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Gift the new mom in your life a precious, handmade baby quilt in a delightful spring color palette. Designed by Lindsay Conner, this baby quilt pattern uses the traditional rail fence block design, with a finishing size of 36 inches by 45 inches. First featured in our sister magazine We Like Sewing, this spring baby quilt pattern is simple enough for beginner quilters, so if you’ve been searching for an easy pattern to start your quilting journey, look no further.
Finished Size: 36” x 45”
Block Size: 9.5” unfinished, 9” finished
Seam Allowances: Seam allowance is 1/4″.
Materials:
- 1 yard background fabric
- 1/4 yard navy fabric
- 1/4 yard coral fabric
- 1/4 yard pink fabric
- 1/2 yard binding fabric
- 2 1/2 yards backing fabric
- PDF Layout – This is located at the bottom of this page. See printing instructions below.
PRINTING INSTRUCTIONS:
To download the PDF layout, click on the download button at the bottom of the page. We recommend opening your download using Adobe Acrobat.
Cutting Instructions:
From the background fabric:
- Cut (10) 3 1/2” x width of fabric strips. Sub-cut into (40) 3 1/2” x 9 1/2” strips.
From the navy, coral, and pink fabrics:
- Cut (2) 3 1/2” x width of fabric strips (if using a long quarter yard cut) or cut (4) 3 1/2” x 22” strips (if using a fat quarter).
- Sub-cut (6) 3 1/2” x 9 1/2” navy strips.
- Sub-cut (7) 3 1/2” x 9 1/2” coral strips.
- Sub-cut (7) 3 1/2” x 9 1/2” pink strips.
Piecing Instructions:
BLOCK ASSEMBLY:
- With the long edges aligned, place one navy strip between two background strips. Sew the strips together with right sides. Press the seams toward the navy strip. Make 6 navy stripe blocks.
- Repeat Step 1 with the coral and pink fabrics. Make 7 coral stripe blocks and 7 pink stripe blocks.
QUILT ASSEMBLY:
- Arrange the 20 stripe blocks as shown in the quilt layout diagram, paying special attention to the direction each block is turned.
- Sew together the blocks in each row. Press the seams to one side, alternating with the direction of each row.
- Sew together the rows to make the quilt top. Press.
- Make a quilt sandwich from the quilt top, batting, and backing fabric. Baste and quilt as desired, and then bind the quilt.
