I’ve always really liked this Bird’s Nest block. A very long time ago, before rotary cutters, I cut templates to make a quilt using this block. I made exactly…one block, about 12 inches! I was short on construction skills and cutting with templates just isn’t fun (nor especially accurate in my case)! I turned my one block into a cover for a throw pillow I still have it some place but I’m not sure where I tucked it away after the last time I laundered it!

So, older and wiser, I’m tackling the Bird’s Nest Block again. I now have the tools and know-how to easily make a quilt using a stack of these blocks, but I’m sticking with tradition and making a one block baby quilt!

Here is my top. It’s 42 inches square at the moment. I have more running bunny fabric, so I might add a border on the top and bottom of the quilt to make it a rectangle. Or not!

Bird’s Next One Block Quilt Top, 42 inches square

Those yellow triangles are big! They are going to need some imaginative quilting. An adventure for another week!