Step 6

Now it's finally time to sew everything together! You want to start with the smaller four square pattern. The thing about sewing a rag quilt, is that not everything has to be perfect. The seams are actually reversed, in that they stick up on the front of the quilt. To do this, you want to place the "sandwiches" wrong sides together (front sides facing out) and sew a 1/2 seam along the edge. You want to do this two squares at a time with the smaller squares. Once you've got them sewn together, you can start sewing the four-square blocks with the solid blocks to create your quilt pattern. Make sure you pay attention to how you're sewing your blocks together! You don't want to get your patter mixed up. Once you've gotten all the blocks sewn together, the only thing you need to do to finish up the sewing is to sew a 1/2 inch seam around the outer border of the whole quilt.