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Sleeping Dog Quilts

SLEEPING DOG QUILTS

August 4, 2014

African Village Quilt Step 1

by Judy Tucker


 African Village Hut 1  B and 1 A Blocks

African Village Hut 1  B and 1 A Blocks

 African Village Hut 1  B and 1 A Blocks

African Village Hut 1  B and 1 A Blocks

The dog trainers I work with are all of African American descent.  One of them collects ethnic art work and she also adores babies. Every time a baby comes in to the training center with a parent (and dog), my trainer lights up.  So when I found this un-named pattern, house brand ethnic fabric at Jo-ann's Fabric and Craft Store I knew I had to make an African Village quilt for her.  

 Jo-ann's Fabric and Craft Store Ethnic print

Jo-ann's Fabric and Craft Store Ethnic print

Isn't this fabric delightful?

I decided I wanted to have a village and a river since some of the women are carrying water jugs on their heads. 

Here is the design I created on my computer with the program EQ7 (Electric Quilt 7).  I scanned and imported the ethnic print fabric and the batik I'm using for the river. The other fabrics are in EQ7's stock fabric library and are close approximations of what I plan to use.

 African Village Quilt Design 41 x 58 inches

African Village Quilt Design 41 x 58 inches

I'm working on this quilt this week and will post new blocks and PDF patterns for them on Wednesday, August 6 and Friday, August 8.

Here are links to the PDF paper piecing patterns for African Hut 1 A and 1 B.  The huts are the same but the door face slightly different directions.  Print out 2 copies of step B, one for each hut.  The 1/4 inch seams are very faint on these PDF files.  Make sure you allow for the 1/4 inch seams around the outer edge of each section.  The unfinished block measures 9.5 x 9.5 inches and will finish at 9 inches square.

 

African Hut 1 A

African Hut 1 B

African Hut 1 A & 1 B Step 2

This is a great quilt for using your scraps.  If you wish to purchase fabric, here is the estimated yardage.

3/4 yard of the Focus ethnic print fabric

1/2 yard inner red border 

1 yard outer orange border

1 yard tan background fabric for the paper pieced hut blocks

1/2 yard various yellow or similar color for thatched roofs

5 Fat Quarters (Fat Eights should do if you have them) or scraps for the 5 hut walls if you want the all the huts to be different

1 1/4 yards various greens, I recommend getting 1/2 yard pieces if you get more than 1 green

1/4 yard for blue in the river

1/4 yard for the brown in the river section

1 3/4 yards backing IF you have a full usable 42+ inch width and don't mind tight margins OR    2 2/3 yards if you wish to piece the backing if you need wider margins for quilting

Binding 1/2 yard

 

Let me know if you plan to make this quilt too so I set up a link or place to share your work. I hope you'll join me!

TAGS: African Ethic quilt pattern, African Ethnic Fabric, Quilt Pattern


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