Easter HST Quilt 2.0 - Construction

Making an Easter Quilt adds a festive touch to your home, and with so many wonderful novelty prints available a simple design and layout is all you need. Join me and sew my Easter HST Quilt 2.0!


How are your blocks for the Easter HST Quilt 2.0 coming along? I've seen some wonderful fabric combinations and gorgeous blocks already, and it's exciting to watch your quilts come alive!

My blocks are all sewn together, and quilting has begun - I couldn't be happier, this quilt is so pretty! Today's post includes the instructions for constructing and finishing your quilt top. It's all very simple and easy and before you know it, you'll have a quilt ready to snuggle under this Easter.

Let's go:


Quilt Construction:

This was my original draft when I planned this quilt, but I had to change the placement of the fabrics/colours as I went along to achieve an appealing distribution throughout the quilt.

The quilt requires 121 x 6" (finished) blocks and I gave you the two HST block tutorials last week

We're joining the blocks in an 11 x 11 grid, alternating the two HST blocks. Before you start sewing the blocks together -
  • lay out all the blocks, alternating the block designs as shown in the main diagram (all blocks face in the same direction)
  • when you're happy with their placement and you have a good distribution of colour, take a quick photo for reference (a phone photo is perfect, it's just in case your blocks get out of order).
  • gather the blocks of each row, in order, and pin them with a safety pin and label each row.


  • Sew the blocks together into the eleven rows, pressing the seams of each row in alternate directions for nesting.

  • Carefully matching all seams, sew the eleven rows together, pressing the long seams towards the top of the quilt to hide them under the HST's - you can press them open if you want.
  • Your quilt top should now measure 66 1/2" square.
  • Press your quilt top well in preparation for basting and quilting.


Basting and Quilting:

To finish your Easter HST Quilt 2.0, you will also need:

  • 76" (1.90m) square backing and wadding
  • 1/2 yard (50cm) binding fabric
  • quilting cotton

To baste your quilt:

  • Lay the backing fabric wrong side up on a flat surface and tape into position to secure.
  • Lay the wadding on top, smoothing out any wrinkles and then the well pressed quilt top, on top, right side up.
  • Pin the three layers together if you are machine quilting and hand baste the three layers together if you are hand quilting.
  • Quilt as desired. I am machine quilting rows of serpentine stitch spaced approximately 1/2" apart in a shiny white thread.

Bindings and Finishing:

  • Trim the excess backing and wadding level with the quilt top.
  • From your binding fabric cut - 8 x 2 1/4" strips across the fabric width.
  • Sew the strips together, with diagonal seams, along the short sides to form one long strip.
  • Press the strip in half lengthways and starting in the middle of one side of the quilt, sew bindings to the quilt front, raw edges together and mitering the corners as you go and trimming away the excess.
  • Turn the bindings to the wrong side of the quilt and slipstitch into place to secure.
  • Label and date your completed quilt, just in time for Easter. 


And that's it! You now have all the information you need to ensure your quilt is ready for Easter. :) If you have any questions just send me an email, I'm happy to help :)

I hope you have fun putting your quilts together. I'm going to get back to quilting my Easter HST Quilt 2.0 and I'll show you the finished quilt next Wednesday. I'm really enjoying the slow rhythm of quilting this quilt. Now it's almost done, I've slowed down the pace and I quilt a few rows between daily tasks - I can't wait to snuggle under it for real though :)

Have fun!

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Happy Quilting :)
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