COURTHOUSE BABY BLANKET
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ESSENTIAL TOOLS
SEEKING BABY QUILT IDEAS
Fat Quarter Friendly – Confident Beginner
Rotary Cutter
It’s the time of
This is a baby
36” x 28” Cutting Mat
their lives and ours
blanket adapted
when our friend’s
to using fat
children have
quarters, a little
babies. The joy
yardage for the
6” sharp scissors
that babies bring is
offset squares
life affirming.
and backing.
¼” presser foot for your
machine (seams)
Therefore we look
You’ll enjoy the
to create sweetness for them in
look and with this fabric you may
our passion of sewing.
be able to make two.
PATTERN
www.allpeoplequilt.com Courthouse Baby Crib Quilt
Finished Quilt: 36” x 28”
24 ½” clear cutting ruler
6” clear ruler
Walking foot for your
machine (quilting)
Spool of machine quilting
thread – Coats & Clark
Spool of variegated thread
for quilting - Superior
Threads King Tut #918
Pins and Pin Cushion
Finished Block size: 4” square
Quilting safety pins
Blocks: 31 Blocks and 32 offset blocks
Materials:
5 - 1 ½” x 1 ½” squares plus 2
Wonder clips (binding)
12 fat quarters of varying 30’s
extra of any of the fabrics to
Seam Ripper
fabric. This includes binding.
make 62 squares.
Iron
1 strip from each fabric 1 ½” x
Spray sizing
18”, cut into 8 - 1 ½” x 2 ½”
rectangles to make 93
New sewing machine
needle #90/14
rectangles.
Sewing needle for binding
2 strips from each fabric 1 ½” x
Sewing machine
1 yard for offset blocks
1 ½ yards backing (I used quality
muslin)
1 yard Batting, Warm & Natural
90” wide
Cut Fabrics
From the
assorted fat
quarters:
18”, cut into 5 – 1 ½” x 4 ½”
rectangles to make 62
rectangles.
Blocks:
Binding
1 strip from
1 strip 2 ½” x 18” from each of the
each fabric 1
assorted fabrics with the salvages
½” x 18”, cut
removed, cut in half.
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Offset Blocks
4 strips of 4 ½” x the width of the
fabric. Cut 32 – 4 ½” x 4 ½”
3.
blocks.
Laying out the blocks
4.
check your seams and
make sure they’re ¼”.
Using another 2 ½”
rectangle sew with rights
sides together to the top
of the unit that was
assembled in #2. Press
the seam upwards.
Using the last 2 ½”
rectangle, sew with right
sides together to the
bottom of the unit
assembled in #3. Press
the seam downwards.
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2.
3.
determine which way the
block should be facing.
Use ¼” seams.
When the row is finished
(should be 7 blocks) press
the seams to the right.
At this point the outer edges
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Layout your blocks on your
cutting table. (page 5 of the
pattern)
Pick 2 assorted 1 ½” squares
to make a 2 ½” unit.
Pick 3 assorted 2 ½”
rectangles that will be
attached to the squares.
Pick 2 – 4 ½” rectangles to
compliment the others.
Using the grid (page 5 of the
all people quilt pattern),
alternate pieces to be
assembled with the offset
blocks.
Repeat 2-4 for all 31 blocks so
that you have your colors
matched ahead of time and
don’t run into using the same
fabric over and as you
approach the last row. You
want your fabric to be spread
evenly over the quilt.
should measure 4 ½” inches
4.
with the middle measuring at
2 ½”.
5.
6.
Sew the 4 ½” rectangle,
with right sides together
to the right side of the
unit. Press the seam to
the right. Repeat with the
left and then ironing the
seam to the left. The
block should measure 4
½” x 4 ½”.
Repeat 1 – 5 for the
remainder of your row.
5.
6.
Repeat 1 – 3 for the 2nd
row, only this time iron the
seams to the left.
When you have both rows
completed, with right sides
together, line up the
seams so that your blocks
will be perfectly aligned.
Pin at each seam and at
each end.
Still using the ¼” presser
foot, sew a ¼” seam. Turn
the two rows over to see if
you have the blocks
aligned. If not, use your
ripper to remove stitches
to realign and sew again.
When you are happy with
the results, press the seam
upwards. You should then
use the spray sizing when
ironing the front of the
blocks to encourage each
block and seam to lay flat.
Assembling the blocks.
Use page 3 of the pattern as your
guide.
1.
2.
Using your ¼” presser foot
sew the squares right
sides together using the
¼” guide. Press the
lighter side of the seam
toward the bottom of the
square.
Using the 2 ½” rectangle,
sew with right sides
together a ¼” seam.
Press seam to the outside.
Check your unit. It should
measure 2 ½”. If not,
Assembling the rows.
The Baby Quilt is 7 blocks wide by
9 blocks long.
1.
Using the blanket block
placement guide (page 5
of the pattern), proceed
to sewing the blocks to the
offset blocks using also the
placement guide to
7.
Complete all your rows
and sew them on to the
previous row. Iron all the
seams up. After the
completion of sewing a
row on, use the spray
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sizing to “crisp” up the
row.
Finish the quilt.
3.
To finish the quilt:
4.
1.
You’ll need to
“sandwich” the quilt.
Techniques to sandwich
can be found in the
tutorial on Sandwiching
your quilt under tutorials.
5.
b. Hand quilt - see
tutorial
c. Machine quilt
Review the Trimming your
quilt tutorial.
Review the Binding
tutorials. Use your
assorted fabric strips to
create your binding. (It’s
2 ½” wide.
Machine stitch the
binding to the front of the
blanket and then slip
stitch it to the back. See
the slipstitch tutorial.
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Trimming your quilt tutorial
http://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=mdKZ_30lxJ0
Here are two different binding
tutorials
1.
2.
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=buCKs-Fgvb4
http://www.youtube.com/
watch?v=INh6sVKJRrA
Slip Stitching Tutorial
http://historicalsewing.com/tu
torials/the-slipstitch
TUTORIALS
Sandwiching your quilt tutorial:
http://www.youtube.com/watch
?v=x2akVq9m2NE
Hand quilting:
http://sewmamasew.com/blog2/
2.
Quilting techniques are
totally up to you. You
can
a. Have someone
quilt it for you
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