Little Boy Blue – Baby Quilt 43” square Designed by Abigail Dolinger, October 2012 Fabrics: ½ yd. White 1 ½ yd. Dark Blue tonal 1 yd. Medium Blue Print Cutting: White: Cut 8 strips, 2” x Width of Fabric, i.e. WOF (approximately 40”) for Nine Patches Dark Blue: Cut 10 strips, 2” x WOF for Nine Patches Cut 4 or 5 strips 3” x WOF for Borders Cut 5 strips 2 ½” x WOF for Binding Medium Print: Cut 1 strip 8 ¼” x WOF. Sub-cut into 5 8 ¼” squares. Cut squares on both diagonals for setting triangles. You need 20 triangles. Cut 3 strips, 5” x WOF. Sub-cut into 24 5” squares for alternate squares. From remaining yardage: Cut 1 5” square to add to the 24 cut from the 5” strips above. You need 25 5” squares. Cut 2 5 ½” squares; cut squares in half diagonally for 4 corner triangles. Sewing: Sew with ¼” seam allowances throughout the project. Make 4 strip sets: Dark Blue, White, Dark Blue Press seam allowances toward the Dark Blue strips. The strip set should measure 5” wide. Cross-cut at 2” intervals; 72 units are needed. Make 2 strip sets: White, Dark Blue, White Press seam allowances toward the center Dark Blue strip. The strip set should measure 5” wide. Cross-cut at 2” intervals; 36 units are needed. 5 5

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Little Boy Blue – Baby Quilt43” square

Fabrics: ½ yd. White1 ½ yd. Dark Blue tonal 1 yd. Medium Blue Print

Cutting:White: Cut 8 strips, 2” x Width of Fabric, i.e. WOF (approximately 40”) for Nine PatchesDark Blue: Cut 10 strips, 2” x WOF for Nine PatchesCut 4 or 5 strips 3” x WOF for BordersCut 5 strips 2 ½” x WOF for BindingMedium Print: Cut 1 strip 8 ¼” x WOF. Sub-cut into 5 8 ¼” squares. Cut squares on both diagonals for setting triangles. You need 20 triangles.Cut 3 strips, 5” x WOF. Sub-cut into 24 5” squares for alternate squares.From remaining yardage: Cut 1 5” square to add to the 24 cut from the 5” strips above. You need 25 5” squares.Cut 2 5 ½” squares; cut squares in half diagonally for 4 corner triangles.

Sewing:Sew with ¼” seam allowances throughout the project.Make 4 strip sets: Dark Blue, White, Dark BluePress seam allowances toward the Dark Blue strips. The strip set should measure 5” wide.

Cross-cut at 2” intervals; 72 units are needed.

Make 2 strip sets: White, Dark Blue, WhitePress seam allowances toward the center Dark Blue strip. The strip set should measure 5” wide.

Cross-cut at 2” intervals; 36 units are needed.

Sew units together to make 36 Nine Patches. Press seam allowances away from the Center Row. Each Nine Patch should measure 5” square.

5“ square when sewn together

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Assembling the Quilt Top:Refer to the picture of the finished quilt and lay out the36 Nine Patches and 25 alternate Medium Blue Print squares. Place Medium Blue Print corner triangles in the 4 corners and Medium Blue Print setting triangles on the sides of the quilt. Assemble the quilt in diagonal rows as shown.

Press seam allowances toward the Medium Blue Print triangles and squares. Sew the rows together and press seams to one side.

Borders: Trim sides of the quilt leaving ¼” seam allowance beyond the corner points of the Nine Patches. The quilt should measure approximately 38 ½” square.Sew on the 3” border strips of Dark Blue Tonal fabric. If the WOF measures in excess of 41,” you will need only 4 border strips; attach with a partial seam technique as shown below. If the WOF is less than 41,” piece the 3” strips as necessary for border strips.

Press seam allowances toward the borders.

Quilt as desired. An all-over design with blue thread is suggested. Bind with 2 ½” strips of Dark Blue Tonal fabric.

Variations: Use scraps to make Nine Patches of various colors; use a dark tonal for the alternate squares and setting triangles. Or use 5” charm squares of various coordinating prints and tonals; make Nine Patches of White and a Solid.

Begin with this strip, but stop sewing 1” from the corner of the quilt top, leaving a “tail” of border fabric. Work counter clockwise to add the other 3 border strips. End by sewing the tail to the quilt and across the top of the 4th border strip.