BEHIND THE QUILT
BLOCKS OF HOUSES
“For this quilt I have put together a series of classic-style blocks into a medallion quilt layout and combined that with red and cream fabrics to make a traditional-style red-and-white quilt. The centre medallion is foundation paper pieced and put together with curved piecing, both of which make this a relatively advanced quilt.
“This pattern includes instructions for cutting the pieces for foundation paper piecing. Beginners may wish to cut the pieces slightly larger to give a greater margin for error. Experienced paper piecers may find they can get away with slightly smaller pieces. As always, making a test block will help to ascertain this. When cutting the fabrics for the house blocks you may prefer to keep each house containing just one print as I did, or you may decide to go completely scrappy throughout the whole quilt as I did with the centre medallion and the Windmill blocks.” – Lynne Goldsworthy
You will need
■ Red print fabrics – Thirteen-fifteen (13-15) FQs
■ Cream print background (BKG) fabrics – 5½yds
■ Binding – ¾yd
■ Backing – 4½yds
■ Batting – 78in square
■ Templates – Eight (8) A FPP templates Four (4) B1 FPP templates Four (4) B2 FPP templates Eight (8) C FPP templates Four (4) D FPP templates Two (2) E templates Four (4) F FPP templates Eight (8) G HST templates Twelve (12) H1 FPP templates Twelve (12) H2 FPP templates Fifteen (15) I HST templates
Finished size
■ Quilt: Approx. 70½in square
■ Central block: 26in square
■ House blocks: 12in square
Products used
■ Joyful Gatherings by Primitive Gatherings from ■ Cotton Mix 279 from
