Friendly Bat Quilt
Finished community quilt, shared by QuiltNTime, 31 October 2026
by QuiltNTime
Friendly Bat Quilt by QuiltNTime is a finished quilt in the Quiltler community: 47" × 41" (about a baby quilt), 9 blocks, 328 pieces and 3 fabrics on a straight grid, shared 31 October 2026.
At a glance
- Finished size
- 47" × 41" (about a baby quilt)
- Blocks
- 9 blocks
- Pieces
- 328
- Fabrics
- 3
Watch it being made
How it's made
Pointed ears, scalloped wings and a friendly face, all from squares.
Bats are the only mammals that truly fly. Each wing is a hand, scalloped between the fingers.
Sew an orange and a bat square a quarter inch each side of the line, then cut. Two wing tips at once.
Bat corners on an orange rectangle point the ears. Sew them between the tips with two orange squares.
Two yellow squares make the eyes, with bat strips between and a chin below.
A bat rectangle each side of the face spreads the wings.
Small orange corners round off bat squares into scallops. Make four.
Bigger orange corners point the body. Sew it between the scallops.
Join the rows, then frame them in orange, sides first, so neighbouring bats never touch.
Make nine for a little Halloween wall hanging.
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About this quilt
A friendly bat for Halloween, pieced from squares and rectangles: no curves, no templates. 14½ × 12½″ unfinished (14 × 12″ finished).
CUT • Midnight purple: one 2⅞″ square, six 2½″ squares, three 4½ × 2½″, one 4½ × 1½″, two 1 × 1½″, one 1½″ square • Orange: one 2⅞″ square, one 4½ × 2½″, four 2½″ squares, eight 1½″ squares, two 1½ × 6½″, two 14½ × 3½″ • Yellow: two 1½″ squares
MAKE • Wing tips: mark the orange 2⅞″ square, layer it on the purple, sew ¼″ each side, cut and press; trim to 2½″ • Ears: purple 2½″ squares on the bottom corners of the orange 4½ × 2½″, stitch and flip • Top row: tip, orange 2½″, ears, orange 2½″, tip, with the tips pointing up and out • Face: purple 1 × 1½″, yellow, purple 1½″, yellow, purple 1 × 1½″, with the 4½ × 1½″ chin below; a purple 4½ × 2½″ wing each side • Bottom row: two scallops (orange 1½″ corners on purple 2½″), the body (orange 2½″ corners on purple 4½ × 2½″), two more scallops • Join the rows, add the 1½ × 6½″ sides, then the 14½ × 3½″ top and bottom
TIP: press the stitch-and-flip corners toward the purple so the points lie flat.
What would you name him? 🦇
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