Great tutorial and your quilt is beautiful. Thank you.

Thank you for the tutorial. I love your quilt and I'm a fan of smaller blocks too. This would be a pretty tablerunner too!

I am a retired teacher...so I really appreciate instructions that are easy to follow. I also figured out why I like your quilt better than the ones that were pictured in the book....your strips are cut at 1 1/2 inches rather than 2 1/2. That means more of the pattern will show up in the lap size quilt that I want to make. Thanks again for doing this!!

Dina

Loved this tutorial. So easy to understand, and I love the quilt. Maybe someday! ! !

thanks Jean, u dont know how much i appreciate u for doing this, u r a great teacher and one very nice person. Im honored for knowing u thru this board! Again, thanks for taking the time to explain!! Grammy of 4

Best Tut I have seen.

Thanks for doing this. By the way your quilt is gorgeous.

I have a book from Quilt in a Day for the Lover's Knot. Also have it for place mats too. Love the pattern, made the place mats but have yet to do the quilt itself. Just might have to pull out the instructions and do one. Love your color combo.

I have seen a couple quilt patterns with the name Lover's Knot but they are so different from each other. Gets sort of confusing when you come across this.

i'm definitly saving this,great tut

Well, I got a request from Lynda in TN wanting to know how much fabric would be needed for this quilt. I don’t have the magazine anymore so I’ve tried to figure it out for her and anyone else that would like to make this lover’s knot.
First, let me tell you how I figure this out. If you don’t want to know how I do this, just skip to the end. Remember this quilt is for a queen size bed….. finished, it’s 81” x 89” and there are 364 blocks, approximately 182 of red centered and 182 of blue centered.

For 182 blue centered blocks, you will need 182 – 1 ½” x 1 ½” pieces. You can get 30 1 ½’ cuts from a piece of fabric 44” wide. There’s about 40” of usable space so don’t use 44” in your calculations….. use 40”. (40” fabric divided by 1 ½” pieces = 26.666 pieces. You have to round DOWN because you need full sized pieces. So, you can get 26 pieces, 1 ½” wide in one strip of fabric.)
You need 182 blue centers. So divide 182 by 26 (the number of pieces you will get per strip cut). 182 divided by 26 = 7. You’ll have to cut 7 strips, 1 ½” wide. And 7 strips times 1 ½” = 10.5 or 10 ½” of fabric.

You will also need blue for the outside layer of the red centered blocks. Those pieces are 3 ½´x 1 ½” and 4 ½” x 1 ½”. And, you’ll need 182 pieces of each of those. (40” divided by 3 ½” = 11.42… round DOWN to 11 pcs per strip. 182 divided by 11 = 16.54… round UP this time = 17 strips. 17 strips x 1 ½” = 28 ½” inches.) and (40” divided by 4 ½” = 8.88888…round DOWN to pcs. per strip. 182 divided by 8 = 22.75… round UP to 23 strips. 23 strips x 1 ½” = 34.5 inches.)

Now add it all together. 10 ½” + 28 ½” + 34 ½” = 73.5” of blue (73.5” divided by 36” (one yard) = 2 yards (72”) + 1 ½” more. You should buy 2 ¼ yards of blue.

Okay, here’s the tally now:
Blue (color 2) = 2 ¼ yards
Red (color 1) = 2 ¾ yards for blocks and inner border
Cream tone on tone (color 3) = 2 ¼ yards for blocks and triangles
Cream print (color 4) = 3 ½ yards for blocks and outside border

I would buy an extra yard of each fabric to be safe…. The measurements are for tight cuts. Besides, extra fabric builds stash. That’s a good thing. Any questions? Just ask.