House quilt block
A roof triangle over a house front with two windows and a door, on a six-by-six grid.
The House is pieced on a 6 × 6 grid, so a 12" block has 2" grid squares.
Cutting for 6", 7½", 9", 12" blocks
| Fabric | Pieces | Cut | 6" block | 7½" block | 9" block | 12" block |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| accent | Flying geese | 1 | 3½" × 6½" | 4¼" × 8" | 5" × 9½" | 6½" × 12½" |
| background | Flying geese | 2 | 3½" | 4¼" | 5" | 6½" |
| main | Squares | 12 | 1½" | 1¾" | 2" | 2½" |
| background | Squares | 2 | 1½" | 1¾" | 2" | 2½" |
| accent | Squares | 1 | 2½" | 3" | 3½" | 4½" |
Cut sizes include ¼" seam allowances.
How to sew a 12" House block
Make 1 flying goose, 12" × 6" finished. Lay a 6½" background square on one end of a 12½" × 6½" accent rectangle, sew corner to corner, trim ¼" past the seam and press. Repeat on the other end, with the seam running the other way.
Lay out the units as drawn and sew them into 3 rows. Press the seams of each row the opposite way from the one before so they nest, then sew the rows together. The block measures 12" finished, 12½" with seam allowance.
Quilts made with the House block
House quilt pattern
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