They are followed by quilt patterns for sale. A great way to use up those precut squares is to make a smaller quilt. Many of these patterns are small quilts that you can finish in a weekend.

For summer, the quilt garden will use dusty miller, baby's breath and the polka-dot plant with cosmos accents. One square measures 8-by-8 feet, so the 24 squares altogether cover 1,536 square feet.