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We are excited to share with you the quick and easy way to quilt a quilt at your home. You can finally make that baby quilt you have always wanted to make becuase now you get to learn that part of the quilt that is always to intimidating. No more. Today we are going to show you how to add the batting to your quilt and how to quilt the three layers together. Once again, this is a perfect quilt for beginners because it’s so simple yet so cute! Let’s begin.
1) Cut your backing so that it is 3″ bigger than your quilt. Our quilt that we made was 39″ by 39″ so our backing that we cut was 42″ x 42″.
2) Iron the backing
3) Find an open space on the floor or a big table and lay your backing out completely flat right side down (patterns facing down).
4) Cut the batting the same size as the backing (42″ x 42″)
5) Carefully lay the batting on top of the backing and make sure all the creases are out.
6) Lay the quilt top right side up on top of the batting and make sure it’s completely flat with no wrinkles or creases.
7) Start pinning! Pin every other square, skip a row and pin every other square in the next row.
Tip: Make sure you get all 3 layers (backing, batting, quilt top) in your pinning.
8) Quilt all three layers together by sewing straight lines along the diagonal seams. This technique is called “stitch in the ditch” because you are sewing right in the crease. Start by sewing as close to the middle of the quilt as you can to avoid bunching.
Tip: When you are quilting, always work from the middle out.
9) When you have finished sewing the rows for the first half of the quilt, begin sewing the other half of the quilt by starting from the middle and sewing outward in the opposite direction.
10) You’re finished! Now give yourself a little pat on the back and stare at your beautiful quilt. It was really that simple. You can finally conquer that step everyone seems to be missing. I know it is fun making the quilt top but it is always even more fun to actually complete the project and have a finished quilt rather than a finished top!
October 12, 2017 at 2:20 pm
Did you just cut off the extra 3″ of fabric? I am trying to make this quilt and I have all the square together and am going to start quilting but wanted to understand how to finish the outer edges.
December 9, 2014 at 7:42 pm
Wow. I read a lot of sewing blogs, and I’ve always wanted to try quilting, but I have never seen a tutorial of how to actually do it. Thanks so much!
December 8, 2014 at 6:56 pm
In step 8, how can you use a 1/4″ s.a. but also stitch in the ditch? It’s usually one or the other. Please clarify.
December 11, 2014 at 2:17 am
You are SOOO right and thank you for pointing that out. You would just want to do stitch in the ditch.
December 8, 2014 at 6:18 pm
Could you also do the horizontal and vertical lines? For more quilting. I have not had the courage as of yet, but I really believe I would attempt this.
What size were your squares? Thank you for the good info and “shot to the confidence”. 🙂 Libby
December 7, 2014 at 4:34 pm
Thank you for such easy instructions and great pictures! I think I could actually do this and I’m a beginner at all of this. Thank you for sharing your gift and talent of quilting and sewing! 🙂
December 6, 2014 at 1:49 pm
Would you be willing to share a little about how you made this quilt? I l.o.v.e. the pattern. Thank you!
December 11, 2014 at 2:15 am
We will be posting how to make this quilt in a few weeks.
December 20, 2014 at 9:11 pm
Thanks!
December 4, 2014 at 9:52 pm
Looks great!
December 4, 2014 at 5:56 pm
Wow ..i didn’t realize how easy it really is thank you for the info 🙂