Quilt Pattern: Greek Cross

This Greek Cross is one of the many variations of nine-patch, that old-time favorite upon which so many little girls have learned the gentle art of stitching. However, Greek Cross is quite an elaborate version, and made up in the analogous color harmony suggested above, three kindred colors in about the same light and dark value, it is a beautifully unusual quilt.

The block is nine inches square and the strips between the blocks are three inches wide. Patterns are made by tracing the ones here given onto cardboard and cutting carefully. These are used to mark around onto your cloth, but cut a seam outside of this line. The pencil line is used to sew to; it marks the size of each finished part.

Material Estimate: The quilt includes 49 blocks, 7 wide by 7 long, and sets together with strips 3 inches wide by 9 inches long. Fill in the intersection squares at the end of the strips, when putting together with blue 3-inch squares. Forty-nine pieced blocks, 84 lavender strips, and 36 blue 3- inch squares will finish about 81 by 87 inches if 3-inch strips are added at top and bottom for additional length. You will require 2 1/2 yards of lavender, 2 yards white, 1 1/2 yards blue and 2 yards of rose.