Use basket quilt block patterns for block swaps with your friends or create your unique quilt. Multiples of the same block look wonderful within a quilt, and several like-sized basket blocks can be used to design a sampler quilt. Most patchwork basket blocks have lots of pieces, making them a perfect choice when you’d like to create a scrap quilt.
The quilt block pattern outlines the types of fabrics used in the forum event, and they look super when sewn in that way, but always feel free to change fabrics to suit your needs. The basket blocks finish at six-inches square and would make a lovely baby quilt. The blocks are suitable for either an on-point or straight setting. Place one of the blocks on-point to create a lovely medallion center for a wallhanging. The Cactus Pot block is a good choice for beginning quilters who want to learn how to make half-square triangle units. Arrange the blocks on-point and their finished width increases to about 21-inches. Remember that you must cut setting triangles to fill in around the edges of an on-point quilt layout.
