single rail fence streak of lighting, red and white, top completed

Single rail fence streak of lighting set, red and white

Top completed 2024
About 81 by 67 inches

Block size 4 1/2 inches square finished 
240 blocks
This quilt can be made any size you wish.
(Numbers of units below are not necessarily correct...)
Another in my red and white series. Three more in progress, list at the bottom of this page; Other ideas keep coming to my sketch book!

Block cutting
White: (I used Kona Snow) rectangle cut 2 by 5 inches--250 needed
Red (I used scraps) rectangle cut 3 1/2 by 5 inches--240 needed

Setting triangles cutting
46 setting triangles plus a bit more fabric to resolve the corners.
I prefer a float with on-point quilts so I cut triangles from 5 inch strips using the Companion angle or Bonnie Hunter's tool at its full size. Could also use a square with the sides measuring 7 inches.
Both are pictured.

I do not cut the triangle corner off until I am sewing rows so I am sure I am cutting the correct corner.

Block piecing and pressing
Sew white rectangle to red scrap rectangle
Press towards white rectangle
Make 240 blocks

Set aside 10 blocks for row completion in layout at the top edge
Set aside 10 white rectangles for row completion in layout at the bottom edge

Unit piecing
Sew two blocks together into a unit, I would think, "Make an r".

Layout quilt into diagonal rows, using the set aside single blocks on the right side of quilt and using the white rectangles on the lower side of the quilt. Place setting triangles Each corner will be resolved differently in this layout.

Sewing rows:
Press odd rows to the left and even rows to the right, keeping the original block pressing of the white to red  in place.
Sew the rows together.

Resolve the corners:


Press the rows to one direction. I pressed to the top left corner about half way then the remainder of the top pressed towards the lower right corner.

My design, use at your pleasure.

Red and white quilts (can't believe there are 11!):
Red cross, 2010
Checkerboard star, 2022
Alphabet, 2023
Rail fence streak of lighting, 2023
Patience corner with 2 inch squares binding in progress
Rail fence woven binding in progress
Framed square, being quilted
Single rail fence streak of lighting, ready for quilting
Lower-case alphabet in progress
Ladder in progress
Patience corner with 3 inch squares in progress

Backing is a delightful mushroom print by Rae Ritchie for Dear Stella