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Chickadee Baskets Quilt – Fons & Porter
Jackie Robinson’s festive throw quilt pattern is truly captivating. It starts with a lovely set of fabrics featuring birds and holly berries set against an elegant cream print with gold flecks. She then creates two ingenious quilt blocks that highlight the birds and create a freestanding chain. With a little fussy cutting, the Log Cabin quilt blocks and the freestanding patchwork chain in this design create perfect opportunities to frame your fabrics. The mitered borders are the ideal way to handle distinctly patterned fabric. A lovely seasonal throw quilt!
About This Quilt
Finished Blocks: 18 (10″) blocks
Rating: Intermediate
Designed by: Jackie Robinson
Recommended Tools: Fons & Porter Fussy Cut Template Set, Fons & Porter Rotary Cutter, Olfa 12″ Spinning Cutting Mat, and Fons & Porter Basic Cutting Ruler
The subtle seam of a mitered corner creates the illusion of a continuous line around the quilt. Mitered corners are ideal for striped borders, pieced borders, or multiple plain borders. Learn this quick and easy method that can be adapted to any quilt pattern by watching the free quilting video tutorial below. This method not only makes quiltmaking easier, but it increases the efficiency and accuracy when finishing your quilts, which will be helpful when making this fun holiday quilt pattern, Chickadee Baskets! For more free Sew Easy quilting video tutorials, make sure to visit QNNtv.com.