Penguin Quilt
Finished community quilt, shared by QuiltNTime, 31 October 2026
by QuiltNTime
Penguin Quilt by QuiltNTime is a finished quilt in the Quiltler community: 47" × 44" (about a baby quilt), 9 blocks, 373 pieces and 4 fabrics on a straight grid, shared 31 October 2026.
At a glance
- Finished size
- 47" × 44" (about a baby quilt)
- Blocks
- 9 blocks
- Pieces
- 373
- Fabrics
- 4
Watch it being made
How it's made
A tuxedo, flippers, an orange beak and little feet, all from squares.
Penguins can't fly, but their stiff flippers make them superb swimmers.
Start with the face: two black squares for eyes, set wide apart with white between.
White corners on the bottom of an orange rectangle point the beak down. Sew white either side.
Add a white strip above and the white belly below, then black corners round it like an egg.
Black strips down the sides, a black head on top and a strip below. Ice corners round him off.
An ice corner tapers each black flipper toward his tummy.
Sew ice above and below each flipper, then sew them to his sides.
Two orange feet in an ice strip go underneath.
An ice frame, sides first, keeps neighbouring penguins from touching.
Nine penguins and a black border make a waddle for a winter wall.
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About this quilt
A little penguin in a tuxedo, pieced from squares and rectangles: flippers out, orange beak and feet, no curves or templates. 14½ × 13½″ unfinished (14 × 13″ finished).
CUT • Ice blue: four 3″ squares, two 2½″ squares, four 2½ × 3½″, two 3½ × 1½″, one 2½ × 1½″, two 1½ × 11½″, two 14½ × 1½″ • Black: two 1½″ squares, four 2″ squares, two 1½ × 7½″, one 8½ × 2½″, one 8½ × 1½″, two 2½ × 4½″ • White: four 1½″ squares, three 2½ × 1½″, one 6½ × 1½″, one 6½ × 4½″ • Orange: three 2½ × 1½″
MAKE • Eyes: white 1½″, black 1½″, white 2½ × 1½″, black 1½″, white 1½″ in a row • Beak: white 1½″ squares on the two bottom corners of an orange 2½ × 1½″ (a flying goose pointing down); white 2½ × 1½″ each side • Front: white 6½ × 1½″, eye row, beak row, white 6½ × 4½″; black 2″ squares on all four corners • Body: black 1½ × 7½″ each side, black 8½ × 2½″ on top, 8½ × 1½″ below; ice 3″ squares on all four corners • Flippers: an ice 2½″ square on the outer bottom corner of each black 2½ × 4½″; ice 2½ × 3½″ above and below, then sew to the sides • Feet: ice 3½ × 1½″, orange 2½ × 1½″, ice 2½ × 1½″, orange 2½ × 1½″, ice 3½ × 1½″; sew below • Frame: ice 1½ × 11½″ sides, then 14½ × 1½″ top and bottom
TIP: press the black corners on the white front toward the black, so no shadow shows through the white.
OTHER SIZES: for a penguin twice as big, cut every piece at twice its size less ½″ (a 2½″ square becomes 4½″).
What would you name your penguin? 🐧
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