Basket Quilt

[Yolanda C.]

God be with you in your healing.. Quilting is a great therapy.. love your baskets.

[Wendy F.]

I made some 4" baskets and added them randomly to the border made from the leftover bits of fabric from the main body of the quilt

[laurelomac]

Thanks for the session on making flying geese. Perfect geese and no leftovers! You inspired me to make some flowers for my basket.. My neighbor and I are both doing this project and we met last week underneath a California pepper tree in a nearby park. We spread our work out on the grass while maintaining social distancing guidelines and exchanged ideas and encouragement.

[Regina G.]

Oh how I adore all those fabulous real puzzles! A joy to see.
My baskets are not that puzzle style as I have to use up a (big) basket full of half square triangles. They are all 2" squares so my baskets are all the same size except the tiny ones in the corners.
I decided for a table runner which used up 250 half square triangel blocks and learned to deal with that piling up seam allowances which run criss-cross in all directions.


I wish I had added one orange triangle in one basket. It's too late now...
Thank you Alex for encouraging me to start and finish this project .
Gina from Germany

[Karla M.]

Sehr schön Gina from Germany!

[Karla M.]

Amb2715-this is beautiful!

[Wendy F.]

I made some 4" baskets and added them to the scrappy border (made from left over bits from the basket blocks).

[Suzanne F.]

Stunning quilt, Lahoefer! I have never been a real fan of basket quilts, but your design has certainly changed my idea of them. Thanks for sharing.

[Deborah W.]

This has been another wonderful learning experience. Thanks Alex and thanks to each of you for sharing your creations. This is what I have so far. I haven't figured out borders.

[Deborah W.]

amb2715 I love the flowers in your baskets.

[Deborah W.]

Here is my completed top; still need to quilt it.

[Deborah W.]

it needs to be rotated.

[Paula R.]

What fun I had working on my piecing skills with the Basket Puzzle quilt! I decided to try the first basket, not expecting to enjoy working with so many small pieces. Before I knew it, I couldn’t stop making these cute little baskets. My quilt is made entirely from scraps, with the exception of the crumb catcher and striped binding. Even the batting is pieced together. I got to try a new technique with the migrating geese border and enjoyed straight line quilting, which I rarely do. It is far from perfect and still needs pressed, but I am pleased overall.

[Jane P.]

I have been on this journey starting with the Sequoia quilt, then the Kaffe quilt, and now the Basket quilt. With each quilt, I have learned much and seen great improvement in my cutting, piecing, and pressing, to the point, my Basket Puzzle quilt went together like a dream. I did put in an inner border using the red gingham that I used for my basket handles. I will also use the gingham for my binding. Thank you Alex for all the lessons, tricks, and tips you taught in each class. You are a wonderful teacher, and I give much of the credit to your teaching for my success. My favorite tip is, using the Quilter's Select glue stick to glue the fabric before piecing. What a great product! My favorite advice was simply to slow down in my piecing.

[carol g.]

My basket quilt blocks! Still working on some fitting of the puzzle pieces. I do like a busy, chaotic look!