I got an email from a
Simply Quick Quilts reader today saying she'd like to make a California king size version of my Modern Links quilt from the magazine...so fun! I love it when someone makes their own version of one of my quilts!
After a little calculating, here was the advice I came up with for her:
If you enlarge the blocks to 11 ¼” square, you can get a quilt that’s 111” square with the same look as the original, just bigger. Here would be your revised yardage and cutting:
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Navy/blue star print 10 ½ yds.
Silver/gray mottle 3 ¼ yds.
Backing/facing fabric 11 yds.
Batting size 120” x 120”
Cut (in order listed)
Navy/blue star print
5 strips 6 ¾” x width of fabric (WOF)
5 squares 18” x 18”, cut in half twice diagonally
51 squares 11 ¾” x 11 ¾”
2 squares 9” x 9”, cut in half diagonally
2 strips 4 ¼” x 26”
63 strips 1 ¾” x 11 ¾”
152 squares 3” x 3”
Silver/gray mottle
10 strips 3” x WOF
1 strip 4 ¼” x 26”
76 strips 3” x 11 ¾”
Backing/facing fabric
3 strips WOF x 119”
4 strips 1 ½” x 116”, pieced from 12 WOF strips (facing)
In Diagram I, you’d use navy 3” squares and silver 3” x 11 ¾” strips.
In Diagram II, silver 3” x WOF strips and navy 6 ¾” x WOF strips. Make 5. Cut 38 segments 4 ¼” wide.
Diagram III, navy and silver 4 ¼” x 26” strips. Make 1. Cut 13 segments 1 ¾” wide.
Diagram IV, navy 1 ¾” x 11 ¾” strips go on top and bottom.
So there you have it...directions for changing the Modern Links pattern from queen size to California king. And if you ever make a version of one of my quilts, please let me know. It will make my day!
