Pin Dash Baby Blanket
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Do you have a relative or friend who recently had a baby and wanted to give a beautiful homemade gift? This pin dash baby blanket by Sew Yeah is a great option! It’s the perfect last-minute gift as it’s easy and fast to make. The finished blanket measures 28.5 inches by 35.5 inches. Of course, you can also make it into a quilt, if you want. Just add more blocks to each row.
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To make this quilt, you only need 2 fabrics, one light and one dark. The first thing you need to do is to make half-square triangles. There are tons of methods on how to do it. Just choose the one that works for you the most. Once you have the half-square triangles, you need to form them in a pinwheel. If you already made pinwheel blocks before, this will be much easier to make. The pinwheel is then cut four times to get 9 squares. The last thing you need to do is rotate the squares around the center, and you have the pin dash block.
Baby Blanket Pin Dash Pattern Materials
- 3/4 yard of fabric A
- 3/4 yard of fabric B
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How to Make a Baby Blanket Pin Dash
Step 1:
Cut fabric A into 5 strips of 5″ x WOF, then sub-cut to 8 pieces of 5″x 5″ squares for a total of 40. Do the same for fabric B.
Step 2:
Place one fabric A square and one fabric B square right sides together. Mark a diagonal line on the darker fabric from corner to corner and sew 1/4″ on both sides of the line. Next, cut directly on the line and press them open. Repeat with all the other squares to get 40 half-square triangles.
Step 3:
Get 4 HSTs. Arrange them in a pinwheel pattern and sew to make a block. It will be 8 3/4″. Trim it down to 8 1/4″ x 8 1/4″.
Step 4:
Make four cuts – 2 vertical and 2 horizontal. Start on the left side of your block. Cut it at 2 3/4″, then make another cut at 2 3/4″. Repeat from the bottom up at 2 3/4″ twice. You will get 2 3/4″ squares. Do not move them.
Step 5:
Turn the 8 outside squares to make the dash. Sew them in rows. Once done, sew the rows together to make the pin dash block. It should measure 7 3/8″.
Step 6:
Repeat steps 2 to 5 for the other blocks.
Step 7:
Make 5 rows with 4 blocks each and sew them all together to make the quilt.
Pin Dash Baby Blanket
