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Tula Pink Sew Along: Houndstooth


This post is part of the Tula Pink Sew Along!
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Tula Pink Sew Along

Becky from My Fabric Obsession is the guest today with her version of Houndstooth. Becky is a huge Tula Pink fan. She’s also one of those girls that I consider a super quilter. She churns out at least 1 fully-finished quilt a month. Check out her blog to see them all!

Hi everyone, Becky from My Fabric Obsession here. When Sara asked me to take part in the Tula Pink Pattern Reviews I was so excited to join in. Thank you Sara for including me! If you’ve read my blog, you know I’m a huge fan of Tula Pinks’ fabrics and have made many projects out of them. This was the first time I’ve done one of her patterns and I was pleasantly surprised.

I chose to make her Houndstooth quilt. Here is the gorgeous shot from her book Quilts from the House of Tula Pink.

Gorgeous right? But you are probably thinking, there are a lot of Houndstooth patterns out there, why this one? Let me tell you, it is super simple!  The genius of Tula Pink is that she uses strip piecing and no templates. That’s right – NO templates or special rulers! YAY!

So here’s what you should know about this pattern. The final size is 66″x72″. That’s a pretty big quilt. The one thing that surprised me was how big those houndstooth (s?, houndsteeth?) are! Here’s a shot to show you the scale:

I would say this is a beginner quilt. The directions in the book (including fabric requirements) only take 3 pages. They are well written and easy to follow. Her diagrams make everything crystal clear.

However, if you choose to mess with the colors, it becomes more advanced. Here’s what I’m talking about.  The quilt pattern is written for 2 colors, one light and one dark. If you stick to her pattern, you need 4.5 yards dark and 4 yards light fabric. It’s very straightforward and you can put this together very quickly.

I, of course, have to make everything more difficult than it really is. I love the graduated colors that Tula Pink uses in her version and wanted to do something funky with mine. I was inspired by this painted wall which was actually on my local news.

Here is my finished quilt top (thank you hubby for holding it up for me).

I’m totally in love with it. HOWEVER, if you decide to do this pattern and do more than two colors, I highly recommend sketching it out first to be sure of your color placement. Your strip piecing will depend on those color placements. You could photocopy the construction layout in the book in black and white or just draw it out. I did not do this my first go around and see if you can spot the problem.

Yup. Multicolored teeth.  I did a lot of seam ripping. But it totally my own fault. It’s still a very easily put together pattern, you just have to plan ahead.

The only other negative is that there is a lot of fabric waste with this pattern. You get a lot of odd cuts of fabric that are really too strange to keep as scraps. So if that kind of thing bothers you, be aware.

20 thoughts on “Tula Pink Sew Along: Houndstooth

  1. Barb N says:

    Good job! I think it looks awesome. Love the pattern, and who doesn’t make a quilt without ripping something out?

  2. Kate says:

    What an amazing design!

  3. Katy Cameron says:

    It looks great, and like the mix of colours

  4. Beth says:

    What a great pattern! The three colors are awesome. I usually have a *bit* of ripping to do even if I don’t change up the pattern. 😉

  5. Shelly says:

    Thank you Becky for your review. Your quilt is Great and I loved seeing where your inspiration came from. That was so fun….I am definately off to join your site and I have got to get ahold of Tula Pink’s book. Thanks be to you too Sara.

  6. Jamie Lee says:

    That’s a really cool quilt!

  7. Caryn says:

    What an amazing quilt! It is so striking in the fabrics you chose. I also really appreciate all the process info you included. So very helpful. Now i’m off to check out your blog!

    Caryn

  8. This is great Becky! I’m a sucker for houndstooth anything, your version rocks!

  9. Judith says:

    I like beginners quilt. I am a beginner quilter. Slowly, but with practice I feel that I will come to say I am a quilter. LOL Thanks for sharing today and love your fabric choices for your quilt. Judith, Texas

  10. Teresa Silva says:

    I love this quilt. I plan to make one like for my son’s girlfriend very soon out of Tula fabric. Love your blog!

  11. Sofia L says:

    this looks amazing!! I bought this book just for this pattern so I was excited to see it today. I can’t wait to make my own someday

  12. Lisa C says:

    Thank you for such a great review. I enjoy knowing if I’m going to waste a lot of fabric and the head’s up about using more than one color is priceless.

  13. ErikaB3 says:

    This is AMAZING!!! Love the fabric/color choices. I need this pattern

  14. Katie B. says:

    Really cool, Becky! I love your fabric choices, and hooray for no templates!

  15. Busygirl says:

    Love the effect. Great work! You mentioned that there was a lot of waste fabric. From just a quick perusal, I think that if you used the strip tube method to make the striped blocks, there should be very little waste. Will have to think it through, but it might help. Thanks for the great inspiration.

  16. Anonymous says:

    This quilt top is gorgeous!!! Is the pattern in the book Quilts From The House of Tula Pink

  17. Beth says:

    Looks great! I like it with the fabrics you chose.

  18. I am in love with this quilt….very, very lovely indeed! 😀

  19. Hitimbr says:

    I need to make a baby quilt and this is what I’d like to make could you explain the diagonal stripe widths and angle cut for the heirringbone pattern. Thank you. Toni [email protected]

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