Houndstooth Houndstooth

V and Co.

by Vanessa Christenson

Quilt is 44" x 44" (Baby)

Supplies Supplies

Dark print & Binding: 2 yards

Light print: 17/8 yards

Backing: 2 yards

Creative Grids 90 Strip Ruler for Quarter Square Triangles (CGRSR90)

Quilt is 50" x 62" (Lap)(not pictured)

Dark print & Binding: 2 yards

Light print: 2 yards

Backing: 3 yards

Creative Grids 90 Double Strip Ruler (CGRDB90)

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VC1101

VC1101

quilt pat tern

by V and Co.

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1 Select 11"x WOF Light and 11"x WOF Dark strip. Place right sides together and sew the Light and the Dark strip together on one side. Once youve sewn all your 1" strips, press your seam towards the Dark fabric, this will help prevent the seams showing through the lighter fabric. Make 24 strip sets.

2 Layer 2 strip sets right side together, the Light against the Dark and the Dark against the Light. Sew a " seam on both sides of the strip set. Make 12.

3 Now grab your Creative Grids 90 Strip Ruler for Quarter Square Triangles and align the ruler to the top edge of your strip, at one edge of your sewn strip. Cut your strip with the ruler. You should get 10 triangles per strip. You will need 112 for this quilt.

Cut 112 total.

1"x WOF

wrong side

Make 12 sets.

sew

sew

Make 24 strip sets.

1"x WOF

4 Remove the stitches at the top (pointed ends) of the triangles and press the blocks open towards the Dark print.

Make 11233/8" x33/8"

unfinished

remove stitches

remove stitches

Fabric Cutting Baby Quilt

Baby Quilt Construction

Dark print: 53" x WOF strips subcut 493" x 3" squares 52" x WOF strips (Binding) 241" x WOF strips

Light print: 63" x WOF strips subcut 643" x 3" squares 241"x WOF strips

Quilt is 44" x 44" (Baby)

Use a " seam allowance.

Note: The pieced blocks in this quilt have sides that are on the bias. Heavily spray starch the fabric before cutting. This will make the blocks easier to handle.

Houndstooth

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5 Quilt top assembly: To simplify the quilt top assembly we are going to sew the Blocks, Dark 3" squares and Light 3" squares into block combinations. (A) Combine 2 blocks, 1 Dark and 1 Light square as shown. Make 49Block A. (B) Combine 1 block and 1 Light square noting the orientation of the block. Make 7Block B. (C) Combine 1 block and 1 Light square noting the orientation of the block. Make 7Block C.

6 Combine Blocks A, B and C into rows as shown. Sew the rows together. Sew the 52" x WOF Binding strips together. Layer, quilt and bind. Enjoy having a super awesomely cool baby quilt!

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Block A Make 49

Block C Make 7

Block B Make 7

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(C)

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Block A Block B

Block C

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1 Select 12"x WOF Light and 12"x WOF Dark strip. Place right sides together and sew the Light and the Dark strip together on one side. Once youve sewn all your 2" strips, press your seam towards the Dark fabric, this will help prevent the seams showing through the lighter fabric. Make 14 strip sets.

2 Layer 2 strip sets right side together, the Light against the Dark and the Dark against the Light. Sew a " seam on both sides of the strip set. Make 7.

3 Now grab your Creative Grids 90 Double Strip ruler and align it on the top edge of your strip, at one edge of your sewn strip. Cut your strip with the ruler. You should get 7 triangles per strip. You will need 49 for this quilt.

Cut 49 total.

2"x WOF

wrong side

Make 7 sets.

sew

sew

Make 14 strip sets.

2"x WOF

4 Remove the stitches at the top (pointed ends) of the triangles and press the blocks open towards the Dark print.

Make 49

remove stitches

remove stitches

Fabric Cutting Lap Quilt

Lap Quilt Construction

Dark print: 461/8" x WOF strips subcut 2061/8" x 61/8" squares 62" x WOF strips (Binding) 142" x WOF strips

Light print: 661/8" x WOF strips subcut 3061/8" x 61/8" squares 142"x WOF strips

Quilt is 50" x 62" (Lap)

Use a " seam allowance.

Note: The pieced blocks in this quilt have sides that are on the bias. Heavily spray starch the fabric before cutting. This will make the blocks easier to handle.

Houndstooth

Non-Slip

61/8" x 6 1/8" unfinished

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5 Quilt top assembly: To simplify the quilt top assembly we are going to sew the Blocks, Dark 61/8"" squares and Light 61/8" squares into block combinations. (A) Combine 2 blocks, 1 Dark and 1 Light square as shown. Make 20Block A. (B) Combine 1 block and 1 Light square noting the orientation of the block. Make 5Block B. (C) Combine 1 block and 1 Light square noting the orientation of the block. Make 4Block C.

6 Combine Blocks A, B and C into rows as shown. Sew the rows together. Sew the 62" x WOF Binding strips. Layer, quilt and bind.

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Block A Make 20

Block C Make 4

Block B Make 5

(A)(B)

(C)61/8"

61/8"61/8"

61/8"

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Row 2

Row 3

Row 4

Row 5

Row 6

Block A Block B

Block C

61/8"

The Houndstooth quilt pattern is brought to you by Vanessa Christenson of V and Co. Please respect the time and effort it took to make this pattern and do not distribute in any way shape or form in part or full this copywritten material.

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Twin 67" x 843/8"

Queen 953/8" x 953/8"

King 102" x102"

Dark print & Binding 35/8 yards 55/8 yards 65/8 yards

Light print 3 yards 5 yards 57/8 yards

Dark print: #61/8" x WOF strips subcut #61/8" x 61/8

7 strips 11 strips 14 strips

42 squares 64 squares 81 squares

Dark print: 2" x WOF strips (Binding)

8 10 11

Dark print: 2" x WOF strips

26 42 48

Light print: #61/8" x WOF strips subcut #61/8" x 61/8"

8 strips 14 strips 14 strips

48 squares 81 squares 81 squares

Light print: 2"x WOF strips

26 42 48

# of strip sets step #1 26 42 48

# of strip sets step #2 13 21 24

Number triangles 90 144 162

Block A 42 64 81

Block B 0 8 0

Block C 6 8 0

Backing 5 yards 9 yards 9 yards

More quilt sizesNote: All the triangles in these quilts are cut using the Creative Grids 90 Double Strip ruler.

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Twin

Queen

67" x 843/8"

67" x 843/8"

953/8" x 953/8"

953/8" x 953/8"

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61/8"

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King 102" x102"

102" x102"

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