Quick Baby Quilt

I was asked to make a baby quilt from an alphabet panel and some coordinating fabrics. The baby is already here, so time was a bit short and quick was the main theme of this project. I started by cutting the letters apart and adding two inch strips of yellow fabric to two of the sides of each block log cabin style. A math check revealed that if I continued on with the same sized strips, the quilt top would be just a bit larger than the width of the backing fabric. Not wanting to piece a back, I used 1.5 inch strips in red for the third and forth sides of the blocks. Then sewed the blocks together with some half-sized plain blocks to even things out. The off-center result is subtle, but bright, cheerful and a little educational: