When sewing the pieces in a smaller quilt pieces, as this quilt pattern is. I do everything just as IF it was a regular size quilt block. I cut with a rotary cutter, sew on my sewing machine, and press. The ONLY thing different is I trim my 1/4 inch seam allowance for just about 1/8 of an inch and press. REMEMBER, to press with a hot iron, UP and DOWN, you do not want to stretch the cotton.
Make Triangles
Cut 2 Color 1 7/8” x 1 7/8”
Cut 2 BG 1 7/8” x 1 7/8”
Cut 4 Color Strip 1 x 1 1/2”
Cut 4 BG Strip 1 x 1 1/2”
Cut 1 Color 1 1/2” x 1 1/2” Sew as Shown
Happy Mother’s Day to all, Mother’s, Sisters and Girl Friends. We can only do this all together and with each heart we step as one. Today, I am continuing to change up traditional quilt patterns. The quilt pattern block has a finished size of eight inches by eight inches. The Complete quilt pattern book is at My pattern shop
The first quilt pattern is a traditional quilt block, the second is MINE, all dressed up.
There are a lot of way to make half-square triangles, I like the add 7/8″ method, as I find I can piece them to the right size pretty much all the time. Here is my how to for triangles
Cut 1 Blue 4 7/8” x 4 7/8”
Cut 1 Green 4 7/8” x 4 7/8” Make triangles
Cut 1 Blue 3 7/8” x 3 7/8”
Cut 1 Green 3 7/8” x 3 7/8” Make triangles
Cut 2 White 3 1/2” x 1 1/2”
Cut 2 White 4 1/2” x 1 1/2”
Sew As Shown
MY All DRESS Up Quilt Pattern
Cut 1 Green 2 7/8” x 2 7/8”
Cut 1 White 2 7/8” x 2 7/8” Make triangles
Cut 1 Burgundy 3 7/8” x 3 7/8”
Cut 1 White 3 7/8” x 3 7/8” Make triangles
Cut 2 White 2 1/2” x 2 1/2”
Cut 2 Gray 2 1/2” x 2 1/2”
Cut 4 White 1 1/2” x 1 1/2”
Cut 4 Green 1 1/2” x 1 1/2” Make 2 four-patch squares
Cut 2 Purple 3 1/2” x 1 1/2”
Cut 2 Purple 4 1/2” x 1 1/2”
Sew As Shown
HAVE A WONDERFUL AND BLESSED DAY
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Quilt Basket Beauty is a quilt that you make using 16 basket blocks, finished quilt is 24” x 24” if made an shown. I use mine on my dresser or the center of our dining room table. But, would also be a great baby quilt or lap quilt. As pictured, I machine pieced and hand quilted, Quilt Basket Beauty
Summer Quilt Planning starts with a NEW Quilt Pattern. After you have the quilt pattern it’s all about the fabric. I always say, purchase ONLY what you LIKE, what you can afford and ALWAYS 100% cotton. “I” and I repeat, “I” like to wash, dry and iron my fabrics, BEFORE I start cutting them. This is MY Quilt, “PUT on Some RED Lipstick and Let’s Quilt”
When I purchase fabric and have NO idea what I will be making with it, I always purchase 2 to 3 yards. These red and white’s are all from my fabric closet and some are getting old, as long as the cotton is still tight, it’s just fine to work with.
Whenever possible I like to chain piece and this is the start of my piecing of squares.
Take a Moment and Stop Over and See my Quilt Ladies Quilt Pattern Shop, on Etsy. Etsy is 100% safe and always open. My quilt patterns are all reasonable priced, so all can afford them.
I know some places just can’t seem to get there YET, but I hope this little quilt pattern block helps. The finished quilt pattern flower is eight inches by eight inches, if you add the border it’s ten inches by ten inches. See my Quilt Pattern Shop
Cutting for ONE block
Cut 1 Pink – 2 7/8″ x 2 7/8″
Cut 1 White –
2 7/8″ x 2 7/8″
Make Triangles
Cut 1 Red – 2 1/2″ x 4 1/2″
Cut 1 Pink –
2 7/8″ x 2 7/8″
Cut 1 Dk. Green –
2 7/8″ x 2 7/8″
Make Triangle
Cut 1 Pink – 2 7/8″ x 2 7/8″
Cut 1 Lt. Green – 2 7/8″ x 2 7/8″
Make Triangle
Cut 1 Dk. Green – 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″
Cut 1 Lt.. Green – 2 1/2″ x 2 1/2″
Cut 1 Purple – 2 7/8″ x 2 7/8″
Cut 1 Dk. Green – 2 7/8″ x 2 7/8″
Make Triangles
Cut 1 Purple – 2 7/8″ x 2 7/8″
Cut 1 Lt. Green – 2 7/8″ x 2 7/8″
Make Triangles
(You will have extra triangles left)
If you’d like to frame your block,
Cut 4 Dk. Green – 1 1/2″ x 8 1/2″
Cut 4 White – 1 1/2″ x 1 1/2″
If you’d like a really fun block, change all the 2’s to 1 inch, that’s how I did it in the picture.
Beth Ann
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This is an experiment to see if I can do this, and so far, so good.
I think I can, I can??
I’m going to share a set of Six inch by Six inch quilt blocks over the month of December, these are some of my favorite quilt block patterns and also one of the first pattern sets.