I’ve been getting requests for an ABC quilt pattern for years – but I coulnd’t do it until I had at least one pattern for every letter of the alphabet.
I finally have that!
You can pull your blocks from any of my patterns that use square blocks. (That’s almost all of them.) Pull what you can from Shiny Happy World patterns you already have, and then you can fill in the gaps here.
Remember, individual block patterns are always Buy 4 Get the 5th Free – no discount code needed.
Now you just need a materials list and cutting instructions for the complete quilt – plus ABC templates sized to fit that 4-inch border.
Download the ABC Quilt Layout Guide here.
Unlike the rest of my layout guides, this one only has information for one size. That’s because it’s constrained by the number of letters in the alphabet. My sample quilt is 70 inches wide x 80 inches tall. That’s just a little shorter than a standard twin size.
Of course, this isn’t the only way you can lay out an ABC quilt!
Want to make a smaller quilt? Without the borders, this is the same size as my basic Napping Quilt – my favorite size for the couch. Use the Simple Grid Layout Guide instead of this one. Applique the names on the back of the quilt, or maybe embroider them into the background of each animal’s block. There’s a free ABC hand embroidery pattern here.
Maybe you like the size but don’t want to bother with double borders? Combine them into a single 10-inch wide border and scatter the animal names all higgledy-piggledy on it.
Want to make a standard twin-size quilt? Increase the width of the top and bottom outer borders from 6 inches to 11 inches.
I’m working on similar guides for other layouts too! That way no matter what layout your pattern shows, you can easily use the blocks in a different design. Here’s what I have so far and what’s coming. . .
- Simple Grid
- Checkerboard Grid
- Grid with Sashing and Borders
- Stripes with Sashing (coming soon)
- Wide Stripes (coming soon)
- Wonky Faux Sashing (coming soon)
- Polaroid Blocks (coming soon)
- Alternate Grid with Double Blocks (coming soon)
- Alternate Grid with Half Blocks
If you’re just getting started, you’ll find a very simple How to Make a Quilt guide here.