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Surprise!! Here is Baby Bites, a free modern baby quilt pattern. We promised that we would share this a few weeks back. It was part of our submission to the Online Quilt Magazine published in Australia. We love this little quilt. Maybe you remember the quilt backing tutorial Jill did a long time ago. True to our mission, Baby Bites is a simply sophisticated design that reflects a modern aesthetic. Asymmetry, exaggerated scale of simple shapes and negative space are all parts of that aesthetic.
Click on this link to get to an easily printable version of the pattern. Below is a complete set of directions as well.
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| Baby Bites from Modern Quilt Relish |
Baby
Bites is a quick and easy baby quilt any modern baby/mom
would love receiving. It measures 38” x 48”. Simple geometric shapes are set asymmetrically on negative
space. The somewhat oversized large squares feature a high contrast
fabric. These squares are clearly
the focus of the quilt not only because of their size and placement, but also
because of fabric selection. The
fabric is more saturated (intense) and more complex in motif design than the
neighboring backgrounds. Merging the two different valued backgrounds between
the squares both isolates the squares and makes them appear to float above the
surface. This added depth gives
the quilt interest and an element of the unexpected.
Fabric Requirements: we
give suggested yardage. It is
possible to piece the large background areas and save yardage, but if you
purchase the suggested amounts and cut as directed you will have enough
remaining to complete the back of your baby quilt. LOF=length of fabric.
WOF=width of fabric.
Squares-Floral Focus...⅓ yard…cut an 8” WOF strip…sub
cut this strip into five 8” squares.
Left Background-Medium Blue…1
½ yards, sub cut this into: one 22 ½” LOF strip (will be cut later to
22 ½” x 48” or the length of your quilt) and
one 3” LOF strip (sub cut this 3” strip into four 3” x 4 ¼” rectangles).
Right Background-Light Yellow…1
½ yards, sub cut this into: one 9” LOF strip (will be cut later to 9” x 48” or
the length of your quilt) and one 3”
LOF strip (sub cut this 3” strip into four 3” x 4 ¼” rectangles).
Binding…1/2
yard (you are only using 12 ½” so perhaps you can get by with 3/8 yard)…cut
five 2 ½” WOF strips.
Piecing
Instructions: Refer to the photos. ¼” seams throughout. Press seams open for a flat finished
look. Remove selvages.
Step 1. Piece a 3” x 4 ¼” rectangle of
Left Background and a 3” x 4 ¼” rectangle of Right Background together along
their shorter edge. Repeat three
times for a total of four Step 1 units.
Step 2. Checking the orientation in the
photographs, piece a Step 1 unit to the lower edge of four of the 8" Squares.
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| Baby Bites full view from Modern Quilt Relish |
Step 3. Again following the photographs,
piece four Step 2 units into a column.
Step 4. Add the fifth 8” Square to the
lower edge of this column.
Step 5. Measure the length of your
completed column. Either cut the 22 ½” x LOF piece of Left Background appropriately and then add it to the left
side of the quilt, or add first and then trim to fit.
Step 6. Either cut the 9” x LOF piece of
Right Background appropriately and then add it to the right side of the quilt,
or add first and then trim to fit.
Step 7. Quilt, bind and savor.
So till next Tuesday!
