Low Volume Green and Blue Strip Pieced Baby Quilt

(Sky, Forest and Ocean)

38 x 48.5 inches

This would be a good quilt to use up bits and pieces in your stash. Or you could start with fat quarters if you prefer.

I used lighter blues in my sky and darker blues in my ocean. I added some yellow strips and some fussy cut strips with forest animals and ocean creatures. If you are using fat quarters, choose 7 medium blue fabrics which could be sky or ocean, 2 lighter blue fabrics to add to the sky and 2 darker blues to add to the ocean.

PDF of Low Volume Green and Blue Pieced Baby Quilt Pattern

Fabric Requirements:

Blues: 9 (11 if you are using added colors for sky and ocean) pieces of blue fabric 11.5 inches wide x 10 inches high

Greens: 9 pieces of green fabric 11.5 inches wide x 10 inches high

(You will end up with enough strips for 3 extra blue and 3 extra green blocks).

Scraps: Strips of yellow fabric or fussy cut strips to substitute for some of the pieces in the blocks if you wish to do that.

For the sashing and binding: 1.5 yards green fabric. (2 yards if you have vertical pattern and don’t want to piece the long stashing strips).

Backing: 1.5 yards

Binding: cut 5 strips WOF to the width you prefer for your bindings. (2.25 inches is a good width if you aren’t sure).

Cutting Instructions:

Label 9 small sandwich bags letters A through I. One for each strip you will be cutting.

You will need 2 sets of bags: one for blues and one for green fabric strips.

Stack 3-4 pieces of your 11.5 x10 inch fabrics. Cut as shown on following 2 pages.

Cut 9 sashing strips 9.5 inches x 3 inches.

You will also need

Two strips of sashing 3 inches wide for 2 middle vertical rows of sashing

Two strips of sashing 3.5 inches wide for the right and left side of the quilt

Two 3 inch strips of sashing for the top and bottom of the quilt.

I recommend that you cut these after you have assembled the 3 vertical rows of blocks.

Construction:

Assemble your blocks on a design wall. You should have a different fabric for each piece in a block.

Sew your blocks together per the diagram on the next page. The block should be 9.5 inches square and will finish at 9 inches square.

Attach a piece of 9.5 x 3 inch sashing to bottom edge of your sky blocks and forest blocks.
Sew the blocks together in vertical rows: Sky, forest, forest, ocean. You will then have 3 vertical sets of blocks, each containing 4 blocks.

Measure each of the long strips of blocks.

Now cut your 2 outer and 2 middle sashing strips to measure your quilt.

Attach the 2 middle strips of sashing, then the 2 later strips.

Finally measure the width of your quilt at its center. Cut the top and bottom sashing strips to that width.

Attach to the quilt body.

Finishing:

Quilt and bind as desired.