For many of us, quilts evoke a sense of calm and warmth, a yearning for a cup of tea or cocoa and a paperback novel. For those of us who want to raise the mercury and spice up a drab room, this fiery quilt pattern is the answer.
**Overall size: 65" x 65"**
**Block size: 12" x 12" finished**
**Block Count: 16**
**Materials**
Purple sashing strips: 40 strips of 1-1/2" x 12-1/2"
Fuschia sashing strips: 25 strips of 1-1/2" x 1-1/2"
Outer vertical borders: 4 strips of 6=1/2" x 53-1/2"
Outer horizontal borders: 4 strips of 6-1/2 x 65-1/2"
Binding: Gold geometric print: enough 2-1/4" strips to equal 270" length
Step 2
Yardages given assume borders are cut selvage to selvage from border fabric; binding length equals measurement of all four sides plus extra inches for seaming together.
Step 3
**Finished block**: 12" x 12" **A**: Cut 5-1/2" x 7-1/2" **B**: Cut 6-1/2" x 7-1/2" **C**: Cut 4-1/2" x 5-1/2" **D**: Cut 4-1/2" x 6-1/2" **E**: Cut 1-1/2" x 5-1/2" **F**: Cut 1-1/2" x 6-1/2" **G**: Cut 1-1/2" x 12-1/2"
Step 4
This free quilt pattern is excerpted with permission from <a href="http://amzn.to/1Efa0X9">"Quilting Block & Pattern-a-Day 2014 Calendar"</a> by Debbie Kratovil and Jean Ann Wright, and published by Accord Publishing, a division of Andrews McMeel.
