Basket quilt blocks

Basket blocks are a picture: a basket of half-square triangles set on point, with a handle or a row of triangles for the fruit above it. They have been a favorite for album and sampler quilts since the nineteenth century.

Most baskets sit on the diagonal, so the base is a large triangle and the block’s corners are background. Turn them all the same way in a quilt, or set them on point so the baskets stand upright.