Quilt Pattern: Necktie

Here is the Necktie block for which we have had numerous requests and several patterns supplied. And this block is about as simple to make as a bowknot is to tie.

The idea is to use various scraps of material for the "bows" with a unifying background carrying through in the other two sections of each block. A silk or wool necktie quilt is quite attractive made with dark background or wash goods with white or some continuing tint as yellow print calico, or rose or lavender percale.

Material Estimate: By using 90 pieced blocks set together so the bows all go in the same direction, 9 blocks wide by 10 blocks long, your quilt will finish about 80 by 89 inches. This will require 4 yards of white and 5 yards of color or a total of 9 yards of material. A border may be made by using the small triangles that cut off the corner of the larger block.