Tutorial: Brackets Baby Quilt + Giveaway

 

This is a crib-size quilt pattern using 4″ half-square triangles.

Brackets quilt top in the snow

Materials:
– Two 9″ x 9″ squares of 8 coordinating fabric prints (16 squares total)
– 1 yard White fabric for sashing
– 1/4 yard Teal fabric for border

Cutting Directions:
– For sashing between blocks, cut 8 strips 14-1/2″ x 3-7/8″
– For vertical sashing, cut 3 strips 6″ x 42″
– For teal borders (see below), you’ll need 2 strips 3″ x 46″. (Piece together shorter strips as needed.)
– For white borders (top and bottom), you’ll need 2 strips 3″ x 46″.  (Piece together shorter strips as needed.)

1) For instructions on assembling the HSTs 8 at a time, visit this tutorial. Construct HST units as pictured. You may use 8 printed fabrics and arrange the “bracket” units so that the inverse color scheme is shown in blocks with the same fabric combo.

2) Arrange 8 HST bracket units (made of 8 HSTs each) in two columns of four, so that you are pleased with the color arrangement. Sew together blocks 2 and 3 in each column.

3) Sew sashing between the blocks and on the top and bottom of each row, as pictured.

4) Sew sashing strips through the center and to the left and right of your columns.

5) Add teal border strips to the top and bottom.

6) Add white border strips to the top and bottom.

7) Baste, quilt and bind as desired.

Giveaway!

I thought it would be a fun time for a giveaway. The prize will be a flat-rate box of fabric scraps from my stash, for your next quilting project. I am getting ready to move, so I’ve got lots and lots of scraps of all sizes that need to move to a good home!

I’ll choose a random winner a week from today’s post. International entries welcome. Good luck!