Today, I am super excited to be sharing this Bitty Bits quilt in beautiful Expressions Batiks along with a Free PDF Pattern for making your own!!! Bitty Bits was one of the improv piecing quilts from my first book, Irish Chain Quilts, and I loved it in the reverse so much, I wanted to make a batik version! So I grabbed these gorgeous Places You'll Go Batiks and started cutting 5" squares ;) And I now have the rights to my Irish Chain Quilts book , so . . . I can share a Free Bitty Bits PDF Pattern with you all!
Bitty Bits is super beginner friendly and gathering your fabrics is also super versatile for this one ;) You can use scraps, yardage, fat quarters, and even Layer Cakes or Charm Packs!!! You are basically just using a whole lot of 5" squares for this quilt ;) And quick reminder . . . if you are using scraps, your 5" AccuQuilt Die will really speed up the cutting process. And if you are using Charm Packs, you are set to go!! I really love this Places You'll Go fabric collection in this Bitty Bits quilt. The prints are just so bold and colorful, and they really give it that stained glass effect!!
The Bitty Bits quilt is a very easy one to make. It uses improv piecing to add all of the fun triangle shapes that create your chain. If you are new to improv piecing, this is a great introductory lesson for you. And you can have a lot of fun playing with all of the color and shape layouts. You will always end up with a bold single triangle chain, but no two will look alike ;)
Bitty Bits finishes at 90" x 90" so it is a perfect size for a queen size bed. It would make an excellent wedding present as well! And truly, it comes together super fast considering the size of the quilt. And as I mentioned, there is a free PDF Download of this pattern, so you can make your own!!!
When it came time to quilt my Bitty Bits quilt Barbara stepped in to help. She quilted all over curly swirls on all of the print fabrics, and then stitched in the ditch around the chain. Leaving those triangle pieces unquilted really helps to make the chain pop!! Just so fun ;)
And that is my Bitty Bits Quilt !! I hope you have enjoyed this post. Oh, and if you make your own Bitty Bits Quilt (either in this layout or the original reverse layout) , I would love to see them!!! You are going to have so much fun improv piecing these triangles. And when you are finished you can share your quilt with me on social media using hashtags #happyquiltingwithmc and tagging @happyquiltingmc or email me a picture at happyquiltingmelissa@gmail.com. I can’t wait to see your Bitty Bits quilts!!!
Thank you so much for popping in with me to share this new Beautiful Bitty Bits Batik Backwards quilt (that is the name I have given this version ;)
I hope you have a very Happy Quilting Day!!!
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