The Coverlet quilt I finished last month is a really neat pattern to make.

It's strip-pieced, and it's a counter-change block; that just means that the lights and darks are reversed in adjacent blocks.  The strip-pieced sections are so easy to make and sub-cut, and then the slices are swapped to build the blocks.  Even the border is strip pieced from the same sections.

I used  scrap strips in my quilt, but to explain the method I've used two fabrics; you could use the same two for the whole quilt, or mix it up as I did.
 *These instructions make two blocks at once, a dark centred one, and a light centred one.*

Two 13.5" blocks require

• two light strips, 3.5" x 25"
• two dark strips, 3.5" x 25"
• one light strip, 1.5"x 25"
• one dark strip, 1.5" x 25"
• one light strip, 1.5" x 17"
• one dark strip 1.5" x 17"
• one light strip, 2.5" x 17"
•  one dark strip, 2.5" x 17"

Sew the1.5" x 25"strips between the 3.5" strips, pressing towards the dark fabric, and layer them on the cutting board.

The narrow strips should snug together nicely, keeping the two strips stable as you cut.
When crosscutting, always check that the lines on your ruler are parallel to the stitching lines, and the edges, so that the pieces you cut have nice square corners.  Trim the end square again if you find the ruler doesn't line up after a few cuts.

Cut the strips into slices;

• two 3.5" slices
• four 2.5" slices
• five 1.5" slices

 Use a 1.5" slice to join the 3.5" slices to make the centre blocks.

 Sew the remaining 1.5" slices to the 2.5" slices.

Corner Units

Sew the remaining 1.5" strips to the 2.5" strips, press towards the dark fabric and layer on the cutting board.

 Cut

• four 2.5" slices
• four 1.5" slices

 Swap the narrow slices, pair up with the wide ones, and sew that seam to make 8 corner units.

 To make sure the seam allowances all nest properly, press the corner unit seams to both dark fabrics, splitting the seam allowances over the intersection.

Some people cut their seam allowances to allow them to press in opposite directions, but I'm not comfortable doing that.  This works fine for me.

Lay out the pieced units to make a dark centred block,

 and a light centred block.  Make sure all the seams are pressed to the dark fabric, so that the blocks will fit together nicely.

This is such an easy block to piece, have fun with it.