Family of Seven Quilt Tutorial

Julie from Small Matters asked if I could share the pattern for my crosses quilt and I am thrilled to help her out. I haven't had my sewing machine set up for weeks so I cheated for this tutorial and just used paper and tape. Hopefully, it still makes sense! I didn't use a pattern but rather determined the size of the blocks based on the templates that I own and the fat quarter stack that I wanted to use. I used my 6 inch ruler so I could check each block was square before sewing it all together. I used 7 fat quarters of patterned fabric and some solid fabric (a little over half a yard) to make the top. There are 60 cross blocks in the finished quilt, 56 in the centre and 4 in the borders.
Want to make your own? First you'll need to get out your supplies and cut your patterned fabric into 6 inch squares and the solid fabric into 1 1/2 inch strips. Next slice your square wherever you like,grab your solid strips,

and stitch together. Slice again and stitch again.

Now you just need to trim the block and you're done.

Once you've got a pile together lay them out anyway you like and stitch your top together. I wanted to minimise the separation between the borders and the centre of the top so used the main solid (kona ash) as the borders and included trimmed cross blocks.
Why are 7 of the blocks red? Wll, there is one red cross for each person in my family so it's like a secret message hidden in the quilt.

I'd love to see one if you make your own so please leave a comment with a link.