Gingerbread Man Quilt
Finished community quilt, shared by QuiltNTime, 31 October 2026
by QuiltNTime
Gingerbread Man Quilt by QuiltNTime is a finished quilt in the Quiltler community: 47" × 47", 9 blocks, 454 pieces and 4 fabrics on a straight grid, shared 31 October 2026.
At a glance
- Finished size
- 47" × 47"
- Blocks
- 9 blocks
- Pieces
- 454
- Fabrics
- 4
Watch it being made
How it's made
Arms out, legs apart and icing buttons, all from squares and strips.
Gingerbread has been baked for centuries. A folk tale made the little man famous.
Small cream corners round off a gingerbread strip. Make two, and turn one over for the chin.
Two white squares are the icing eyes. Sew the eye row between the strips, and a cream piece each side.
A white square between two gingerbread strips makes a button. Make two, and sew one into the body row.
Round one end of a gingerbread strip for a hand. Make two, and sew them either side of the other button.
Cream corners on opposite ends slant each leg outward. Side by side, they open a gap between the legs.
Round the bottom of two gingerbread pieces for feet, and sew them in a row with cream between.
Join the rows with a cream strip top and bottom, so every cookie has room around it.
Make nine for a sweet holiday wall hanging.
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About this quilt
A gingerbread man with his arms out, legs apart and white icing eyes and buttons, pieced from squares and strips: no curves, no templates. 14½″ unfinished (14″ finished).
CUT • Gingerbread: two 5½ × 2″, three 1½″ squares, four 1½ × 1″, two 6 × 2½″, two 3 × 2½″, two 5½ × 2½″, two 3½ × 1½″ • White: four 1½″ squares • Cream: eight 1½″ squares, four 1¼″ squares, six 2½″ squares, two 5 × 4½″, two 1½ × 2½″, two 4½ × 2½″, two 2½ × 1½″, one 4½ × 1½″, two 14½ × 2″
MAKE • Head: cream 1½″ corners on the top of one gingerbread 5½ × 2″ and the bottom of the other; sew an eye row of gingerbread, white, gingerbread, white, gingerbread 1½″ squares between them, then a cream 5 × 4½″ each side • Buttons: a white 1½″ square between two gingerbread 1½ × 1″; make two • Arms: cream 1¼″ corners on one end of each gingerbread 6 × 2½″; sew cream 1½ × 2½″, arm, button, arm, cream 1½ × 2½″ • Body: cream 4½ × 2½″, gingerbread 3 × 2½″, button, gingerbread 3 × 2½″, cream 4½ × 2½″ • Legs: cream 2½″ corners on opposite corners of each gingerbread 5½ × 2½″ (top-left and bottom-right on the left leg, top-right and bottom-left on the right), with a cream 2½″ square at each end • Feet: cream 1½″ corners on the bottom of each gingerbread 3½ × 1½″; sew cream 2½ × 1½″, foot, cream 4½ × 1½″, foot, cream 2½ × 1½″ • Join the rows from the head down, with a cream 14½ × 2″ strip top and bottom
TIP: press the stitch-and-flip corners toward the gingerbread so the icing squares stay crisp and flat.
OTHER SIZES: the design sits on a 1″ grid. For a 7″ mini, halve each finished size and add ½″ to cut.
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