Qurtis Mini Quilt or Table Topper

Qurtis is a beautiful mini quilt that can also be used as a table topper.

I am still working with small quilt blocks which make beautiful little wall hangings or a quilt that can be used as a table topper.

If you don’t like working with small quilt blocks don’t worry, I have made it easy for you to make the blocks in a variety of sizes starting with 4 inches and going to 12-inch blocks with a free pdf of the block sizes.

Qurtis Mini Quilt or Table Topper
18-inch x 18-inch

Yardage

• 1/4 yard cream for blocks and first border
• 1/8 yard tan
• 1/2 yard brown for blocks, large border and binding
• 2/3 yard piece for backing
• batting

I used my Accuquilt GO! 4-inch Mix & Match Qube to make this little quilt. Cutting half-square triangles takes no time at all using a die.

I used four Accuquilt GO!! dies to make the blocks. Here you can see the rectangle, small square and half-square triangle dies.

One batik print was used for the focus fabric and also used for the large border. I had small scraps of batiks that I used for the corner squares and pinwheel blocks.

Uneven 9-patch quilt block

The mini quilt is made up of just two different blocks. The first one is the uneven 9-patch quilt block.

For each block you will cut:

• Fabric A – (1) 2½-inch x 2½-inch square
• Fabric B – (4) 1½-inch x 1½-inch squares
• Fabric C – (4) 1½-inch x 2½-inch rectangles

Use a ¼-inch seam allowance.

I kept the same fabric for my center square but used assorted scraps for the corners of each block.

Pinwheel Uneven 9-patch block

The second quilt block used is one I’m calling a Pinwheel uneven 9-patch block. It includes a center made from 4 half square triangles (HSTs).

• Fabric A – (4) 1½-inch x 1½-inch squares
• Fabric B cream – (2) 1 7/8-inch x 1 7/8-inch square for HSTs
• Fabric B tan – (2) 1 7/8-inch x 1 7/8-inch square for HSTs
• Fabric C – (4) 1½-inch x 2½-inch rectangles

Layout the pieces for the block.

Piece the 4 half square triangles first into a block. I like to press the seams open on this little 2½ pinwheel block.

Here are 4 of the quilt blocks. I used a line of batiks from Island Batik called Autumn Wings.

Make 5 of the Uneven 9-patch quilt blocks and 4 of the Pinwheel Uneven 9-patch blocks for the wall hanging.

Sashing and 1st border

I like adding sashing between quilt blocks. Each quilt block should measure 4½-inches x 4½-inches.

• Cream – cut (6) 1-inch x 4½-inch strips, use the following diagram to sew the strips to the blocks. Each row will have 3 blocks and 2 sashing strips
• Measure your rows before you cut the rest of the sashing to make sure your sashing should be cut the same size as mine
• Cream cut (2) 1-inch x 14½-inch strips – add to the sides
• Cream cut (2) 1-inch x 15½-inch strips – add to the top and bottom

Large border

• Measure your quilt before you cut the borders to make sure your borders should be cut the same size as mine
• Brown print – cut -(2) 2½-inch x 14½-inch strips and add to the sides
• Cut -(2) 2½-inch x 18½-inch strips and add to the top and bottom

Add backing and batting and quilt as desired. I just did a simple free-motion meandering on my small quilt.

I used a tan Aurifil thread for my quilting. Cut 2½-inch strips and add your binding.

We finally had a low humidity day and I was able to open the windows! Fresh air felt so good. I even spent some time washing several of the windows in this room.

Get the PDF quilt block tutorials

Get the printable PDF with no ads for five different sizes of the Uneven 9-patch quilt block and Pinwheel Uneven 9-patch quilt block click the link below.

Get an ad-free version of this tutorial that also includes both pdfs of the quilt blocks in 5 different sizes here.

The mini wall hanging is 19 inches x 19 inches and I broke off one of the Castor Bean leaves so you could see how huge the leaves are.

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