Continental Commander Free Quilt Pattern by Jill Reid
Continental Commander Free Quilt Pattern by Jill Reid
Description:
Continental Commander centers a George Washington silhouette inside two oval appliques, surrounded by small stars. Jill Reid’s 36-by-40-inch design combines this medallion with striped borders and square-in-a-square blocks from the Valley Forge collection by Nancy Gere. Additional stars decorate selected border blocks, and a scrappy outer border frames the whole quilt. The pattern provides actual-size applique templates and allows the applique method of your choice.
Designer:
Jill Reid
From:
Windham Fabrics
About This Free Pattern
This free quilt pattern was designed by Jill Reid for Windham Fabrics.
This project uses applique.
The finished quilt measures 36.0 x 40.0.
Download the pattern to review the full cutting instructions, diagrams, and sewing steps before you begin.
Continental Commander Free Quilt Pattern by Jill Reid quilt pattern summary
- Use the templates to prepare the silhouette, ovals and stars. Applique the silhouette to the ovals, center the medallion on the background rectangle and arrange the surrounding stars.
- Join the blue and gold strips for the first border and make its square-in-a-square corner blocks. Add star appliques to these blocks and attach the border sections.
- Prepare the burgundy-and-brown strip sections and the square-in-a-square blocks for the second border. Add stars to the specified blocks and assemble the border around the quilt.
- Piece the scrappy square-in-a-square blocks and starred corners for the outer border, maintaining the tan and brown triangle orientation. Attach the border, then layer, quilt, bind and label.