Midnight Hoop Dreams Quilt

Finished Quilt Size: 67" x 90"

Note: This quilt was designed for a double-bed size platform bed, so the side borders would fit within the frame. Add a 2-inch inner border to fit a standard 54-inch mattress, or make the outside border wider.

Materials:

9 to 12 fat quarters of bright oranges to darker rusts for the basketballs*
2-1/4 yards tan flooring fabric
1 yard blue for key
1/2 yard red for key
2-1/4 yards blue for borders
3 four-yard packages of black single-fold bias tape or 3/4 yard black fabric to make your own
1 yard iron-on interfacing
1/2-yard iron-on stabilizer
1/4" Steam-A-Seam tape
white rayon thread for basketball hoop

Cutting Instructions

Flooring Fabric:
- Cut two 6-1/2" x 35-1/2" strips.
- Cut one 32-1/2" x 39-1/2" rectangle.
- Cut four 3-1/2" strips, then piece end-to-end and cut two 74-1/2" pieces.

Blue for Key:
- Cut one 32-1/2" x 36" rectangle.

Red for half-circle in Key:

- Make a half-circle paper template by folding a 32" x 16-1/4" piece of paper in half.
- Form the half-circle arc using a yardstick and pencil.
- Starting on the fold with the 16-1/4 inch mark at the center corner, slowly move the yardstick in an arc, making large dots at 3-inch intervals.
- Connect the dots to form the arc, and cut the paper template out.
- Fold the red fabric in half, and place the fold line of the paper template on the fold of the fabric and pin in place.
- Cut out the half-circle.

Key Interfacing (optional):
- Fold the interfacing in half, and then cut a half-circle from the interfacing that is about 1/4 inch smaller than the fabric half.

Black Bias Binding Tape:
- To make the bias binding tape, piece together enough 1-1/8 inch bias strips to make approximately 11 yards of bias binding. Or use 1/2-inch-wide single-fold black bias binding tape.