VRD Lickety Split Quilt Tutorial

Hello Quilty Friends!

Happy Thursday to you!

PSST!

Hey, it’s me, Molly!

I’m stealing the blog from Tricia this week!

I’m here to talk about one of my own favorite patterns, Lickety Split. I designed this fun and fast pattern using only 10 fat quarters and a background fabric. When I was sewing it up the first time, it went together really quick — hence the name “Lickety Split”.

You can find the Lickety Split pattern HERE.

There’s also a digital download pattern, too. You can find the digital pattern it HERE.

Today I’m using fabric from the Morning Light collection by Northcott, which features digital prints. They do a good job with their digital prints and the colors are just so beautiful. These are definitely my colors — Northcott must have been thinking about me when they designed them. LOL!

Guess what??? We created Lickety Split kits just like my fabrics, above. You can find them HERE.

Or maybe you just want to grab some of your own Morning Light Fabrics? You can find the collection HERE at the VRD shop. Be warned — they’re going fast and when they’re gone, they’re gone. So get ’em while they’re hot!

Let’s get started!

Lickety Split Quilt Tutorial

So first things first (well, after you find your fabrics, of course), you need to cut out your rectangles. Grab your fat quarters, and cut them into strips. Then subcut the strips into rectangles. You’ll have a narrow strip leftover — you can use it in another project.

Next it’s time to cut your background pieces. I cut my big pieces first. Then I used the leftover background pieces to cut the smaller/narrower pieces.

Molly’s Tip: Go ahead and pair up your rectangles so the same 2 fabrics are sewn together in each block like I did.

Or scrap it up and be totally random! You do you!

Here, you can see how I stacked up my fat quarter rectangles with the background strips. Now I’m ready to take all my block pieces to my sewing machine. No need to get up and down to get fabrics, because they will all be right next to my machine.

Yay! Time for the fun part — sewing the blocks together! Make sure you sew the pieces all the same for each block or else you will have blocks going in all kinds of directions. Silly blocks!

Look! Here’s a block AND it went together Lickety Split!

Lay out your blocks, turning every other block sideways. The 1st, 3rd, and 5th rows will be the same layout while the 2nd, 4th, and 6th rows will be the same layout.

Sew your rows together and — TA DA — your Lickety Split top is done. Now it’s time to layer, quilt, and bind. And don’t forget your label!

Check out these other color combinations of Lickety Split. Which one is your favorite?

Don’t forget to post your Lickety Split quilt pictures on our Facebook page. I can’t wait to see them!

That’s it from me.

Until next time —

Sew. Laugh. Repeat.

Later,

Molly