baby quilts

Hi Anne, that was in Quiltmaker mag. I think sometime last fall, I will check around for the instructions, I have them here somewhere. But I am sure someone on this knowledgeable grouop will come up with the instructions right away. Mauvice in Central WI

It would be easy to do using the Stack & Slash method. A bit tricky making the cuts on 40"-ish square pieces of fabric but doable with a bit of care. I should think that if you started off with 3 fabrics that are the same width and lengths that equal that width, you would end up with three quilt tops that are a good size square for baby quilts. IIRC, you lose a bit more than 1/2" in length & width for every cut you make using the Stack & Slash method. If you started off with 42" wide fabric you would easily end up with three tops that were 40" square once you got the edges squared up. I usually make my baby quilts as close to 40" square as possible so that I can use a coordinated print for the back and not have to piece it. HMMM -- I'll have to give this a try. I can give one of the quilts to the DNiece for her little one and save the other two for when they are needed. Better yet use these "baby quilt" tops as centers for bigger quilts -- add some borders and a few other coordinated blocks and it's a done deal :-)! CiaoMeow >^;;^<

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You take two 36" pieces together and fold them in half and then in half again. You make a 9" cut from each of the two sides that do not include the center fold. Now you have two tops. You switch the five square pieces of one fabric to the other top (4 9" square corners and 1 27" center). It was shown on Simply Quilts one time, so you could search that sight for the pictures. I've bought fabric to do it but haven't got to it yet. Debra in Idaho

Here it is: I used this with my machine quilting class.