Cradle Quilts

Carole, of From My Carolina Home, has shared a local guild project: Cradle Quilts. You can LEARN MORE about it here.

As soon as I saw her post, I thought about some particular stacks of possibilities in the sewing room. Ah, yes, finally I have the right idea.

I may have gone a little berserk, but I was having a really good time. Really, you can put together an 18″ quilt in nearly no time at all. It is a great way to use up various leftover bits.

NOTE: I do not have process pictures for all, but am happy to answer questions.

1. Use 2-1/2″ squares. It takes 81 of them. Or, in this case, cut from leftover strips from another quilt.

2. Start with a 9″ block (finished size). Add three borders using 2″ strips. And you have a quilt.

3. Have a pile of irregular strips? Trim to the widest width possible (In this case, 3-1/2″ down to 2-1/2″) and stitch together bargello style.

4. Have an awkward block? This one started with 2-1/2″ squares. I added strips on two sides and a unifying outer border.

5. Use Half Square Triangles. It takes 36 HSTs 3-1/2″ unfinished. These seemed a little odd, with the pieced halves. But, put together they make for a quick quilt.

All of the quilts used leftover batting pieced together and mostly leftover pieces of binding from other projects.

It was so much fun creating these quilts. And for such a great cause. Consider visiting Carole’s blog and seeing what else she has going on.

By following THIS LINK you can learn how to participate. The quilts need to be to Carole by November 9. That is lots of time. YAY! Always fun to find a new way to serve.