V Block Patchwork Quilt Pattern

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One block of a V quilt has no chance to show the beauty of the design repeated. Blocks are all pieced and placed parallel to the quilt's edges so that one color follows a general vertical pattern and the other crosses in horizontal rows. This makes both a dainty overlay of designs and lovely background areas for quilting.

The V Block is a perfect example of a pattern that gives entirely different effects depending on the way the quilt is "set up." With alternate plain squares, with white or colored strips, with color V's alternating or forming a pattern, each plan would certainly make a different looking quilt.

An especially firm weave cloth must be used for any pattern like this that cannot cut on true bias. Small sketch A shows the procedure of piecing a unit which in turn combines with the large white corners and other pieced triangles to form a 12-inch square, that is, if seams are added to the sizes printed here.

Irregular patterns are of course more difficult to complete smoothly than some of the many square and triangle proj­ects.

Material Estimate: 42 blocks, 6 blocks wide by 7 blocks long would finish about 72 by 84 inches without border. For a top of all pieced blocks allow: 6 yards white, 1½ yards each of two colors.

A Spiderweb design would be an ex­cellent choice for quilting where the 4 long white pieces join.

 


Other great patterns from 101 Patchwork Patterns:

Album Arabic Lattice Aster Baby's Blocks
Basket of Oranges Bear's Paw Beautiful Star Beggar Block
Bird's Nest Blazing Star Broken Dishes Burgoyne's Quilt
Cherry Basket Churn Dash Clay's Choice Corn and Beans
Crazy Ann Cross and Crown Crossed Canoes Double Nine-Patch
Double Irish Cross Double T Double Wedding Ring Dove in the Window
Drunkard's Path Dutchman's Puzzle Eight-Pointed Star English Flower Garden
Feather Edged Star Fish Block Flower Pot French Bouquet
French Star Friendship Ring Fruit Basket Goose in the Pond
Goose Tracks Grandmother's Cross Grandmother's Fan Grandmother's Flower Garden
Grape Basket Greek Cross Hollyhock Wreath Honey Bee
House on the Hill Indian Hatchet Jack in the Box Jacob's Ladder
Kaleidoscope King's Crown Lafayette Orange Peel Little Beech Tree
Log Cabin Lone Star Maple Leaf Merry Go Round
Mexican Star Milky Way Mill Wheel Monkey Wrench
Necktie Noonday Lily Ocean Wave Old Maid's Puzzle
Order No. 11 Palm Leaf Pieced Star Pineapple
Pine Tree Pin Wheels Rambler Ribbon Border Block
Rising Sun Road to California Road to Oklahoma Rob Peter and Pay Paul
Rolling Star Rose Applique Rose Cross Seven Stars
Shoo Fly Skyrocket Snail's Trail Spider Web
Spool Square and Compass Star of the West Steps to the Altar
Strawberry String Quilt Sunbeam Sunburst
Susannah Swastika Triple Irish Chain Tulip Applique
V Block Virginia Star Weathervane Wedding Ring
Whirlwind Wild Goose Chase Wind Blown Square Windmill
Windmill and Outline Winged Square Wrench Zig-Zag

101 Patchwork Patterns by Ruby Kim. Original copyright 1931 McKim Studios.