Baby shower season can really take a bite out of your budget. You can make these ahead of time and keep them on hand.
Materials Needed:
- 1 yard cotton print or flannel (make sure fabric is flame retardant)
- 1 1/2 yards of a cotton print or flannel
- scissors or rotary cutter
- sewing machine
- thread
- quilt batting
- iron
- straight pins
- needle
- yarn
- yarn needle
Cut sixteen squares measuring eight inches square out of the one yard fabric.
Out of the one and a half yard fabric cut twelve pieces that measure three inches by eight inches (short strip). Using the same fabric cut three strips of fabric measuring forty inches by three inches (long strip).
Quilt Top:
Sew a short strip to the side of a square. Sew a square to the other side of the short strip. Continue until there are four squares and three short strips alternating in a row. Set aside this piece and begin again with more fabric until you have another strip that alternates four squares with three short strips. Set this aside and repeat two more times.
Using the long strips sew along the side of one of your alternating strips. Attach another alternating strip to the other side of the long strip. Continue attaching the pieces together in this manner until you have four rows of squares in each direction.
Iron.
Quilt Bottom:
On a flat surface lay out your top, right side up. Measure and cut out the same size piece from the remaining one and a half yard fabric.
Iron this piece.
Assembling your quilt:
Lay the newly cut piece right side down on top of the quilt top. They should have the right sides facing each other.
Lay your batting on top of the whole and trim to size. Pin all the way around.
You can add extra batting if you like to make it fluffier but it will also make it harder to work with.
Sew beginning at the middle bottom. Sew all the way around leaving an opening about eight inches at the end.
Trim the corners before turning.
Turn fabric inside right through the opening.
Hand stitch the remaining opening.
Iron the whole quilt so that the side seams lay down as much as possible.
Using your yarn and yarn needle, sew a piece of yarn through the center of your first square making sure to go in from the top and coming back up within an eighth of an inch from where you went in originally. Tie the yarn ends together and trim. Repeat in each square.
That's it. You can always include embroidery prior to assembly but it isn't necessary.
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