Remember the little door knob quilt I made for Valentine’s Day? Well today I woke up inspired to make one for Halloween. I love how it turned out and it takes no time at all.
Here’s what you’ll need:
Orange fabric:
2 – 2 ¼” x 2 ¼” squares
16 – 1 ½” x 1 ½” squares
1 – 7″ x 7″ square for backing
Blue fabric:
2
4 – 1 ½” x 1 ½” squares
You’ll also need a 7″ x 7″ square of batting, a scrap of green wool, green perle cotton or embroidery floss, basting adhesive, and 12” twine.
And here’s the pattern:
To make the orange/blue half square triangles, place an orange 2 1/4″ square on a blue 2 1/4″ square with right sides together and edges lined up. Draw a diagonal line from corner to corner on the wrong side of the orange square. Stitch a scant 1/4″ on either side of diagonal line. Press seams. Cut on diagonal line and press open towards the blue. Trim half square triangle to 1 1/2″ x 1 1/2″. Makes 2 half square triangles. Repeat for remaining set of 2 1/4″ squares.
Referring to the photo, lay out the 4 half square triangle units, 16 orange 1 1/2″ squares, 4 blue 1 1/2″ squares and 1 brown 1 1/2″ square to form the pumpkin. Join together half square triangles and squares to form rows. Join together rows. Press. The pumpkin top should measure 5 1/2″ x 5 1/2″.
If you’d like to quilt the pumpkin by machine or by hand, now would be the time. Trim the sandwich to 5 1/2″ x 5 1/2″ and use your favorite method to bind the quilt.
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This is really cute. Thanks for sharing.