Nail Polish Mini Quilt - Free Pattern and Tutorial!!!

Today I have a fun new pattern to share with you!

The fingernail polish block is a free pattern 

and YouTube tutorial

on the Fat Quarter Shop channel.

I loved it so much I decided to whip up 6 blocks

and make a fun little mini!

In the pattern…

the bock finishes at 10" x 18"…

but for my mini I drafted the blocks down quite a bit!

It's a super adorable block designed by 

my good friend Kimberly

 who happens to be the owner of

Fat Quarter Shop.

Isn't it so cute?

Click Here

 to download the free pattern and 

Click Here 

for the YouTube tutorial 

on constructing the block!

First I chose my fabrics for the background,

backing and binding.

I decided to go with a light pink

because I wanted the nail polish colors to really pop!

Kimberly gave me permission

 to give you the cutting

measurements for my 

Nail Polish Mini Quilt 

so that you can make one of your own!

Isn't she awesome?…thanks Kimberly:)

Background Fabric;

(A) Cut 4 - 1 1/2"x 9 1/2" and 1 - 1 1/2" x 17 1/2" 

for the sashing for in-between blocks and row

(B) Cut 4 - 1 1/2" x 19 1/2" for outside borders 

(add the side borders first)

(C) Cut 12 - 2" x 4" for the sides of the lid

(D) Cut 24 - 1" squares for Easy Corner Triangles

Lid Fabric;

(E) Cut 6 - 1 1/2" x 4"

(F) Cut 6 - 1" x 4"

(H) Cut 6 more 1" x 4" for the accent line on lid…

I used the same fabric for this

 but just flipped it to the wrong side!

I do this a lot when I need a fabric to coordinate that is just a shade lighter.

It always works perfectly!

From a light gray Fabric;

(G) Cut 6 - 1 1/2" x 4 1/2"

Nail Polish Color Fabrics;

From 6 DIFFERENT fabrics cut the following;

(I) Cut 1 - 2 1/2" x 4"

(J) Cut 1 - 2" x 4"

(K) Cut 1 -  1" x 4" for the brush 

from the same fabric..but use the wrong side again:)

From White Fabric for the bottle;

(L) Cut 12 - 1" x 5 1/2"

(M) Cut 12 - 1" x 5"

(N) Cut 24 - 1" squares for Easy Corner Triangles

From Binding Fabric -

(O) Cut 3 - 2 1/2" x Width of Fabric

 and prepare 90" of binding

My mini quilt finishes at

 19 1/2" x 21 1/2"

Sew your blocks together using

 Kimberly's pattern and video tutorial.

Then add your sashings and borders…

and quilt it!!

My quilting is a crosshatch

 1/2" apart using pale pink thread:)

I love how this sweet backing fabric

 looks on my Nail Polish Mini Quilt!

Thanks to Kimberly for such a

 darling pattern…

it was so fun to make

and I hope you have fun making your

Nail Polish Quilt too!

Have a quilty kind of day!!

xx

Lori