Lucky Four Patch Gallery

Supply List for Lucky Four Patch pattern
Finished size 48" (122cm) square

Fabrics needed:
Assorted darks (greens) totaling approx. 1 ½ yds. for 256 squares, cut 2 ½”
Assorted lights (printed muslins, WOWs) totaling approx. 1 ¾ yds. for 320 squares, cut 2 ½”
¾ yd each of two different prints of a contrast fabric (gold) for bias strips (small clover leaf, large clover leaf)
Backing – 1 ½ yds. (could be pieced from scraps)
Binding – make from dark scraps!
Bias bars for sewn bias, or 1/4” (6mm) fusible tape maker or 3/8” (9mm) fusible tape maker and 5mm fusible web for fusible bias.

Here's the sample Lucky Four Patch quilt, as shown in Irish Quilting magazine's first issue for 2010, which has the pattern and instructions on pages 16 thru 21. Instructions for both of Scarlett's preferred methods of making bias tape, sewn bias for hand applique and fusible bias for machine applique, are included in the article about the Lucky Four Patch. This issue is available in the USA at EQuilter.com and through Irish Quilting magazine.

Scarlett uses Electric Quilt to design most of her quilts. The Lucky Four Patch is a versatile pattern that was fun to try in different colorways. Here are the EQ6 layouts that Scarlett created to go along with the article in Irish Quilting.

Here's a purple, turquoise and cream colorway of the Lucky Four Patch pattern. Still done very scrappy, just by changing the three colors chosen for the quilt.

Again, with just changing the fabrics, Scarlett drew up this black, red & yellow version of the Lucky Four Patch.

Here's the same colorway as the sample quilt, but this EQ6 version has the corner clovers added in, so you can see what the quilt would look like with more bias appliqued.

For a smaller project, here are four blocks set together with all the corner clovers appliqued. It was done in EQ6 with blues and printed muslins.

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