I’m super excited to share this fun country-inspired quilt with you called “Almost a Log Cabin”. I was able to spend a week on a bus tour with 45 amazing ladies touring from Texas to Missouri.  We spent 3 days at the Missouri Star Quilt Company where we shopped and sewed ourselves crazy.  I wanted to sew a quilt to remember my trip by so I created this scrappy, easy, breezy quilt out of The Sleeping Porch by Heather Ross.

It was amazing to spend time with Jenny who is so funny and inspiring!!!

You can’t help but get inspired by spending time in this adorable little town!

Here’s how to make the quilt:

Finished quilt 61.5″ x 61.5″

Finished block: 10.5″

All seams 1/4″

This is jelly roll, charm pack and fat quarter friendly.

You will need 12+ fat quarters (or charm pack + jelly roll)

1 yard of border fabric

1/2 yard binding

4 yards backing fabric

**Note – this is a totally random quilt – color placement is just a suggestion.  I didn’t plan out the colors, just grabbed and sewed!

Begin by cutting (or selecting) 25 – 5″ center squares.  Cut the remaining fat quarters into 2.5″ strips,  or crack open your jelly roll.

You can subcut the strips into the below measurements, or you can sew the cheater way and sew the block onto the 2.5″ strips and square up after.

Block construction:

5″ center square

Sew a 2.5″ x 5″ strip to the left side.  Press toward the strip.

Sew a 7″ x 2.5″ strip to the bottom.  Press toward the strip.

Sew a 7″ x 2.5″ strip to the right side.  Press toward the strip.

Sew a 9″ x 2.5″ strip to the top.  Press toward the strip.

Sew a 9″ x 2.5″ strip to the left side.  Press toward the strip.Sew an 11″ x 2.5″ strip to the bottom.  Press toward the strip.

Repeat until you have 25 blocks sewn.

Lay them out into 5 rows of 5 and sew together.

Here is a suggestion for lay out.  Notice, I rotated the blocks so the center squares were not all even.  Have fun and play around with positioning the blocks.

For the border,

Cut (6) 5″ x width of fabric strips and sew end to end. Press.

Measure the length of the quilt in the center and use that measurement to cut the side borders.  Sew, and press toward the border.

Measure the width of the quilt (including side borders) and use that measurement to cut the top and bottom borders.  Sew, and press toward the border.

Baste, quilt and bind.

You can see how scrappy the quilt looks which is exactly the look I was going for.

These cows were watching the whole time we were photographing!!  I want to move here!!

This is the perfect size for a throw quilt, I’m going to put it on my couch and it’s just for me!!!