Plus quilt

The craft blog of pattern designer Jeni Baker. Creative adventures in quilting, sewing, and color. Plus free sewing and quilting tutorials.

Free plus quilt pattern, a modern take on a fast & easy plus quilt. Beginner friendly & includes pdf template. Made with 5-inch squares and is fast to sew!

Gosh – first of all, Happy New Year! I hope this year is a happy and creative one for you all. I’ve been really slack at blogging last year, but I am keeping up regularly on Instag…

I use this quilt all the time, for naps and as an extra layer on my bed. She is one of my favourites. Today I realized I have not shown her off properly here as a finish. She was made with Amy Butler fabrics and a Three Sisters Paris Map print and finished at about 55" x 60". This quilt took a morning to invent and piece, I shared that with you here. The quilting was fast too, I just sewed straight lines on either sides of the seams, which makes a nice pattern on the back too. The binding is…

I just took a quick inventory around my house and counted at least 12 quilts that still need to be blogged! Now that my busy summer season is winding down I have a lot more time for things like blogging and quilting! I’m pretty excited to be sewing again and I’ve missed it so much. […]

Ta-Da!!! My Collection Challenge Plus quilt is all finished, quilted and bound. I quilted straight lines across the diagonal using a walking foot. I just eyeballed the lines across from point to point. The quilting came out to about a 2" bias grid. The backing worked out great! I pieced it together and tried to match the pattern. While not a perfect match, you have to look for the piecing seam. I'm really pleased with this backing print for this quilt top and the intended recipients. The…

After 17 years of marriage you'd think my husband would have a million quilts to call his very own. But sadly, that wasn't the case (unless one super soft, flannel, tied blanket that I made him for o

This is the first time I have made a plus quilt, and I am really liking this pattern. It's so simple (just squares), but I love that it creates a design too. I just now realized that this is actually another pixelated quilt, to go along with the other two I'm working on. When we moved back to Texas a year and a half ago, I was naturally very worried about my school age daughter. I worried more about her than anything else. As it usually goes, her adjustment to new school and new friends was…

"Dot, Dot, Dash" - This pin and description gave me a cute idea for a quilt...morse code! Write your own message and create a cool pattern at the same time!

I'm finally letting myself start a new project, since I'm supposed to be off my foot. It''s a project I've wanted to do for awhile, actually. Last year on Instagram @stephjacobsondesigns had a Plus block quilt-along that I really wanted to do, but didn't have time for. So, now is the time! If you're interested, you can see more about this on Steph's blog here. Here is the diagram of the Plus block I'll be doing. This makes a 10"block, which makes math for the quilt really easy! Always a…