Easy Horizontal Strippy Quilt Pattern

By Janet Wickell, About.com Guide

Easy Quilt Patterns

Strippy set quilts don't get much simpler than the Road Trip desing. Named for the Route 66 fabrics it's sewn with, Road Trip is an easy quilt pattern made by assembling columns of squares, with rectangles at the ends of a few columns to create offsets that simulate a wavelike appearance in the finished design. Fabrics of different color values help make the waves appear.

Make copies of the drawing on page 3 if you like and experiment with color and value to discover how altering those elements changes the quilt's appearance.

Cut patches from a variety of fabrics to make a scrap quilt.

Finished Quilt: About 44-1/2" x 50-1/2"

Make longer and/or additional columns to increase the quilt's size.

Quilting Fabrics Be sure to see the last page of this pattern before choosing fabrics. The quilt shown on that page is slightly larger, and illustrates a somewhat different layout for lights and darks.

Very dark #1, lower dark path and upper dark path

• 1/3 yard

• Cut a 6-1/2" strip from selvage to selvage; square up one end and cut (6) 6-1/2" squares from it

• Cut a 3-1/2" x 6-1/2" segment from the remainder of the strip. Use additional yardage to cut (2) more 3-1/2" x 6-1/2" rectangles.

Very dark #2, central dark path

• 1/4 yard

• Cut (6) 6-1/2" squares from a 6-1/2" strip cut from selvage to selvage

Bright warm, sits under dark on bottom and continues under light near top

• 5/8 yard

• cut (2) 6-1/2" strips from selvage to selvage and cut (6) 6-1/2" squares from each

• Cut a 3-1/2" x 6-1/2" segment from the remainder of each strip

• Cut one more 6-1/2" square from remaining yardage

Neutral #1, above bottom dark

• 1/4 yard

• Cut (1) 6-1/2" wide selvage to selvage strip; cut (6) 6-1/2" squares from it

Neutral #2, near quilt's top

• 3/8 yard

• Cut a 6-1/2" strip from selvage to selvage; square up one end and cut (6) 6-1/2" squares from it

• Cut a 3-1/2" x 6-1/2" segment from the remainder of the strip.

• Cut (2) more 6-1/2" squares from remaining yardage

Inner Border

• 1/3 yard for crosswise grain borders

Outer Border

• 5/8 yard for crosswise grain borders

See Page 2 for finishing materials.

Previous

• Introduction to the Strippy Set Road Quilt Pattern
• Make the Strippy Quilt Top
• Strippy Set Rag Quilt Pattern Option
• Alternate Road Trip Quilt Layout

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