Be Amazed Quilt Pattern

If you are looking for a beginner-friendly quilt pattern that looks complicated, but in actuality, it is not — you’ve got to make this BE AMAZED QUILT. This quilt is made up of large blocks and comes together really quickly.

Working with precuts takes away a lot of the guess work and cutting. This is a jellyroll friendly quilt, although I chose to work with fabric yardage. This dandelion print caught my eye, so I went with a black grunge as the background. Dark backgrounds are not really my go to, but I wanted to step out of my comfort zone and do something different. And, boy, am I glad I did.

To make this pattern, you need 2 1/2″ strips. Even though I chose to use yardage in 2 colors, I think this quilt would look good scrappy as well. This quilt will look great with any combination of solids or prints.

Time to get my sewing machine ready. I pieced this quilt together using my Baby Lock Lyric. Make sure to attach your 1/4″ quilting foot for accurate stitching.

White computerized sewing machine, front view.

Once I had all of my strip sets sewn, I like to stack them up before I begin cutting. I’m impatient and don’t like to cut one strip at a time. Stacking makes for quick cutting.

Then you end up with these pretty strip piece blocks–also called rail fence blocks,

One thing I want to mention is to make sure you pay close attention to how these rows are stitched together. I think it’s easy to get confused and sew these rows together in the wrong direction.

I’m not a fan of pressing open — pressing to the side works just fine. This is the stage where I’ll actually start to use some pins because it’s important that your seams nest together when working on the rows.

How fun is this finished block. Do you like big blocks…and cannot lie? This one finishes at 18 1/2″. The good part is, you don’t need very many to make a quilt. You only need nine of these large blocks.

Once I sewed my quilt together, it’s time for the fun part. Deciding on the quilting design. I’m going to finish this on my Baby Lock Gallant XL longarm. Since I plan to do a combination of ruler quilting and free motion, I’ve attached the ruler base to my machine. The ruler base helps to provide a flat surface to hold the ruler level.

Locked and loaded on the longarm. I float my quilts — which means I do not roll my quilt top onto the backing bar. I let it hang over and drape to the floor, along with the batting.

Because I’m still getting used to stitching on the longarm, I chose a simple design to help build skill and become more comfortable moving the machine. I practiced ruler quilting on the border and made a flower motif in the large black squares. The rest is stippling and ribbon candy. You’ll find some free drawing worksheets included with the free pattern to help you stitch these designs