row of the twin size quilt – just in case you need that little bit extra. But if you’ve only got half yards in stash, know that you can make 9 different colour rows from 9 half yards in a pinch.

For my twin size version I used a sunset colour palette with white-on-white background fabric. It’s a bit hard to see here but I used a mix of several different low volume Carolyn Friedlander fabrics that I’ve had in stash for a while. You can find similar fabrics on Etsy here* and here*. They give interesting texture to the background, but because they’re white on white they don’t detract from the colourful piecing.

I sent this quilt out to be longarm quilted as I just wasn’t up to the job. Above you can see the large scale looping script-like pattern I chose. I thought it was a nice counterpoint to all the angles.

The backing was a Carolyn Friedlander wide back fabric* in the perfect purple. I used the coordinating Kona solid (in Geranium*) for the binding.

There was good long strip of the wide back fabric left over after quilting so I used it to put together a complementary cushion.

I used my Scrap Magnet pattern for the cushion front. (The pattern includes instructions for a stand alone block, perfect for cushions, as well as the throw quilt pattern).

I chose a cheery centre square of the yellow fabric from the quilt.

Quilting was a simple cross hatch design through the diagonals (no need for marking lines of any sort).

I made a plain fabric (unquilted) cushion back from the wide back fabric and used a black zipper. I love how easy envelope cushion backings are, but I always feel they are a little insecure. Putting in zippers isn’t my favourite, but I think it’s worth the time.

The twin size Zed quilt and matching Scrap Magnet cushion are now in their new forever home, on the bed of my lovely niece.

You can find the Zed quilt pattern (throw and twin size) and the Scrap Magnet pattern (quilt and single block) in my little shop. Happy sewing!

Kirsty x

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