Wooden Wall Quilt

You may remember a geometric wooden piece I shared with you a couple of months ago. I was in the middle of having a lot of fun with angles, and in the midst of that I also made this wall quilt. This piece is actually a little easier than the first, as there are only 2 different sized pieces in this design, all cut from 1×4.

The beauty of this design, as in all quilting, is the way the pattern can take on entirely different looks depending on how the colors are used.

Supplies

1×4

24 Parallelograms – each “straight” side 3 1/2″, ends cut at 45 degrees

24 right triangles, each leg 3 1/2″

1×2 *

2 @ 21″ – inner frame

2@ 24″ – inner frame

2 @ 25 1/2″ – outer frame

2@ 22 1/2″ – outer frame

*All sizes approximate and should be cut to fit.

Plywood

1 sheet at 2′ x 2′ – cut to fit – I used 1/8″ thick

Steps

1. Clamp down 2 of your 1×2 pieces to form a right angle on one corner of the plywood, flush to the outside edges. This will provide a frame against which you can lay out your design and keep pieces square.
2. Cut and lay out your pieces, starting at that corner.
3. Once all the pieces are laid out, mark and cut the 1×2 frame pieces and the plywood to size. My plywood and long pieces of the inner frame ended up being about 23 1/2″.
4. Optional: label each piece on the back as you remove it. I numbered mine, as you can see below. You may wish to simply mark the back side and the finish the piece will receive. But I didn’t know yet what pattern I was doing, so numbering them helped me keep them in order.
5. I snapped a picture of the entire quilt first, and mocked up the numbers on top of the picture on my phone. Alternatively, you could sketch out the design and number the pieces on paper for reference.
6. I played a bit to decide on my pattern, using my phone to help out a little!
7. Once you’ve decided on your pattern, finish your pieces as desired. I used a light blue, a watered down white for for the whitewash, and Minwax Puritan Pine for the stained pieces.
8. To reassemble, I glued down all of the quilt pieces with my favorite, Gorilla Glue. I glued and nailed the frame with my Ryobi Airstrike Nailer.

Piece out!

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