Alphabet Quilt Layout Guide

Make an alphabet quilt using any animals you like - plus this handy handy Free Alphabet Quilt Layout Guide.

You choose the applique patterns - one for each letter of the alphabet. Shop all the individual applique block patterns here. Remember, they're always Buy 4 Get the 5th Free, no discount code needed. 🙂

The Free ABC Quilt Layout Guide has a materials list and cutting instructions for the complete ABC quilt – plus alphabet templates sized to fit that 4-inch border.

Unlike the rest of my layout guides, this guide only has information for one size. That’s because it’s constrained by the number of letters in the alphabet. My sample quilt is 70 inches wide x 80 inches tall. That’s just a little shorter than a standard twin size.

Of course, this isn’t the only way you can lay out an ABC quilt!

Want to make a smaller quilt? Without the borders, this is the same size as my basic Napping Quilt – my favorite size for the couch. (See Lanny's quilt below as an example.) Use the Simple Grid Quilt Layout Guide instead of this one.

If you still want to include the animal names, you can applique them on the back of the quilt, or maybe embroider them into the background of each animal’s block. There’s a free ABC hand embroidery pattern here.

Maybe you like the size but don’t want to bother with double borders? Combine them into a single 10-inch wide border and scatter the animal names all higgledy-piggledy on it.

Want to make a standard twin-size quilt? Increase the width of the top and bottom outer borders from 6 inches to 11 inches.

Applique patterns are not included. This layout guide is designed to be used with Shiny Happy World applique patterns. The photo shows just one example of a quilt you can make with this layout style, using assorted individual block applique patterns.