Floor Quilt Tutorial

This is a simple floor quilt or playmat that is the ideal size for a baby or even your four-legged friend. It doesn’t have to be Christmas/holiday-themed like mine, but it just so happened that I had this adorable fabric left over from a previous project. I decided to combine it with solid white, navy and gray fabrics. I used a gray minky for the backing and gray-and-navy stripes for the binding.
 
The blocks are easy to assemble and one can always make more for a larger size quilt. Just keep in mind that you’ll have to adjust the length of the connecting strips if you make it larger.
 
Finished size: 35 x 35 inches
 
What you will need:
36 - 4.5” x 4.5” squares
36 - 4.5” x 1.5” short strips (white)
6 - 9.5” x 2.5” medium strips (white)
6 - 31 x 2.5” long strips (white)
9 - 1.5” x 1.5” small squares (navy)
4 - 2.5 x 2.5” large squares (navy)
Batting - 40” x 40”
Backing - 40” x 40” quilting cotton or minky
Binding - ⅓ yard cut into 4 strips, 2½” wide x 43” long 
Matching thread
 
* Use a ¼ inch seam allowance.*
 
Tips when sewing with minky:
Minky fabric can be tricky to work with. When I googled how to sew with minky, more than one person made the following recommendations:
Use a 90/14 universal needle
Use quilt basting spray like this
Use a walking foot

Assembly:
 
1. Lay out the printed squares in groups of four to your liking.

2. Make a four-square block by joining the top two squares with a short white strip. Do the same with the bottom two squares. Join two short white strips by adding a small navy square. Join the top and bottom squares with the white and blue pieced strip in between.

3. Repeat this until you have nine four-square blocks.

4. Join these blocks with the medium white strips. Make sure that the seam lines of each block line up with the other.

5. Add in the long white strips in between the assembled blocks. Add two long white strips on either side of the pieced top. Add the large navy squares on both ends of the remaining long strips. Attach to the quilt to complete the top.

6. Layer, quilt as desired and bind. For detailed step-by-step instructions on how to do these, take a look here. 

Fabrics used:
Printed squares - Aurora collection by Kate Spain for Moda Fabrics
White - Kona White by Robert Kaufman
Navy - Connecting Threads
Binding - Something Borrowed by Riley Blake
Backing - Soft & Minky Gray Stars