Project Sherbet Baby Quilt
Skill Level: Beginner

Skill Level: Beginner
Make a sweet baby quilt using your Baby Lock sewing machine and bright sherbet colored 1930's reproduction fabrics. This quilt will make a wonderful gift to any new baby! Download the pattern instructions here. This project calls for 100 half-square triangle blocks and makes a 4' x 4' (48" x 48" quilt).
Watch the short tutorial video below.
Cut the following from the white cotton fabric:
Seven strips, 5” x with of fabric, cut into fifty 5” x 5” squares.
Begin by marking a diagonal line, corner-to-corner, on fifty of the printed 5” x 5” squares.
Place together a white square and a printed 5” x 5” square, right-sides facing.
Stitch ¼” along both sides of the diagonally marked line. Cut the square in half along the marked line, forming two units.
Open up the units and press the seams toward the printed fabrics.
Stitch, cut, and press a total of one hundred blocks.
Lay the blocks, randomly placing the blocks throughout each row.
Stitch the blocks into rows. Press the seams toward the colored fabrics.
Stitch the rows together.
Layer the quilt, batting, and backing. Baste the layers securely.
Quilt the entire top of the quilt.
Baste the jumbo rick-rack to the edges of the quilt.
Trim the outside edge of the quilt flush before stitching the binding to the quilt.
Cut binding strips and bind the quilt.