Quilt Pattern: Grape Basket

Basket quilts are always popular. There are several charming versions easy to piece. The main part of this one is a 4-patch of pieced squares as indicated by the extended lines. To this the long strips with a small triangle on the ends are added, then the final bottom triangle to complete.

The Grape Basket finishes into a block ten inches square if seams are added to the unit patterns here given.

It should be set together on the diagonal with alternate plain squares and half squares of white to the edges. Twenty-five pieced blocks plus a 6-inch border and binding makes a full-sized quilt.

Material Estimate: If using green for the basket and 4 dark triangles, with lavender for the lighter color triangles, allow 2 yards of green and 1 1/3 yards of lavender. Six yards of white will make a border, the plain blocks and pieced ones, too. Total 9 1/3 yards.

An eight-inch Feather Circle would be attractive on the plain blocks, with a Peacock Fan on the border.