themadpatter

OK, bud, I think I can help you here. I'm almost a guy, at least as close as a 63 yo woman can get, lol! We only had girls, so I was the designated boy. I made a baby quilt for my friend, and made up the pattern. It was a simple geometric pattern, and I quilted it using a walking foot and all straight lines. I highly recommend this only if you want to do something more complicated than just squares. I used squares, with sashing and cornerstones. I "fussy cut" the cornerstones, so I could have a cute little animal in the middle of each one, but I didn't have to. Fussy cutting is when you plan the cutting of a piece so that a motif or picture is situated just how you want it on the piece.

Here is a picture with the parts labelled and the sizes noted. I would use bigger squares, as you need to git 'er done by May. The yellow lines show where the quilting is.

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The sizes shown are finished sizes. If you are going to use standard 1/4" seams, it adds 1/2" to the measurements. So the squares are cut at 6 1/2", corners are 2 1/2" square, and the sashes are 6 1/2" x 2 1/2".