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REGENCY
Baskets

Our basket quilt is made from a stunning antique blue range by Christopher Wilson-Tate for Moda, set against a neutral background fabric. You can use the same neutral background fabric throughout the whole quilt. If you are using just one neutral then you will need 4¹⁄⁴yds (3.75m). However, we love a scrappy quilt and although we used just one neutral fabric for our sashing and setting triangles, we used nine different neutral long quarters in our blocks.

Vital Statistics

Quilt size: 62in x 62in (157.5cm x 157.5cm)

Block size: 8in square (finished)

Number of blocks: 25

Setting: On point with 2in sashing

Requirements

 One jelly baby OR twenty 21⁄2in strips cut across the width of the fabric

 2yds (1.75m) of neutral fabric for blocks, cut across the fabric width into twenty-five 21⁄2in wide strips – we used a selection of nine long quarters for a scrappy quilt

 21⁄4yds (2m) of neutral fabric for sashing and setting triangles

 1⁄2yd (50cm) of binding fabric

 Creative Grids Multi-Size 45⁄90 ruler or similar ruler for making half-square triangles from strips

SORTING THE JELLY BABY STRIPS

 Choose thirteen strips for the baskets.

 The remaining seven strips are used for sashing squares and contrast squares in each block.

CUTTING INSTRUCTIONS

Jelly baby basket strips

Take the thirteen strips allocated for the baskets and cut them in half to make twenty-six half-strips 2¹⁄²in x 21in. You need twenty-five, so one will be spare. Cut each of the twenty-five half-strips as follows.

 Two rectangles 21⁄2in x 41⁄2in.

 One rectangle 21⁄2in x 8in, to make half-square triangles (HSTs).

 The balance of the half-strip (4in) is spare although it could be used to cut a 21⁄2in square to add variety to the sashing squares.

Each half-strip will form a basket so keep these shapes together and put them in twenty-five separate piles.

Jelly baby sashing and contrast squares in baskets

Take the seven strips allocated for the sashing squares and the contrast squares in the Basket blocks and cut each strip into sixteen 2¹⁄²in squares. You need ninety in total, so you will have plenty to give variety.