Dove of Peace Quilt
Finished community quilt, shared by QuiltNTime, 31 October 2026
by QuiltNTime
Dove of Peace Quilt by QuiltNTime is a finished quilt in the Quiltler community: 44" × 44" (about a baby quilt), 9 blocks, 332 pieces and 5 fabrics on a straight grid, shared 31 October 2026.
At a glance
- Finished size
- 44" × 44" (about a baby quilt)
- Blocks
- 9 blocks
- Pieces
- 332
- Fabrics
- 5
Watch it being made
How it's made
Hi there! Let's get started on a peaceful little dove block today.
In Genesis, Noah's dove brought back an olive leaf, a sign the waters were going down. It's stood for peace ever since.
First, the wings: a sky corner on each white rectangle sweeps it up into a wing.
For the head, sew a tiny charcoal eye into white strips, then round three corners with sky squares.
Two sky corners point a little gold beak. Sew it between a sky square and a green stem.
Sky squares on opposite corners turn green squares into olive leaves.
A big sky corner slopes the breast, and two more point the tail.
Now sew the beak, head and wings into the top half.
Then sew the leaves, body and tail, and join it all with sky. Isn't she lovely?
Nine doves make a gentle quilt for a christening or a quiet corner.
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About this quilt
A dove of peace with an olive leaf in its beak, from Noah's story in Genesis: the dove came back with an olive leaf, and Noah knew the waters were going down. All straight seams and stitch-and-flip corners. 12″ finished (12½″ unfinished).
CUT • White: 4 × 5½″ and 2½ × 5½″ (wings), 3½ × 1½″, 2 × 1″, 1½ × 1″ and 3½ × 2″ (head), 6½ × 3½″ (body), 2 × 3½″ (tail) • Sky: one 4″, one 2½″, one 3½″, two 2″, two 1½″ + three 1½″ (head corners), two 1¼″ and two 1″ squares; 2 × 3½″, 6 × 2½″, 1½ × 5½″, 1½ × 3½″, 2½ × 1½″ and two 12½ × 2½″ pieces • Olive: one 2½″, one 2″ and one 1½″ square • Gold: one 1½″ square • Charcoal: one 1″ square
MAKE • Wings: sew a sky 4″ square to the top-left corner of the white 4 × 5½″, and a sky 2½″ square to the 2½ × 5½″; trim and press • Head: sew white 2 × 1″, the charcoal eye and white 1½ × 1″ in a row; add the white 3½ × 1½″ above and 3½ × 2″ below; round three corners with sky 1½″ squares • Beak: sky 1″ squares on the two left corners of the gold square; sew between a sky 1½″ and the olive 1½″ stem • Leaves: sky 1½″ squares on two opposite corners of the olive 2½″, and sky 1¼″ squares on the other two corners of the olive 2″ • Body: a sky 3½″ square on the bottom-left of the white 6½ × 3½″; tail: sky 2″ squares on both right corners of the white 2 × 3½″ • Top half: sky 2 × 3½″, beak column, head; sky 6 × 2½″ above; then the two wings and sky 1½ × 5½″ • Bottom half: each leaf with its sky piece below, body, tail, sky 1½ × 3½″; join the halves between the sky 12½ × 2½″ strips
TIP: piece the eye into the head before you round its corners, so the head stays one smooth shape.
Who would you make a dove for?
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