For Christmas last year my kids all were asking for lots of electronic toys. Fearing a Christmas morning full of noise and beeping, I decided they needed something soft and snuggly to balance out all of the technology.
I made each of my 3 kids a quilt, you can see the one I made for my oldest here. This quilt I made for my younger daughter and I was thrilled with how quickly it stitched up.
These have been the best quilts. The kids drag them all over the house, take them in the car and otherwise use and abuse them and they have held up great. I just throw them in the wash and they come out clean and even more snuggly than before!
This quilt pattern uses fat quarters, and I’ve said before that I really really LOVE fat quarters! You get just a taste of a lot of different fabrics, kinda like a quilt made of only appetizers,
It’s backed in Minke, and bound in satin binding. I would not use the satin binding if I did it again, but hey live and learn.
For this quilt you will need:
– 12 Fat Quarters
– 2 yards Snuggles
– 100% cotton batting
– Binding
Cutting Guide for the Fat Quarters:
To begin, cut your fat quarters into 6.5″ x 9.5″ blocks. You can get 4 blocks per fat quarter, use the cutting guide below for reference.
You will end up with 48 rectangles, you only need 45 for the quilt, save the extra for something else.
Quilt Construction:
After you’ve cut out all of your pieces, you’re ready to begin sewing your pieces together by rows.
The rows are staggered which gives the quilt the look of bricks stacked up on a wall. One of the great things about sewing quilt blocks together this way is that it is super forgiving. If your seams aren’t matched up perfectly, it doesn’t’ matter.
Sew 9 rows of blocks. Each row has 5 blocks sewn together.
On the odd rows sew 5 blocks together along the short edges.
For the even rows, sew 4 blocks together, then cut your 5th block in half (so that it’s 6 ½″ x 4 ¾″) and sew half to each end as shown in the diagram above.
To Assemble the Quilt Top:
After you’ve sewn 9 rows, then sew your rows together. The blocks should be staggered like a brick wall.
Trim edges even if necessary. Make your quilt sandwich and machine quilt. If you’d like to see how I make my “quilt sandwich” click here, it’s explained on my table runner tutorial.
For the quilting, I used a walking foot and did a stitch in the ditch over each seam.
Bind & Enjoy!!!
More Quilt Patterns Perfect for Beginners:
gnee @ Singing With Birds says
Thanks for this awesome quilt tutorial. I’m going to make a couple for when my grands come for a visit. I just never have enough snugly blankets for everyone!
Rachel says
Oh gosh these are so cute!! What a great tutorial!! I’m putting this one in the files as maybe I’ll have time to make some quilts when the kids are finally back in school.
Thanks!
Rachel
Natalia from Piece N Quilt says
Love it! Thanks for sharing!!!
Kathy says
Precious….
The best toy ever,
a snuggly homemade quilt!
xoxo~Kathy @
Sweet Up-North Mornings…
Chris says
What a fun and simple quilt. Thanks for the tutorial. By the way, I like the new look to your blog.
Anna says
cute quilt, however, I do love your new blog layout, it’s super duper cute! 🙂
michelle@somedaycrafts says
i love brick quilts. Plus you don’t have to worry about 4 corner matching up exactly
!
ohiostar5 says
Thank you Melissa for the great tutorial. I have so many fat quarter collections (Fat Quarter shop), this pattern would make good use of them. Will cut one out this afternoon. BettyLou
Elizabeth Burns says
This is a really lovely quick quilt. Your instruction are so easy to follow. I am very impressed. Thank you from Australia for this pattern.
Bethany @ The Paper Pony says
So cute. I love that you don’t have to be as exact as with other quilts!
Sims Mom says
I have a quick question. Is there enough scrap left over to make a pieced binding with? Thanks!
Annabelle says
annabelle at annabelleserendipity.blogspot.com says: love your snuggly bricks tutorial. So simple and thanks for sharing. I am a new crafter and new blogger and need inspiration so it is wonderful for me to find this blog. I have got to try it. Thanks.
nancycreative says
I love all the colors in your quilt!
Heather Bredimus says
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Holly says
How big does this quilt turn out? I have 2 girls and have bought Girl Scout fabric and want to do quilts for them for Christmas, but want the quilts to be big enough for them to use for quite a while…
Thanks!
Dylansmommie says
Am I crazy or is there not enough bricks for 9 rows… I need to go get more quarters, LOL!
