Quilt Pattern: Fruit Basket

Fruit Basket, finishing about twelve and a half inches square, makes a cunning little pillow as sketched.

When used for a quilt it alternates with plain squares for fancy quilting set together in a diagonal checkerboard fashion which finishes at the edges with half blocks of white. Any colors may be used. Or bright scraps of odd color, blue, orange, red, violet and yellow might be used hit and miss for the upper triangles with the baskets all in brown or green.

Oblongs 2 1/2 by 7 1/2 and large right angle triangles 7 1/2 inches on the like sides may be used for the basket and section above it instead of piecing these from the small pieces. These sizes do not all allow for seams.

Material Estimate: It will take 8 1/2 yards of material, 6 of white and 2 1/2 of color for a full size quilt.

Quilting suggestions: The Cherry Basket would be lovely on the alternate plain blocks, as it places diagonally and is a harmonizing design.