Designed by Karen Bennett
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From the Storybook VII ca. 1930 collection by Windham Fabrics, www.windhamfabrics.com
Tags: Baby Quilt, Windham Fabrics
this baby quilt is fun. lots of color and movement to hold the little ones attention. I always have been a sucker for triangles.
I would love to try the baby quilt pattern. I am between a beginner and intermediate. I am having trouble trying to figure out what size the triangle template should be. I have done pinwheels before and have had no problems. This pinwheel is different than ones I have done before. Can anyone tell me the size of the triangle template.
Holly,
This is a beautiful baby quilt! The triangle template is included at the end of the pattern. Click “Download pdf” to get a copy of the pattern and the template.
Keep Quilting!
My mother and I are making this baby quilt for my cousin who is expecting her first child in the fall. It seemed daunting to my mother since she is a beginner but with my help (I am more of an intermediate)and a little bit of patience with herself during the learning process, I think it is turning out really nice. Our seams may not match up perfectly but I am pretty sure the baby won’t care too much about that. We picked 30′s print fabrics (reproduction prints – “everything but the kitchen sink” line) and used bright pinks,greens,blues and even some black and white prints. We have all the blocks done and joined in rows and now just need to sew a few more rows together before we can quilt it.
This has been a very educational process for both me and my mother and has been very healing for her while recovering from a chronic illness. This is what quilting is all about – going from one generation to another and passing on something of yourself. Thanks for inspiring so many of us quilters and “would-be” quilters.
When you print the .pdf file, be sure and set “Page Scaling” to ‘none’, or your triangle template may not come out correctly.
The triangle ‘legs’ are both 3-7/8 inches the diagonal line 5-1/2 inches.
I made the larger version of this quilt and gave it to my neice on Sunday who is expecting her first child. She LOVED it and I have received so many emails and phone calls about how beautiful it was and what a gift to give a brand new mom! It was so much easier then I expected it to be! I am now making the smaller version.
Thankyou, Quilt Mag, for this extra bonus pattern! I am almost done making the large version for my niece’s first baby due in October & remembered I hadn’t gotten in here to get the smaller version – am loving this as I am hoping to be thrifty and use up my leftovers from the larger version for a smaller one to have on hand for gifting!
This quilt is stunning – the photo here does not do it justice.
I am intermediate skill level – found it was easier for me to cut squares, then cut triangles from those squares rather than using the template. If someone knows how to feed these blocks so that they don’t get caught in throat plate, please share! I also would like to know how to reduce the seams in junctions – worry that they will “poke” baby & my quilting instructor is on summer vacation right now.
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Click “Download PDF” to obtain a printable copy of instructions.
Click “Download PDF” to obtain a printable copy of the line drawing. From the Spots collection and the Paperweight print by Kaffe Fassett for Westminster Fabrics, www.westminsterfabrics.com
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