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    Home » Quilts

    Simple Sawtooth Star Baby Quilt

    Updated: Sep 29, 2020 by Melissa Mortenson · This post may contain affiliate links · This blog generates income via ads · 8 Comments

    This Sawtooth Star Baby Quilt is so easy to stitch up that you’ll want to make more than one! It’s a great quilt project for a beginning quilter. If you like this pattern, you may also like this Turnstile Baby Quilt Tutorial.  

    Free pattern for a Simple Sawtooth Star Baby Quilt - so fast to stitch up - great for a beginning quilter! #quilts #babyquilt #beginningquilter #quilttutorial
    Free pattern for a Simple Sawtooth Star Baby Quilt - so fast to stitch up - great for a beginning quilter! #quilts #babyquilt #beginningquilter #quilttutorial
    Table of Contents
    • How to Make the Baby Quilt
    • About my Version of the Quilt
    • The Inspiration behind the Derby Day Fabric Line

    First up, this is not my quilt tutorial. So if you’re thinking you’ve seen it before you have. It’s actually a tutorial from Amy Smart of Diary of a Quilter. I was searching for a simple to stitch up a quilt for my booth at Quilt Market last fall and I immediately thought of this tutorial. She stitched it up last summer and I fell in love with it as soon as I saw it.

    It’s a simple take on a sawtooth star quilt crossed with a patchwork quilt and is a great pattern to use if you’re looking to show off some of your favorite fabric prints.

    How to Make the Baby Quilt

    Hop on over to the Diary of a Quilt Blog and read though Amy’s tutorial.

    To make the quilt in baby size instead of throw size (like Amy’s):

    • Instead of the 8 rows of 8 make your quilt 6 rows of 6. This will yield a 48″ x 48″ finished baby quilt.
    • Cut out 30 square of fabric each 8 ½″ x 8 ½″. These will be the simple squares in the quilt.
    • Sew two Sawtooth Star Quilt blocks that are 8″ x 8″ when finished (that’s 8 ½″ x 8 ½″ before they are sewn into the quilt).
    • Sew one 16″ x 16″ finished size Sawtooth Star Quilt block.
    • Assemble the quilt by rows as shown in the photo below.
    Free pattern for a Simple Sawtooth Star Baby Quilt - so fast to stitch up - great for a beginning quilter! #quilts #babyquilt #beginningquilter #quilttutorial

    About my Version of the Quilt

    I like Amy, interspersed 3 sawtooth stars into my quilt to break up all of the patchwork. I stuck to blues and greens for the color scheme. (In her post she shares some great tips for picking fabrics for a quilt as well). Here it is hanging in my booth at Market in Houston.

    The Inspiration behind the Derby Day Fabric Line

    Derby Day will be my 5th fabric line with Riley Blake. I think it has taken me this long to figure out what in the world I’m doing. One of the hardest parts of designing fabric is having all of your projects and photos ready when the fabric is released! I don’t get fabric until a few weeks before everyone else, so as you can imagine it’s a bit of a mad dash to get it all to put together.

    This time, I was able to get my hands on some advanced, advanced yardage. Which was AWESOME. It varies slightly from the finished fabrics (you can’t put metallic ink on advanced yardage, and the colors are slightly different, in this case, they were darker), but it’s worth it to get fabric earlier.

    Since I’m a bit ahead, I thought that I’d take advantage of a sunny day and take some of my quilts to a friends farm to photograph. She was nice enough to let me come out and traipse around a bit. She even brought out a few horses to pose for photos!

    Free pattern for a Simple Sawtooth Star Baby Quilt - so fast to stitch up - great for a beginning quilter! #quilts #babyquilt #beginningquilter #quilttutorial

    When she asked if I wanted photos with a horse I did a happy dance. I mean look at that gorgeous creature. He’s a Fresian and I’m pretty sure belongs to a friend of hers in the same barn.

