May Basket Quilt Block
No list of quilt favorites would be complete without a basket and this May Basket quilt block is just the thing for you who have many pretty scrap prints.
No list of quilt favorites would be complete without a basket and this May Basket quilt block is just the thing for you who have many pretty prints in your scrap bags.
The pieced block is 8 inches square (finished size). The blocks are set on the diagonal alternately with plain blocks, half blocks and corner blocks. We think a saw-tooth edge of plain and print triangles would be an attractive border.
With 63 pieced blocks, 48 plain, 28 half blocks and 4 corner blocks the quilt will measure 77 by 99 inches. If you add a saw-tooth border made of triangles from piece “B”, the quilt will measure approximately 83 1/2 by 105 1/5 inches.
The plain blocks offer an opportunity for a special quilting motif; the pieced blocks should be quilted along seam lines.
Backing – 6 yards
Binding – 10 1/2 yards of bias tape or 1 1/2 inch bias
May Basket Quilt Block
No list of quilt favorites would be complete without a basket and this May Basket quilt block is just the thing for you who have many pretty prints in your scrap bags.
The pieced block is 8 inches square (finished size). The blocks are set on the diagonal alternately with plain blocks, half blocks and corner blocks. We think a saw-tooth edge of plain and print triangles would be an attractive border.
With 63 pieced blocks, 48 plain, 28 half blocks and 4 corner blocks the quilt will measure 77 by 99 inches. If you add a saw-tooth border made of triangles from piece “B”, the quilt will measure approximately 83 1/2 by 105 1/5 inches.
The plain blocks offer an opportunity for a special quilting motif; the pieced blocks should be quilted along seam lines.
Fabric requirements:
| White - |
48 blocks 8 1/2 inches square 28 half blocks 4 corner blocks (See note) 126 of A 63 of B 693 of C 63 of D – 6 5/8 yards* |
| Dark Print or Plain (for basket) - |
63 of B 126 of C – 3/8 yard |
| Assorted prints – |
11 of C for each of 63 blocks if scraps are used or 693 of one print for 63 blocks – 1 1/4 yards |
Backing – 6 yards
Binding – 10 1/2 yards of bias tape or 1 1/2 inch bias
| Note - |
for half squares cut 14 – 8 3/4 inch squares in half for quarter squares cut 2 – 6 3/4 inch squares in fourths. |
| *For saw-tooth edge - |
110 of B in white – 1/2 yard extra 110 of B in prints – 1/2 yard if one print is used. |
