Make a sweet baby quilt using your Baby Lock sewing machine and bright sherbet colored 1930's reproduction fabrics. This quilt will make a wonderful gift to any new baby! Download the pattern instructions here. This project calls for 100 half-square triangle blocks and makes a 4' x 4' (48" x 48" quilt).
Watch the short tutorial video below.
Materials:
- 2 3/4 yards of 45” wide white cotton fabric - squares binding and backing
- 2 Charm packs 5” x 5” squares of assorted 1930’s reproduction prints
- 5 yards of pastel yellow jumbo rick-rack
- Quilt batting
- Rotary cutting system
- Madeira Cotona sewing thread
- Basic sewing supplies
Tools:
Steps:
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Cut the following from the white cotton fabric:
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Seven strips 5” x with of fabric cut into fifty 5” x 5” squares.
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Begin by marking a diagonal line corner-to-corner on fifty of the printed 5” x 5” squares.
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Place together a white square and a printed 5” x 5” square right-sides facing.
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Stitch ¼” along both sides of the diagonally marked line. Cut the square in half along the marked line forming two units.
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Open up the units and press the seams toward the printed fabrics.
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Stitch cut and press a total of one hundred blocks.
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Lay the blocks randomly placing the blocks throughout each row.
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Stitch the blocks into rows. Press the seams toward the colored fabrics.
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Stitch the rows together.
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Layer the quilt batting and backing. Baste the layers securely.
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Quilt the entire top of the quilt.
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Baste the jumbo rick-rack to the edges of the quilt.
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Trim the outside edge of the quilt flush before stitching the binding to the quilt.
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Cut binding strips and bind the quilt.