Blossie Basket Quilt as You Go Pattern and Templates

A scrappy little basket with a big personality! The Blossie Basket by Nic Vaughan of Craftapalooza Designs, distributed by Creative Abundance, is a joyful quilt-as-you-go (QAYG) hexagon project that turns your favorite fabric scraps into a functional and utterly charming basket. This is the kind of project that’s as fun to make as it is to use — and with templates included, you’ll be off and stitching in no time.

Perfect for organizing notions, gifting as a handmade treasure, or simply showing off those beautiful scraps you can’t bear to throw away. A wonderful introduction to quilt-as-you-go technique too!

Pattern Details

• Skill level: Confident Beginner
• Size: Approx 7" x 8"
• Fabric needed: For each basket: 7 pieces 9" W x 8" H for the window hexagons and 7 pieces 7" W x 6" H for the inner hexagons. Cut 8 of each if making the lid. A fat quarter of low-loft batting makes 3 baskets.
• Tools and templates:
  • Acrylic and paper templates are included
  • Needed: 50-80 wt thread, #11 milliner needle, embroidery or chenille #26 needle, quilters pins, fabric and paper scissors, fabric marker, iron
  • For the lid: 4" square wool felt, 1" button or toggle, 4" elastic
  • For the flower or yo-yo decoration: two-sided fusible interfacing, 3" squares of fabric. A small Clover Green yo-yo maker is optional.
• Technique: Quilt-as-you-go hexagons, hand sewing (machine-friendly)
• What's included: 12-page A5 booklet with full-color photos, plus acrylic templates. No fabric is included.