Stacked Bricks a red and white bar quilt
80 by 68 inches
Top completed 2026
This is based on my previous
Stacked Bricks directions (which is a traditional design) but with a bit of a change in construction to make it a bar quilt.
I liked my
16-patch bar quilt made with 2 inch cut squares and wanted to try a similar design with 2 1/2 by 4 1/2 inch rectangles.
PLEASE alert me if you find my piece numbers wrong.
White--I used Kona Snow
2 1/2 by 4 1/2 inch rectangles
120
Red scraps
2 1/2 by 4 1/2 inch cut rectangles
120 for the checkerboard panels
440 for the all red panels
560 total
There are two types of rows--all red and alternating white/red
Make units
Sew rectangles into pairs then 4s then 8s.
A: all red, 55 units of 8s
B:alternating white and red, 30 units of 8s
At the 8s unit stage, press south. With the alternating white/red units, press south from the white rectangle.
Make rows
Now join into rows of 5 units each--this will make rows of 40 patches
Press these joining seams consistant with the other seams
There are 6 rows of white/red patches and 11 rows of all red patches
Set aside two of the all red rows
Make panels
Lay out two panels of three rows each of white/red and three panels of three rows each of all red
Rotate every other row so the seams will all nest.
I did the alternating white/red panels first, with the row seams pressed up/down/up
Then the red panels with the row seams pressed down/up/down
Assembly of the top
Lay out the panels, rotating them so seams will nest
Press each panel to the west
Sew the panels together
Use the set-aside red rows and sew onto the sides of the quilt, orienting the pressed seams to nest.
Press entire top to the west.
Everything nests!
My design--use at your pleasure.
