Blackwork Roads: June Finishing

2 days ago
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Hello Friends and Happy June!

With the first day of Summer fast approaching, the temperature has recently plummeted in Southern Ontario, bringing us very close to a record low. Though it wasn't quite record breaking, it's been plenty cold enough for me!

Luckily, cold weather is the perfect time to stay indoors and work on quilting projects, and with the arrival of June, it's finally time to finish assembling our Blackwork Roads quilt tops!

Let's get started!

Pattern Notes

sew all seams using a ¼” seam allowance
press each seam before sewing the next and before trimming units
to cut diagonally once, yielding two triangles should look like this:

to cut diagonally twice, yielding four triangles should look like this:

read all pattern instructions and notes before beginning to piece

Cutting Instructions

Cut the pieces that correspond to your chosen quilt size and sort them based on the units they will be used in as labelled.

Small Quilt

BG: 2 squares at 6⅞”, cut in half diagonally once to yield two triangles each

(2 for quilt upper, 2 for quilt lower)

5 strips at 2½” x width of fabric (for borders)

Additional Units: all completed chunks of the month

Medium Quilt

BG: 2 squares at 9⅞”, cut in half diagonally once to yield two triangles each

(2 for quilt upper, 2 for quilt lower)

8 strips at 3½” x width of fabric (for borders)

Additional Units: all completed chunks of the month

Large Quilt

BG: 2 squares at 12⅞”, cut in half diagonally once to yield two triangles each

(2 for quilt upper, 2 for quilt lower)

10 strips at 4½” x width of fabric (for borders)

Additional Units: all completed chunks of the month

Quilt Top Assembly Instructions

Quilt Upper:

Select two BG triangles, April upper chunk, May chunk, October chunk, November chunk, and December upper chunk.

Sew one BG triangle to the lower right side of the May chunk as shown:

Sew one BG triangle to the lower left side of the November chunk as shown:

Assemble the April upper chunk, May chunk, October chunk, November chunk, and December upper chunk into the quilt upper as shown:

Quilt Centre:

Select the April centre chunk, September chunk, and December centre chunk.

Assemble into the quilt centre as shown:

Quilt Lower:

Select two BG triangles, April lower chunk, March chunk, February chunk, January chunk, and December lower chunk.

Sew one BG triangle to the upper right side of the March chunk as shown:

Sew one BG triangle to the upper left side of the January chunk as shown:

Assemble the April lower chunk, March chunk, February chunk, January chunk, and December lower chunk into the quilt lower as shown:

Quilt Top Assembly:

Assemble the quilt upper, quilt centre, and quilt lower as shown:

Quilt Borders:

Select all border strips. Join all strips together along their short ends to create one long fabric strip.

Subcut long fabric strip into 4 border strips.

Cut 2 strips at 48½” and 2 strips at 52½” for a small quilt.

Cut 2 strips at 72½” and 2 strips at 78½” for a medium quilt.

Cut 2 strips at 96½” and 2 strips at 104½” for a large quilt.

Select the two short border strips.

Join one to the left and one to the right edge of the quilt top as shown:

Select the two long border strips.

Join one to the top and one to the bottom edge of the quilt top as shown:

Quilt and bind as desired to complete the quilt.

Finishing instructions for the Blackwork Roads quilt, including some additional notes and tips, can be downloaded as a PDF here:

Blackwork Roads Sample Quilt

With my clothesline not yet repaired, I still haven't had a good opportunity to photograph my Blackwork Roads sample quilt top. But even without a clothesline, I was able to get a more recent photo with the help of my husband!

This was actually taken a few weeks ago when the weather was warmer and the sunlight brighter, so the white of the quilt's background got a little over exposed.

Despite that, I can still say that I'm thrilled with how my Blackwork Roads quilt came together and can't wait to see how all of yours have turned out!

Friends, thank you all so much for joining me in the Blackwork Roads quilt along! I have had so much fun sharing my pattern with all of you, and seeing it come together in so many different ways!

I hope as you finish assembling your quilt top, quilting, and binding your own quilts, you'll continue to share photos of your progress with me! I love reading all of your comments and emails, and seeing your posts! Whenever you're ready to share, please remember to use #blackworkroadsquilt so I can find you!

Thank you all so much for joining me and I look forward to sharing another quilt along pattern starting in September 2025!