Basket Puzzle

Pam Brennan

There are a lot of free on-line quilt classes out there and when I stumbled on this one from The Quilt Show I decided to give it a try. Over several weeks, lessons were presented to create the assorted basket blocks in three sizes. I chose to make my blocks with scraps from my stash of civil war reproduction fabrics.

One of the lessons involved making a bunch of 2” finished half square triangle units. They were used to create some of the baskets and as fillers in the odd spaces. Once I had all my blocks made and my puzzle put together, I added a piano key border which made the finished quilt a nice lap size of 46” x 56”. I machine quilted this one in an all over abstract design with brown thread. I had a lot of fun making this one. I’m thinking of making a similar one some day with different type blocks and the same fabric pallet to put up for sale, but this basket one I’ll keep for display in my home.

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Published by Pam Brennan

I’m a work from home long arm quilter/quiltmaker.I learned to sew on my Nana’s treadle machine when I was around 8 yrs old but didn’t start making quilts til much later in life.I’m mostly self taught and have been making quilts for 30+ years.I enjoy making scrappy quilts and love working with batiks,but I have a fondness for antique reproduction fabrics as well.I tend to work with more traditional style block patterns but I put my own spin on them with use of fabric choices.I also do some pantograph quilting for people who want their tops finished into quilts.

2 thoughts on “Basket Puzzle”

  1. The basket quilt reminds me of a Thimbleberries my mom and her sisters did. The sisters helped one sister get a lot of blocks done, and then my mom made that same quilt. The colors are similar and it was a very folksy looking style, like this one. I like it a lot.

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