I needed to make a baby quilt for a
friend. This is her first baby and the
baby is a girl. I challenged myself to
not buy any fabric but to look into my stash.
That was a really hard because I always see fabric that I would like to
buy. Unfortunately, I’m running out of
room. I’ll show you the steps it took to
make the quilt.
All the yardages for the fabric were
42” wide.
¾ yd. medium pink ¼ yd. blue
½ yd. pale pink ¼
yd. dark pink
3/8 yd. green and white stripe ¼ yd. medium
green
¼ yd white 1
3/8 yds. fabric for backing
¼ yd. yellow 3/8
yd fabric for binding
38”
x 38” batting
From the white fabric:
cut 64 squares, 1 ¼” by 1 ¼”
cut 16 rectangles, 1 ¼” by 5”
From the medium pink fabric:
cut 16 rectangles 2 ¾” by 4 ¼”
cut for outer border 2 strips 3 ½” by
28”
cut for outer border 2 strips 3 ½” by
34”
From the yellow fabric:
cut 8 rectangles 2 ¾” by 4 ¼”
From the blue fabric:
cut 8 rectangles 2 ¾ by 4 ¼”
From the green and white stripe
cut 32 squares 2 ¾” by 2 ¾”
From the medium green:
cut 16 squares 2 ¾” by 2 ¾”
From the light green:
cut 4 squares 5” by 5”
From the pale pink:
cut 3 squares 7 ¾” by 7 ¾”; cut twice
diagonally to make 12 triangles
cut 5 squares 5” by 5”
cut 2 squares 4 ¼” by 4 ¼” cut once
diagonally to make 4 triangles
From the dark pink:
cut 2 strips 1 ½” by 26”
cut 2 strips 1 ½” by 28
Now the fun begins. Using a pencil and your ruler, take the white
squares and draw a line on the wrong side of the fabric from one corner to
another. You’re going to place each square
on 2 corners of the pink, yellow, and blue rectangles so that the diagonal
lines run from the upper middle to the our side edges of the rectangle. Sew on the marked line. You’ll be making 32 units.
Take your ruler and your rotary
cutter and you will align the ruler ¼” from the seam line and trim away the
excess fabric. Flip open the white triangles
and press toward the triangle. Now that
the units are made you will take your ruler and draw a diagonal line from
corner to corner on the wrong side of the green and white stripe squares. You’ll place each square on the units you
just made. Be careful how you place the
green and white stripe square because you will cut the excess off to make the
one-half heart segment. Sew on the
marked lines. You will have a total of
16 pink units, 8 yellow units, and 8 blue units.
Take your ruler and your rotary
cutter and you will align the ruler ¼” from the seam line and trim away the
excess fabric. Flip open the remaining
green and white striped triangles and press toward the triangles. Sew the units together to make 16 hearts. Sew the white rectangles to the tops of the
heart units. You will make 16 blocks.
To make the other blocks for this
quilt, you will need to draw a diagonal line on the wrong side of the medium
green square from corner to corner.
Place the marked squares on two opposite corners of the light green
square, right sides together. Sew on the
marked line. Take your ruler and your
rotary cutter and you will align the ruler ¼” from the seam line and trim away
the excess fabric. Flip open the
triangles and press toward the medium green.
Place the marked squares on the other two corners and repeat the
process.
Arrange your heart blocks and the
square within a square blocks, the setting squares and the setting triangles in
diagonal rows. Pay close attention when
you are placing the heart blocks so they are in the correct position. Sew the blocks together and press the seams
toward the heart blocks. Sew the rows
together, pressing the seams all in one direction.
Add the inner border and outer
border. Press toward the border. Take your batting and batting and either
spray glue or baste your quilt and quilt.
Trim the batting and backing so the edges are even with the quilt top
and bind the quilt. ENJOY!!!!!!
