Here is a picture of a biscuit quilt (crib size) I made for a friend whose nursery was brown and greens. They are so fun to make! Just cut your squares (great use for scraps)! The top one should be about 1 inch larger than the bottom square.
For instance I made mine 4 1/2 inches for the top individual squares and 3 1/2 inches for the bottom ones. Pin one top square to one bottom square making a pleat in all four sides. Pin. Then sew around as for a pillow leaving space for turning. Remove pins, turn and stuff with a bit of polyester fiberfill. Don't stuff too tightly, you want it nice and "squishy." I find this very relaxing to do while sitting down watching TV or on a road trip.
By Carol Young from Landisville, PA
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Not sure where the rest of the instructions went, but here they are:
After making your "biscuits", whipstitch them together side to side in rows, then joining rows according to how you want the top to look. Once top is complete, pick a coordinating fabric (I chose brown) cutting it larger than the size of the quilt top by the number of inches you want for a border (I did about 4").Lay it under the quilt top, top right side down and pin.
Beautiful! I love the colors.
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I love the biscuit quilt. I teach creative crafts and am always looking for easy projects. My students had great fun making variations on this theme. Any more wonderful ideas?
Julia: I would think the biscuits would make cute purses. Just use 9 for the front and either do a coordinating fabric for the other side, or both sides could be biscuits. You might want to line the inside.
I bet you could do the same thing with fabric yo-yo's. You could stuff the yo-yo's with polyfil and then pull it together to make it round, then sew them together and make a quilt.
Zig
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