Bow Tie Baby Quilt – Free Baby Quilt Pattern

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This Bow Tie Baby Quilt Pattern will make the perfect quilt for a baby you love! It’s sweet and simple and goes with just about any fabric. This quilt is so easy to make, itโ€™s a great pattern to whip up on short notice. Use your favorite fat quarter bundle or grab your scrap bucket and make it scrappy & happy!

UPDATE: This blog post has been converted to an optional PDF thatโ€™s optimized for printing. Find it here. The blog post below contains everything you will need and it is free to read, print, and sew! Just hit CTRL +P on your computer to print. The PDF download is inexpensive and optional.

In January I gave you this easy tutorial for an 8″ Bow Tie Quilt Block.

And now I’m finally ready to share with you a pattern for the quilt that I made out of my bow tie blocks! This easy baby quilt finishes at 40” square. Without too much trouble, you can piece it in a day – I promise.

The bow ties are cut from 4 fat quarters – so run to your stash and find 4 coordinating ones!

Bow Tie Baby Quilt Pattern

You will need:

  • 1/4 yard each (or 4 fat quarters) of 4 different print fabrics 1 1/4 yards of solid cream-colored fabric
  • 1/2 yard small print fabric for binding
  • 48โ€™โ€™ square of quilt batting
  • 1 1/4 to 2 1/2 yards of backing fabric, depending on the width
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Cutting:

From 3 of the print fabrics, cut:

  • 6 squares 4 1/2โ€™โ€™ x 4 1/2โ€™โ€™ (18 total)
  • 6 squares 2 1/2โ€™โ€™ x 2 1/2โ€™โ€™ (18 total)

From the remaining print fabric, cut:

  • 8 squares 4 1/2โ€™โ€™ x 4 1/2โ€™โ€™
  • 8 squares 2 1/2โ€™โ€™ x 2 1/2โ€™โ€™

From the solid fabric, cut:

  • 26 squares 4 1/2โ€™โ€™ x 4 1/2โ€™โ€™ โ€ข 12 squares 8 1/2โ€™โ€™ x 8 1/2โ€™โ€™

Sewing the Bow Tie blocks:

All seam allowances are 1/4โ€™โ€™.

1. Using the fabric marking pen, draw a diagonal line across the wrong side of each 2 1/2โ€™โ€™ square (26 total).

2. Pin a 2 1/2โ€™โ€™ square in the corner of each 4 1/2โ€™โ€™ solid square (26 total).

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3. Stitch along the drawn line on each smaller square.

4. Trim away the corner 1/4โ€™โ€™ past the line of stitching.

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5. Press the corner open.

Repeat steps 3-4 for all of the 2 1/2โ€™โ€™ print squares and 4 1/2โ€™โ€™ solid squares.

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6. To make a bow tie block, arrange two 4 1/2โ€™โ€™ print squares with two matching solid squares with print corners as pictured.

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7. Sew the squares into rows and then sew the rows together, pressing after sewing each seam.

Repeat to make 13 bow tie blocks.

Trim each block to 8 1/2โ€™โ€™ square, if necessary.

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Sew the blocks together:

1. Arrange the bow tie blocks and solid 8 1/2โ€™โ€™ squares into 5 rows:

  • 3 rows with 3 bow tie blocks and 2 solid squares
  • 2 rows with 2 bow tie blocks and 3 solid squares

Pay close attention to the direction of the bow tie blocks within each row (the bow ties in rows 2 and
4 slant in the opposite direction as the bow ties in rows 1, 3, and 5).

The arrangement of the different prints can be random or logical.

2. Sew the 5 rows.

3. Sew the rows together.

Finishing:

1. Make a quilt sandwich with the backing, batting, and top. Baste together with fusible batting, pins, or basting spray. Quilt as desired.

2. From the binding fabric cut 4-5 strips 2 1/2โ€™โ€™ tall (if your fabric is wide enough, only 4 strips will be needed).

3. Sew the binding strips together and bind the quilt using your favorite method.

xoxo,

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