Have you ever finished a quilt, looked at the leftover scraps, and thought, “I could make another quilt with these already coordinated fabrics”?
I was drawn to the 1930’s vibe of “General Store” produced by Connecting Threads and requested a fat quarter stack to use in my quilt, “Jacob’s Nine-Patch” published in the July/August 2021 issue of McCall’s Quilting magazine. (Click here to read the blog post about the quilt.) As is always the case, there were strips, squares, partial fat quarters, and whole fat quarters left over at the conclusion of the project. I was pretty sure I could eke out a baby quilt from these remainders.
I cut 2 1/2″ squares and assembled them as Nine Patches and framed them with 1 1/2″ wide strips of a blue and white print. I cut 3″ wide strips for sashing and 3″ squares for cornerstones. A medium blue tone-on-tone from stash works well for the outer border. Choosing white thread, I quilted a favorite free hand design of heart-shaped leaves and loops.
A fat quarter of “General Store” stripe provided eight binding strips which I cut 2 1/4″ wide and joined with straight seams. (I would rather have joined the binding strips with diagonal seams, but I needed every inch for the required length.) The quilt is about 40″ square and will be donated to the NICU of a local hospital.
And, guess what, there are still strips and squares of these cheerful calicos leftover! I guess I need to dream up another baby quilt.