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Holiday SQUARED Quilt

I'm finally getting around to doing this post. I hope you all like it. This is a fun and happy Halloween quilt that I made a few years ago for my kitchen table but, right now I'm sharing it with the kids in the classroom I work in. I'm a teacher's aide in 2nd grade. It's a lot of fun and the kids like me as much as I like them. Everyday I take care of a special needs child (in a mainstream class) and when he doesn't need me, I help with the needs of the class. It's very rewarding!!!

You can use this pattern to make a quilt for every holiday like Christmas, Valentine's Day, Easter, 4th of July & Halloween, etc. This is a scan of the original pattern I made for one of my classes. You're welcome to use it for personal use. Please don't print the pattern to sell. Thanks and Enjoy!


You will need the following to make this quilt!

• 1/4 yard cuts of 36 different holiday fabrics
• 1/2 yard of contrasting fabric for small stop border
• 3 1/2 yards for quilt backing
• 2 yards 90" wide quilt batting

Cutting Instructions:

• Cut a 2 1/2" strip and a 4 1/2" strip from each of the 36 fabrics.

Now take the 36 strips measuring @ 2 1/2" and sub-cut the following:

• Cut two strips @ 2 1/2" x 4 1/2"
• Cut two strips @ 2 1/2" x 8 1/2"

The remaining fabric you will cut into 2 1/2" x 2 1/2" squares. You will you need 224 squares for the outside checkerboard border. (You will have to cut approximately 20+ squares from the leftover 4 1/2" strips to get the 224 squares you will need).

Now take the 36 strips measuring @ 4 1/2" and sub-cut the following:

• Cut eight 4 1/2" x 4 1/2" square from each strip.
• You will get 288 squares but will only use 36 squares, one of each print.

Note: You will now have 252 extra 4 1/2" squares to make a bonus quilt or use them to make a trick or treat bag. For example: Make a quilt with 8 rows of 6 squares in each. You would use 64 squares and the quilt would measure 48" x 64" before any borders. You could also make a nice table runner too.

Here's a close-up of the outside checkerboard border and the machine quilting.

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