With Christmas just around the corner I wanted to post about this Easy Striped Quilt tutorial on the blog. This easy striped linen quilt is a free tutorial available over at Fabric.com. I wrote this tutorial up for Fabric.com last Christmas season.
This striped linen quilt is super simple and nice and fast to make up. It makes for the perfect Christmas gift especially for those hard to buy for people in your life… like your father in law 😉 That’s who received this one.
This quilt measures about 52in x 63in.
Here are the supplies you will need to make up your own Striped Linen quilt:
- 1 1/2 yards of Linen (I love Robert Kaufman Essex Linen!)
- 1 1/4 yards of white quilting cotton
- 1/2 yard of binding fabric (I used Kona Cotton in Curry)
- 3 1/2 yards of flannel backing (loving the robert kaufman mammoth flannels!)
- Batting
- Pins
- A quilt ruler (This one is my favorite in the 6.5in x 24.5in and you can make entire quilts with just this one ruler)
- Thread
- A rotary cutter (my fave one)
- A cutting mat (The bigger the better but this is a good size to start on)
Head over to Fabric.com for the tutorial to put this simple and easy quilt together.
This quilt goes together nice and fast with just two colors and a flannel backing. The stripes are big and bold and it makes for a modern quilt for just about anyone. The essex linen combined with the flannel backing makes for a very warm quilt! I like to include linen and flannel in quilts when ever possible because we live in such a cold climate.
Finish this striped linen quilt off with a bold solid binding for a pop of color. I used Kona Curry for my version. The essex linen is the color Shale. 
Make this quilt even cozier by using Essex linen in white in place of the quilting cotton.
Keep the quilting simple with a trio of straight lines using your walking foot. The simple quilting adds to the clean modern look and speeds up the quilting process making this quilt a fast one to put together.
Head over to Fabric.com for the full free tutorial on this simple striped linen quilt. I hope you enjoy making one and gifting them to everyone on your list this year!
I REALLY like this quilt! It would be perfect for my nephew. I am enjoying your new book and the first thing I’m going to make is Hopscotch for my new niece. I do have a question…on the Figure Eights pattern your material requirements say (9) 1/3yd cuts. The cutting instructions are for fat quarters. Are the cutting instructions incorrect? Thank you for your reply.
There is a cutting correction with Figure Eights! You can find the revision here: http://www.quiltylove.com/modern-quilts-block-block-book-corrections/
It actually needs nine 3/8 yard cuts.
Thank you!
The timeless question—do you prewash your Essex linen?!
I don’t! But the essex will shrink quite a bit. That has never been a problem for me but I know it has been for other quilters. I say when in doubt prewash but I never do 😉
When sewing the strips together, do you line up all the seams where the WOF strip and the 10” strip are sewn together? Or do you alternate them? Not sure it would make a difference either way but want to be sure. Love this!
I alternate the seams 🙂 I like the look better when they are not all lined up on one side.
That’s what i was thinking too! Thanks for the quick response. Added to my project list! 🙂
Did you prewash your flannel? I know mammoth shrinks quite a bit…thanks!
I love this quilt and can’t wait to make one for myself! I was wondering what the size of the quilt is before and after washing. Thank you.
Before washing it’s about 52in x 63in. If you don’t prewash the fabrics it probably shrinks a bit. I didn’t actually measure it before I gave it away! It didn’t appear noticeably smaller after washing but I’m sure it lost an inch or two each way.