Effervescence Quilt Along {Cutting Instructions}

It’s time to cut all the fabric pieces needed to make the Effervescence quilt! If you have already purchased the Effervescence Quilt Along, you will receive an email today with a link to the Cutting Instructions PDF. Look for an email from newsletter@quiltingjetgirl.com with the subject Effervescence Quilt Along – Cutting Instructions. If you haven’t joined in yet, simply purchase the Effervescence Quilt Along and I will add you to the email list and get the information out to you soon!

Note: This is my blog post and not the newsletter email with the pattern PDF link. Look for an email from newsletter@quiltingjetgirl.com with the subject Effervescence Quilt Along – Cutting Instructions at or just after 6:15am Eastern|5:15am Central|4:15am Mountain|3:15am Pacific. Check your spam directory if you don’t see the email!

Effervescence Quilt Along – Organizing Cut Pieces

NOTE: Cutting fabric as you go for each block is not recommended. I highly recommend pre-cutting all your fabric following the cutting instructions to make the most efficient use of your fabric as possible. If you cut as you go, additional fabric will likely be needed: the fabric requirements do not take cutting as you go into account.

With 15 fabrics and 42 unique blocks in the Effervescence quilt, there are a lot of pieces to cut, sort, and keep track of. In order to stay organized for the Effervescence Quilt Along, I have included Fabric Letter/Block Number labels in the pattern and a separate Block Dividers resource. I know it will use a lot of paper (42 pages, to be exact), but I also *highly* recommend printing out the Block Divider PDF pages. At the top of each page, there is a list of each Fabric and piece size needed for each block, so on top of being an organization tool, it is a fantastic way to double check your cut pieces!

Take your time; there is plenty of time to get the cutting complete before we start piecing. There are a lot of fabrics and pieces to organize, and it’s much easier to go slow and follow the organizational process that I outline in the Cutting Instructions email to double check your cut pieces with the block divider pages than to find you are missing a piece or cut a piece to the wrong size later! I personally took 5 days to cut all of my fabric.

Notes:

1. Even with going slow and taking my time, I still found that I had mis-cut a few Fabric O pieces (I cut them 12″ long instead of 12½” long – oops!!). There should be enough extra fabric for you to use should you identify any mis-cut pieces.
2. Reserve the remaining fabric for the bonus quilt. Cutting instructions for the extra pieces needed from each fabric in order to piece the bonus quilt will be shared on July 7th.

Upcoming Effervescence Quilt Along Schedule

• January 20, 2025 – Piecing #1
• February 3, 2025 – Piecing #2
• February 17, 2025 – Piecing #3
• March 3, 2025 – Piecing #4
• March 17, 2025 – Piecing #5
• March 31, 2026 – Piecing #6
• April 14, 2025 – Piecing #7
• April 28, 2025 – Piecing #8
• May 12, 2025 – Piecing #9
• May 26, 2025 – Piecing #10
• June 9, 2025 – Piecing #11
• June 23, 2025 – Piecing #12
• July 7-31, 2025 – Assembly, Bonus Quilt Instructions, Final Linkup

Cutting fabric is my least favorite step of the quilt making process, what is yours?

With hashtags becoming less useful on Instagram, please be sure to tag me @quiltingjetgirl when you post during the quilt along so I can see what you are making!