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Harvest Basket
by Nancy Roberts
Fall flowers and colorful leaves spill from a plaid basket in Nancy
Roberts' traditional Harvest Basket block (12" x 12"). Use your
favorite autumn print, or make a set of four baskets, one for each season.
BLOCK SIZE: 12" square
MATERIALS
Yardage is estimated for 44" fabric.
- 1/8 yard autumn print, or a scrap at least 6" x 8" or 4" x 12"
- 1/4 yard white or other neutral background fabric; a "fat" eighth (11" x
18") will also be adequate
- 1/4 yard dark plaid - or a "fat" eighth
CUTTING
- Cut 6: A, print; or cut three 3 7/8" squares in half diagonally
- Cut 8: A, white; or cut four 3 7/8" squares in half diagonally
- Cut 2: A, dark plaid; or cut a 3 7/8" square in half diagonally
- Cut 2: B, white; or cut 3 1/2" x 6 1/2" rectangles
- Cut 1: C, dark plaid; or cut a 6 7/8" square in half diagonally to make 2 triangles
- you'll use just one
- Cut 1: C, white; or cut a 6 7/8" square in half diagonally to make 2 triangles -
you'll use just one
PIECING
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- Join a print A and a white A to make a pieced square. Make 6.
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- Take one of the pieced squares and sew white A's to adjacent sides. Then sew a dark
plaid C to it, to make the block center.
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- Sew a vertical row of 2 pieced squares and join it to the left side of the block center.
- Make a horizontal row of 3 pieced squares and join it to the top of the block center.
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- Stitch dark plaid A's to the ends of the B pieces, positioning them as shown. Join the
pieced units accordingly to the diagram. Then finish the Harvest Basket block by stitching
a white C in the corner.
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To printout the full size patterns for Harvest Basket, click here.
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