Quilt Pattern: Grandmother's Cross

It looks like grandmother's idea to begin with had been a nine-patch with the border inspiration later. This really makes a charming block, 12 inches square completed and is a splendid solution for scraps, "dark, light and medium," for odd woolen pieces to make a heavy "tacked comforter" type of quilt.

Patterns are made of cardboard or blotting paper exactly like the units here given. Mark around these onto material and then cut a seam larger to make the finished block 12 inches square.

The way a quilt sets together may change its whole appearance, for the colors used in the strips and squares bring out those same colors in the quilt block. This quilt would be very nice set together with lavender strips 12 by 2 1/2 inches allowing for seams extra with 2 1/2-inch purple squares filled in at the end of the strips to come at all block intersections.

Material Estimate: Your quilt will have 30 pieced blocks, set together with 44 lavender strips 2 1/2 by 12 inches and 20 purple 2 1/2-inch blocks. There is a 2 1/2-inch lavender border all around. This will require 3 1/2 yards gray print, 1 yard white, 2 yards purple and 2 1/2 yards lavender. This 9 yards includes strips for setting together.