Make This: Proof Positive Quilt Tutorial

It’s been far too long since we posted a quilt tutorial!  While this quilt is baby size, since we are gifting it to a friend with a sweet newborn, it is easy to expand in both directions for any size.  Another great feature of this quilt is that it uses 2.5″ strips, which are easy to find as precuts from lots of different fabric companies, or just cut strips from whatever’s in your stash.

We love the simple black and white color scheme, which is great for a modern gender-neutral look.  The contrast of the black and white is especially striking, but we could see this working with so many different color palettes.

Shall we get straight to it?  This quilt is pretty simple construction-wise.  All you need to do is:

1. Cut the pieces out.
2. Arrange into the pattern shown in the diagram.
3. Sew each of the pieces in each horizontal row together.
4. Press seams either toward the background color or the prints, depending which is darker.  This will make all of the seams automatically match up.
5. Once the rows are sewn and pressed, sew the rows together.
6. Quilt top done!

Fabric requirements for the baby size are 1 yard background fabric, and (12) 2.5″ strips for the prints.  We used strips and scraps for ours, so the fabric placement will not be exactly like the picture.  Once the quilt top is finished, you’ll need batting to fit (we were able to Frankenstein together some scraps for ours), 1.5 yards backing, and four 2.25″ strips for binding.  Here’s all the info on a handy little PDF for you to save and print out:

It’s really a great design for just about anything!  We did a sort-of plaid design with the walking foot quilting, by stitching 1/4″ from the seam on every other row both directions.  It looks great!

A few more fabric details on our quilt:

• Background fabric is Moda Bella Solid PFD White.  It’s our favorite off-white background color, plus the PFD means it is preferred for dyeing, if you’re into that.
• Most of the black and white prints are from Bonnie & Camille’s “Handmade” fabric line for Moda.  The other prints are from the “Hazelwood” line by One Canoe Two, also for Moda; Adornit’s “Flamingo Fever” line, and the owls are a Cotton + Steel print by Sarah Watts.
• The binding is from the “Farmer’s Daughter” line by Lella Boutique for Moda.
• The backing is leftover sample yardage from our Axis Quilt for Craftsy.  It is from the “Modern Hand Drawn” line.

We also used this same pattern concept for an easy quilted throw pillow, as another gift for a friend, which is a great option when you’re short on time.

Here’s a handy tutorial that shows you how to finish a quilted pillow with binding:

Fall Pumpkin Quilted Pillow Tutorial

It’s no secret that we love the plus design.  You can find a couple of tutorials we wrote for Moda Bake Shop that also incorporate the beloved plus design.

Christmas Plus Quilt Block Tutorial

Definitely Positive Quilt Tutorial

We hope you enjoy this quilt tutorial.  If you use it, we would love to hear about it!  You can leave a comment here, on our Facebook page, or tag us in your post on Instagram!