Toddler Bed Quilt
Cost Breakdown
Fabric: Free (My grandmother purchased all of these materials for me for my birthday back in September. Therefore, I do not remember how much each material cost.)
Thread: Free (from my stash)
Pattern: Free (Designed concept on my own)
Total Cost: $0.00
Project Rating
Difficulty: Challenging
Enjoyability: Excellent - I really love quilting.
Time: Poor - I started piecing this just after I finished Natalie's bed skirt.
Final Product: Excellent
Overall Rating: Good
Materials:
When I developed this quilt, I hadn't yet started this blog. Therefore, I don't know how much yardage you'll need. Each block is a 8" x 8" square, add a 1/2" for seam allowance. The short border is . The long border is . The corner squares are 6" x 6". Material for binding, backing, and batting. Thread. Rotary cutter and mat (while this is optional, I think making quilts without this handy tool would be frustrating and exhausting).
Assumption: Unless otherwise noted, quilting uses a 1/4" seam allowance throughout.
Instructions:
Top:
- Cut 6 - 8" x 8" blocks from each fabric.
- Lay your blocks out on a work surface to determine the pattern you want. Sew the first row of blocks together. Do this for each of the following rows. Square each row up.
- Once each row is assembled, you need to assemble them together. Match up the corners of each block and sew across.
- Add the short border to each short side.
- Sew the 6" x 6" square to the long border
- Add the long border.
Quilting:
- Square-up the top.
- Make the "Quilt Sandwich" by layering the backing, batting, and top. Check fit and view of quilt.
- Undo the sandwich so we can baste the quilt together.
- Cover work surface with paper. Place the batting on the floor (work surface) and spray with basting spray.
- Place backing on top of batting, right side up, smoothing out any lumps or wrinkles.
- Flip over so backing is face down on the floor.
- Spray batting with more basting spray
- Place top onto batting, right side up, smoothing out any lumps or wrinkles.
- Quilt the sandwich together. I used a very basic square pattern.
- Using a rotary mat, ruler, and cutter, cut the additional backing and batting in order to match up to the top.
- Bind the quilt. I used a pre-made binding. Usually I make my own binding, but the extra material I needed for the binding was used to make Natalie's pillow case. I LOVED the way the purple binding turned out!
Natalie's matching bed set!
