Grandma's Kitchen (aka Houndstooth)

I am a huge fan of  Houndstooth fabrics/prints and had seen designs of Houndstooth quilt patterns online recently. However, the patterns I had seen didn't really look like Houndstooth to me so I decided to design my own pattern. I have made quite a few of these myself now and love this pattern so I want to share it and make it available to anyone. All I would ask is that you please link back to this blog for any pictures or descriptions of any sort that you post online of your projects or process where you've used any part of this pattern, design or idea. Please help me to keep designing and sharing!

Now I will jump right in to the pattern and tutorial. Please comment with any questions and I will get back to you as soon as possible.

For the top of this quilt, you will need two different fabrics:

Fabric Requirements (Throw size 52" x 76"):
Light 2 1/2 yards
Dark 2 3/4 yards
Binding 5/8 yard
Backing 2 1/2 yards

Cutting:

1. From the Dark fabric cut 9- 4 1/2" x WOF strips, 15- 2 1/2" x WOF strips and 10- 1 1/2" x WOF strips.

2. Sub-cut the Dark 4 1/2" strips into 70- 4 1/2" squares

3. From the Light fabric cut 7- 4 1/2" x WOF strips, 15- 2 1/2" x WOF strips and 10- 1 1/2" x WOF strips

4. Sub-cut the Light 4 1/2" strips into 54- 4 1/2" squares

Steps:

5. Following the pictures below and using the strips you've cut, make strip sets.

6. Sew a 2 1/2" Dark strip to a 2 1/2" Light strip to make 10 Unit A strip sets.

7. Sew 1 1/2" Dark strips to both sides of a 2 1/2" Light strip to make 5 Unit B strip sets.

8. Sew 1 1/2" Light strips to both sides of a 2 1/2" Dark strip to make 5 Unit C strip sets.

Strip Set Unit C 

Strip Set Unit A

Strip Set Unit B

Follow the general rules of pressing to the darker fabric and your quilt will go together much easier!

By pressing to the darker fabric for the Unit B & C strip sets, you can layer them right sides together and they will "nestle" nicely for the next step of sub-cutting.

9. Cut all strips sets into 1 1/2" sub-cuts. You will need 246 of Unit A, 123 each from Units B & C.

Block #1

Block #2

10. Piece the blocks according to the pictures above. You will need 60 of Block #1 and 63 of Block #2. 

11. Lay out pieced blocks with 4 1/2" cut squares according to the picture making sure that each block is turned the right way. 

12. Sew together. Quilt. Bind. Enjoy!