    My daughter is home from college for Thanksgiving, and let’s just say that I didn’t have to ask her twice to jump in the photos. She fell in love with this horse right away.  There were also cats and dogs roaming around the farm, including the cutest golden retriever.  With all of the horses and animals, I thought I’d never get her to leave (I really didn’t want to leave myself)!

    Free pattern for a Simple Sawtooth Star Baby Quilt - so fast to stitch up - great for a beginning quilter! #quilts #babyquilt #beginningquilter #quilttutorial

    Details of the Featured Quilts

    The quilt on the horse above was made by Erin Harris. It’s a project from her book Make your Own Medallion (affiliate link), coming out in the new year.  When it gets closer to the book’s release, she’ll share more info about the quilt.

    Free pattern for a Simple Sawtooth Star Baby Quilt - so fast to stitch up - great for a beginning quilter! #quilts #babyquilt #beginningquilter #quilttutorial
    Free pattern for a Simple Sawtooth Star Baby Quilt - so fast to stitch up - great for a beginning quilter! #quilts #babyquilt #beginningquilter #quilttutorial
    Free pattern for a Simple Sawtooth Star Baby Quilt - so fast to stitch up - great for a beginning quilter! #quilts #babyquilt #beginningquilter #quilttutorial

    The 3rd quilt in the photo above is a new pattern. It’s called the Derby Sampler and I think might be one of my quilts that I’ve ever made. 

    I ended up taking so many photos that day at the farm, I’m still sorting through them all. I have one more quilt that I am working on before the Derby fabric release in February. I’m really excited about how it is turning out and I think another trip to the farm will be called for when it’s done!

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    Melissa Mortenson

    Melissa Mortenson is a blogger, designer, and content creator. She is the Polka Dot Chair blog founder and has been sharing fresh and creative ideas with readers since 2008. She is the author of “Project Teen, Handmade Gifts your Teen will Actually Love.” Her work and designs have been featured on HuffPost, TODAY, Pioneer Woman, HGTV, BuzzFeed, Better Homes & Gardens, and many other established publications. Her first fabric line, “Derby Style,” debuted in January 2015 through Riley Blake Designs.  Additional fabric collections have followed it in subsequent years. A mom of 3, she considers herself lucky to be living in Kentucky.

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    Comments

    1. Ivory says

      November 24, 2017 at 11:11 pm

      I always love what you creates, outstanding quilts. The two horses and cat is adorable to.

      Reply
    2. erin says

      November 25, 2017 at 8:55 am

      Those are the best photos!

      Reply
    3. Gene Judge says

      November 25, 2017 at 6:15 pm

      Your horse and kitty shot photos are super-duper. The quilts, as well, of course. But, gotta say, the beautiful horses and kitty make it all terrific. Will definitely make the quilt. Thanks!

      Reply
      • Gene Judge says

        November 25, 2017 at 6:18 pm

        By the way, would love to see the golden retriever !

        Reply
    4. Beth says

      February 08, 2018 at 9:16 pm

      Where can I find the pattern for your changes to the Sawtooth Star baby quilt? I went to Amy’s site but only the original pattern is there. I really like the changes you made.

      Reply
      • Melissa Mortenson says

        February 09, 2018 at 2:53 pm

        It’s exactly the same as hers except she made hers 8×8 and I made mine 6×6. I just didn’t have enough fabric to make mine as large as hers. All of the block measurements are identical.

        Reply
    5. Janice Goforth says

      November 21, 2020 at 12:16 am

      I’m recuperating from arthroscopic knee surgery ( 1 week post op) so I thought I would make GIANT STAR quilt…although it took a little longer bc of knee pain I feel I accomplished something…thanks for sharing…already thinking about making another GIANT but with 10 inch quilt blocks

      Reply
      • Melissa Mortenson says

        November 23, 2020 at 8:28 am

        I love giant blocks for that exact reason! A great sense of accomplishment

        Reply

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