As y'all may know, I'm an Alabama girl living in Texas. My family are all big fans of the Alabama Crimson Tide. As Alabama fans, we like to wear houndstooth in a nod to Bear Bryant...probably one of the greatest football coaches of all time. He used to wear a houndstooth hat and Alabama fans kind of adopted it for themselves. Last year during their National Championship run, my sister Shell sent me a houndstooth scarf to wear here in Texas after a Longhorns fan gave me some smack at a fabric counter upon learning I was purchasing houndstooth fabric to make an Alabama quilt. I saw that scarf and I knew I was gonna make a pattern out of this eventually.
Flash forward to October, I gave you guys a tutorial (see my sidebar under My Tutorials) of how to create a houndstooth quilt block using the strip method. I never felt right about selling that as a pattern b/c the bias edges were not as crisp as I'd like for such a graphic pattern AND b/c my wrists were very sore after cutting those triangles out in the tutorial and double hourglass quilt I had made. One day, I realized I could do the same pattern with NO BIAS EDGES. I got started and the rest is history. My sisters are so excited to get the Houndstooth quilt I have promising for so long! This quilt measures in at 56x64 and is available as a PDF only pattern in my etsy shop
I love this! It's gorgeous. I"m off to check your etsy shop.
ReplyDeleteAlso - I love the quilt in your banner, 2nd one in from the left. Looks like lattice work going up the right side of the quilt. Did you blog about that one?
What part of Texas do you live in? My inlaws live in Tyler and we used to go there for Christmas, but not the last two years because of Stephen. Hopefully next year!
ReplyDeleteHey, back again. Look at this blog that I also read today. It surprised me that they both were posted on the same day. I love using all the colors!
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ReplyDeleteI checked your link and that pattern uses the strip method. My pattern is a no bias (not strip method) method, so the construction is very different. I googled and checked etsy when I wrote that first tute and did not see a similar pattern, but I can 100 percent tell you my method is different (you can see in the fabric print). I guess it is a matter of preference...I didn't want to do such a graphic pattern on a large scale b/c of the wonk factor that can happen with working on the bias. Personal preference and comfort level, I guess!
ReplyDeleteI really love this quilt. I've always been a huge huge fan of houndstooth. This is amazing. I'm getting the pattern. Love it.
ReplyDeleteGasp!! This is GORGEOUS :) I love it.
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