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Quilt-in-a-Day — Baby 4-Patch

Posted on August 13, 2009August 13, 2009 by Martha

I’ve never been much interested in the quickie quilt thing and could not imagine why anyone would want to make a quilt in a day. What would you do with all the quilts you were making unless maybe they were being made for a hospital or a charity. I already have more quilts than I can possibly use, and I only manage to finish one or two each year. Also, it doesn’t sound like much fun to me — lots of strip cutting and chain piecing which I don’t enjoy. Having said all that….I have to admit that these quickie type quilts are perfect as gifts for my teacher friends at school. I did manage to complete this little quilt yesterday — although it did take the whole day. I’m afraid my points are not absolutely perfect and it was hard to keep the striped fabric lined up just right, but hey — it’s a quilt-in-a-day!

This is a pattern from the book Quilt-Lovers’ Favorites, Volume 2. I made another baby quilt in this pattern with light-colored scrap shirting-type fabrics as the setting triangles (similar to the photograph in the book below). It was cute, but this time I decided to use the striped fabric in the triangles as well since there was some left over after cutting the sashing strips. I’m not sure which one I like best, and I can’t show you the other one since I didn’t take a photo of it or any of the other 10 baby quilts I’ve made for teachers. This quilt is made with new fabric — it’s machine quilted in the ditch and tied with floss in the middle of each 4-patch. I really like the look of the vertical striped fabric between the 4-patch strips.

Baby 4-patch
Martha Dellasega Gray, 2009
machine pieced, machine quilted
36″ x 44″
Quilt-in-a-Day-1

Quilt-in-a-Day-2

Better Homes and Gardens
Quilt-Lovers’ Favorites, Volume 2
Candy Stripes

candy-stripes

6 thoughts on “Quilt-in-a-Day — Baby 4-Patch”

  1. pratima says:
    August 13, 2009 at 12:36 pm

    Very pretty! The tiny prints are so cute.

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  2. mb. says:
    August 13, 2009 at 1:28 pm

    charming!

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  3. amy says:
    August 13, 2009 at 3:35 pm

    What a lovely baby quilt, Martha! I really like the stripe in the setting triangles and the sash. What an effective use!

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  4. Ann says:
    August 13, 2009 at 4:42 pm

    That is a pretty quilt! I think it is so nice that you take the time (even if only a day 🙂 ) to make gifts for your co-workers.

    As always, I LOVE the colors and prints of the fabric in your four patch squares. I like the strip in the setting triangles and sash. I think it puts more emphasis on the blocks that way.

    It really is a fun quilt!

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  5. Joyce says:
    August 13, 2009 at 5:07 pm

    I like the simplicity of this quilt very much. Timeless style and a wonderful gift and keepsake.

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  6. Jan says:
    August 13, 2009 at 6:32 pm

    New fabrics, but I think I recognize some vintage reproductions! I think we are very like-minded when it comes to fabrics! Really lovely quilt. I am sure that all the new mothers at your school are thrilled to get one of your quilts!

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