LauraF says
Yup I found that out last night ! Wish I had read these comments first
I didn’t realize there was a mess up with the count! I think my quilt had 8 rows not 9… I’ve corrected it though- you need 12 fat quarters for 45 blocks of fabric.
Or you can make the quilt 8 rows tall and stick with the 10 fat quarters.
Sorry for the mixup!
Amy says
Very cute! Thanks for sharing your pattern with us.
NewLeaf says
what size was the quilt in the end? I think I’m going to use this as my first big sewing project for my infant.
Peggy says
I just used these instructions to raid my fabric stash and make 2 quilts for my nieces. I added a few borders to beef up the size, but otherwise followed your directions. Quick and easy! The quilts both came out great. I bookmarked your posting so that I can use it over and over.
my happy bluebird says
Thanks so much for this tutorial! I have been searching the internet for a few weeks trying to find a simple pattern — and this is perfect! I won a fat quarter bundle from Fat Quarter Shop and I will be using that to make this pattern, but in a queen size.
Linda 🙂
lmoylan says
Thank you for a wonderful tutorial. I just completed mine. I really appreciated the diagram of how to cute the fat quarters. I blogged about it here:
http://moylanmayhem.blogspot.com/2012/01/quilt-number-2-bricks.html
Thanks again.
Mama G says
This is lovely! I’m adding it to my quilt board on pinterest =)
Kim says
I know this post is 2 years old but do you know where you got the alphabet fabric? I have a hard time finding alphabet fabric that I like and I just adore this quilt!! Thanks!
Linda says
I am very much a beginner and I cut this in half an evening and pieced it in one morning. After I finish the baby quilts, I plan to change up the fabric for lap quilt donations for our local Veterans Home. Thanks so much.
Ann Stinson says
I’m about to try my first quilt ever and this looks relatively me-proof. 🙂 However, I was wondering if you used 12 DIFFERENT patterned fat quarters or if some were the same. I know it probably won’t matter because of its design, but I’m a little neurotic that way…
Ann,
I can’t remember… I do know that all of the Fat Quarters were from the same FQ pack. I only bought one package… if that helps at all.
Margaret Burnett says
I don’t see why you cannot use 12 different fabrics. I certainly intend to. But then again, my favourite types of quilts are scrappy ones. I’m looking so forward to using up my “excess” fabric on these quilts. Have fun with your project.
Margaret Burnett says
Thank you so much, Melissa, for sharing your super easy & appealing pattern. What a convenient way of whipping up a baby quilt in a hurry.
Megan says
Hi there! I know this tutorial is like 3 years old so I know I’m a little late to the game 🙂 but I have a question. I’m to the point of quilting this and have a question on quilting. You said you stitched in the ditch. Easy for long stretches across the quilt. For the up and down seams did you just sew in the ditch for a few inches and then move on to the next one? In other words was it a lot of broken runs or did you just go all the way from the bottom to the top? Sorry if this is totally confusing, just trying to figure out the best way to go about it!
thanks!
Megan
Hi!
I actually quilted all the way top to bottom, no broken runs. Does that help? Each block had a quilting line running through it.
Megan says
Yes! thank you! 🙂
Debra J. Farley says
I am about to start my first quilt ever…..I sew and crochet and have been wanting to quilt for quite some time but never have….I was going to take a class but my friend said just do it try something small, so I am but I am going to incorporate pictures into it….it will be a gift for my youngest daughter….I am so excited and I love this pattern….I will report back once I am done…wish me luck, I a little nervous!!!!
Debra J. Farley says
Please tell me what Snuggles are????
Mary E Haskins says
Love this site, actually understood what you were talking about. I sew and crotchet also but wanted to make a quilt. I’m am so going to do this! Thank you!!!
Teresa Faux says
I have made 3 quilts using this pattern! Love it! My kids drag these blankets around!
Gena says
I would love to see the brothers quilts
Mary says
I know this is an old post, but I can’t find the measurements of the final product. I am making for my granddaughter so don’t want it to be too big. Also, I love your fabric!! Any chance you can tell where you ordered it?
Kel says
O am a new quilter learning what works and what does not. You mentioned that you would not use satin binding again. Why not? Thank you
I just thought it didn’t look very good when it was finished. I like fabric binding, I think it looks more neat when finsished.
Kel says
Thank you I do also. But have toyed around with the idea of using a satin as comfy addition.
Kim Johnson says
How big is the quilt top once sewn. Want to know if it is big enough for an adult.