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Crib Quilt Patterns and Quilts for Older Children

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All of my free baby quilt patterns include detailed instructions and step-by-step illustrations, making them suitable for quilters of every skill level. I hope you'll find a baby quilt pattern you love in the archives.

Remember that you can turn any quilt block into a baby quilt, and you'll find lots of choices in the quilt block pattern archives. If you're new to quilting, use my yardage calculations article to determine how much fabric you'll need.

Baby quilt patterns are tops in popularity, so I'm creating more of them each month.

Baby Propellers Quilt Pattern

This little baby quilt finishes at about 34-1/2" x 43-1/4". It's made with 18 traditional Propeller quilt blocks. All of the blocks contain the same components, but in six of them a strip pieced unit is flipped around so that like-units don't meet when the quilt is assembled.

Stars Through the Windows Baby Quilt Pattern

Baby Quilt Patterns
Are you looking for a super simple baby quilt pattern that doesn't look simple when it's finished? Stars Through the Windows might be the perfect solution. It goes together quickly and easily and can be made to suit any theme by simply changing the fabrics.

Pretty in Pastels Baby Quilt

Pretty in Pastels Baby QuiltPretty in Pastels Baby Quilt
Pretty in Pastels is a 30" x 42" baby quilt that's made entirely with the traditional Clay's Choice block. I felt that pastels suited the design and the Easter season, but you can change the quilt's character by working with vibrant colors. Place darks or very warms where my blues are, and then use cool colors for the outer squares of each block -- the design will shift significantly with those simple changes.

Framed Nine Patch Baby/Toddler Quilt

Framed Nine Patch Baby/Toddler Quilt
The Framed Nine Patch baby quilt pattern is the first of several new baby quilts that I'll publish during April. At 45-1/2" x 60-1/2" it's larger than normal, and not a small crib quilt, but works well as baby turns into a toddler.

Springtime Baby Quilt

Baby Quilt PatternJanet Wickell
You'll make the Springtime Baby Quilt from two different traditional quilt blocks, Snowball and another block that's called Double V or Double R. Nancy Cabot and the Kansas City Star were two of its publishers. You can alter the colors in this quilt to suit any decor.

Darting Birds Baby Quilt

Birds Baby Quilt PatternJanet Wickell
The Darting Birds baby quilt is made by sewing twelve 6-inch quilt blocks on point and surrounding them with setting squares and triangles. This cute baby quilt finishes at 35" x 43-1/2".

Darting Birds was a Quilting Forum Block Lotto selection in 2008. Be sure to take a look at the color layout used for those blocks -- a blue sky background with black and white birds. The blocks were lovely. Alternate Darting Birds

Double Star Quilt Pattern

Baby Quilt PatternJanet Wickell
Traditional Double Star quilt blocks are used for this project (they're also known as Hope of Hartford). Each is made from four identical quarter-square triangle units, one center square and four rectangles. Blocks are straight-sewn and separated by sashing. At 55" x 67", the quilt finishes slightly larger than most baby quilts -- perfect for a little girl or boy to grow into.

Got Blues Baby Quilt Pattern

Baby Quilt PatternJanet Wickell
Do you recognize this quilt block? It's the same Double V (or R) used in the Springtime Baby Quilt. But this quilt is made from larger 10" square versions of the blocks. The quilt finishes at about 55" x 69".

Little Road Trip Quilt

Baby Quilt PatternJanet Wickell
Here's a super easy little quilt, called Road Trip for the Route 66 fabrics that are illustrated. To make the quilt, you'll assemble columns of squares (with rectangles at the ends of a few columns to create the "wavelike" appearance). The quilt finishes at about 44-1/2" x 50-1/2".

In the Pinks Baby Quilt Pattern

Baby Quilt PatternJanet Wickell
In the Pinks is made from two traditional quilt blocks, Broken Dishes and a variation of the Hour Glass. Blocks finish at 9" square and the quilt measures about 44" x 57". Quilt blocks are set on-point and surrounded by setting triangles and corner triangles.

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