red and white jack and jill variation, top completed

Jack and Jill 
Top completed 2025
94 by 80 inches

I think I've made four Jack and Jills now.
I've used different combinations of rectangles and/or squares. Each has been quilted by Sue DiVarco with a pantograph of tumbling children, which I will use again for this one.
The 2 1/2 inch cut red squares bin was pretty full when I started and is not so any longer. Good thing more red and white quilts are in progress so the scraps will accumulate!

The directions are for making as shown but are easily adapted for changing the size of the quilt. I wanted to go big, but may make another with my multi-color scraps a bit smaller down the road.

Cutting (note, my numbers might be off a bit)
White: 230 rectangles cut 4 1/2 by 2 1/2 inches; 10 squares cut 2 1/2 inches
Red: 1410 squares cut 2 1/2 inches

Unit Piecing (note again, my numbers might be off a bit)
The basic unit is made from one white rectangle 4 1/2 by 2 1/2 inches and six red 2 1/2 inch squares. Do not press yet.
MAKE 200 Basic Units with six red squares  and one white rectangle each.

The top is constructed in six panels of eight rows*
*NOTE that I left off Row 8 of the bottom panel as I did not want a lone white square floating on the left bottom corner. My numbers reflect this change.

Use 188 units to make 47 rows of 4 units.
Each row has 4 of the basic units, with the white rectangle on the left. Then adapted as described below to have the stair-step effect.
(Remaining 12 units will be used in next step.)

Panel construction
Row 1: Add one more basic unit with the row starting with a rectangle
Row 2: Add one square at the beginning and a rectangle and five squares on the end
Row 3: Add two squares at the beginning and a rectangle and four squarres on the end
Row 4: Add three square at the beginning and a rectangle and three squares on the end
Row 5: Add four squares at the beginning and a rectangle and two squares on the end
Row 6: Add five squares at the beginning and a rectangle and one square on the end
Row 7: Add one more basic unit with the row ending with a rectangle
Row 8: Add a WHITE square and six red squares at the beginning of the row and a WHITE square at the end

Left side of a panel, Rows 1-8

Right side of the panel, Rows 1-8

Row pressing
Press odd rows to the west and even rows to the east

Make 6 panels.

Panel pressing
Press panels south

Sew panels together and press joining seams south.
Everything nests!

Backing is this great 

Riley Blake 
Nautical pattern C8550 for Caskata
The ships are about 4 inches tall and 7 inches long

My design, use at your pleasure.