Things You'll Need:
- Tape measure
- Pencil
- Quilting fabric of different colors
- Needles
- Thread or yarn
- Pattern
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Step 1
Cut a dozen 2.5-inch squares of your background pattern. Cut four 2.5-inch squares and one 4.5-inch square of your colored fabric. And finally cut four 2 7/8-inch squares and four 4.5-inch squares from your dark fabric. These will be converted into the beautiful weathervane pattern.
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Step 2
Create half-square triangles by drawing a diagonal line on all the dark 2 7/8-inch squares. Place one background square on top and sew together ΒΌ-inch above the diagonal line on each side. Carefully cut along the diagonal line and fold inside out. Repeat these steps with the remainder of the 2 7/8-inch squares.
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Step 3
Sew half of the half-squares to a background square and sew the remainders to medium squares. Next, place the seams together so that the colors meet one another to form the outside of the weathervane pattern. Look at a completed weathervane quilt for examples of patterns.
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Step 4
Make a flying geese square by drawing a flying geese pattern on the back of the remaining 2.5-inch squares. Sew these to the remaining background squares and cut out the pattern. Flying geese squares go nicely on a weathervane quilt.
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Step 5
Connect rows for the quilt by first sewing together a corner unit and a flying geese, adding another corner unit to the opposite end. Make a middle row by sewing a flying geese on both sides of the center unit. Repeat the bottom row the same as the first row you created. Sew all three rows together and then attach them to a quilt.
