Herringbone Baby Quilt

 

This is a tutorial to help you make your own Herringbone Baby Quilt. You could also use this pattern and instructions to make a larger quilt. I will explain how later.

For now I will give you the measurements I used and the size of blanket I ended up with.

Fabric:

1 yard of Fabric Color 1 (I chose Gray) Cotton Quilting Fabric size (39"X36")
1 yard of Fabric Color 2 (I chose White) Cotton Quilting Fabric (39"X36")
1 yard of Minky Fabric in coordinating color (I chose White)

For ease of understanding, I will be referring to the fabric by the colors I chose. I used a 1/4" seam allowance for the entire project and ironed the seams down to make the quilt top piece together nicer and lay flatter as a finished product.

Start with the Cotton Quilting Fabric. Cut 3" strips along the 39" side (this is the finished side from the factory so will be the straightest to go off from for making these strips)
 
     Make a total of 9 (nine) 3" X 39" strips in the Gray Color
     Make a total of 9 (nine) 3" X 39" strips in the White Color

Sew these strips as shown below in the pictures. As you can see they form stair steps. The offset should be 3" (three inches).

 

 

Once you have the strips sewn together, cut them on 45 degree angle lining up with the stair step. (see below picture)

 

 

Make the 45 degree strips 3" wide. You will need a total of 6 (six) 3" (three inch) strips of each. There will be left over fabric, I cut all of it using a rotary cutter and a clear 6" wide quilting ruler. On my ruler there is a mark for 45 degrees and I lined that up with the horizontal seams. This could be done using other tools as well, if the tools I used are not available to you.

 

Once you have all twelve strips lay them in pairs to alternating the color patterns. Sew the strips together, working carefully to make sure that the intersections of color line up.

 

When you have sewn the entire top together it should look like the picture below. Then cut the extra corners off following the purple lines. This should leave you with a rectangle of approximately 30" X 31".

 

I pinned my 1 yard of minky fabric to the quilt top with right sides together and cut away the extra minky fabric. Please note I used a lot of pins almost back to back because minky fabric will stretch and pinning helps keep that at bay while sewing. I also used a jar lid to trace for a rounded corner otherwise a right angle corner get bulky when using this type of fabric. Sew the two pieces together leaving an opening to flip it right side out. Then I sewed a border around the entire thing to close the opening and give it a more finished edge.

 

If you want to make a larger quilt or larger pieces you can increase the size of the strips that you cut. For Example: Cut your gray and white strips to be 5" wide. Sew them together with a 5" offset. Once the rows are sewn together cut your diagonal strips at 5" wide as well. Please note that if you increase the size of the pieces you will need to have more fabric, and I would advise cutting them the longer way (So instead of getting one yard you get 1.5 yards of each color, so instead of 39" X 36" you would have a piece that is 39" X 54". Cut your strips so they are 5" X 54". This will eliminate having to make extra sections.)

 

Any questions let me know!