Friday, December 29, 2017

Dacha Quilt Tutorial


It was such a privilege to make this Dacha quilt for RJR's "What Shade Are You?" blog. Working with all of these bright fabrics was so much fun! Don't you just love the way that they stand out against the freshly fallen snow? You can find the original blog post HERE on the Quilt With Love blog.

I've had several people ask me if I was going to make a pattern for this quilt. That wasn't my original plan, but I decided to throw together a quick tutorial, for those who might be interested in making something similar.

Although I love this quilt in solids, I can also imagine this as a scrappy quilt, so I'll give directions for an individual house block, and will also include basic guidelines for making the quilt as it is shown.

For each house block you will need the following pieces:

House
  • One (1) - 3.5" x 6.5"
  • One (1) - 2" x 2.5"
  • Two (2) - 5.5" x 2.5"
Door
  • One (1) - 4" x 2.5"
Background
  • Two (2) - 3.5" x 3.5"



To make the roof, draw a diagonal line on the back of each background square. Sew on the line, as shown below. Press back to make sure your blocks is square, then trim. Repeat on the other side to make one flying geese...or is the one flying goose? Haha.


Sew the small house piece to the top of the door piece.


Assemble the block as shown below. Block size is 6" x 8" (finished).


You will need 49 blocks to make the quilt as shown. It measures approximately 57" x 72".


For this design, I selected the 12 house colors from primary, secondary, and tertiary colors of the color wheel, in deep saturated shades. I used RJR Cotton Supreme Solids, which are listed on the Quilt With Love blog.

IMPORTANT: You will need 1/4 yard of each fabric. Please note that 1/4 yard will allow enough to make 4 houses. If you do the math, you'll realize that only gives you 48 houses, so make sure that you have a little extra of one of the colors to make the 49th house.

The cutting requirements for the house fabrics are pretty tight, so be mindful that you have a full nine (9) inches from which to cut.

FABRIC REQUIREMENTS:

HOUSE FABRICS - 1/4 yard - 12 different colors 

From each solid, cut the following.

One (1) 3.5" strip, subcut into:

  •  Four (4) 6.5" x 3.5" (roof)


Two (2) 2.5" strips, subcut into:
  • Eight (8) 5.5" x 2.5" (house)
  • Four (4) 2" x 2.5" (house)
  • Four (4) 4" x 2.5" (door)

BACKGROUND FABRIC - 2.5 yards

Nine (9) 3.5" strips, subcut into:
  • Ninety-eight (98) 3.5" squares
Nine (9) 1.5" strips, subcut into:
  • Forty-nine (49) 6.5" x 1.5" (horizontal sashing)
Eight (8) 1.5" strips (vertical sashing)

Note: you may be able to get by with only seven (7) cuts, if you use leftovers from the horizontal sashing.
  • Cut and piece together to fit
Seven (7) 4" strips (borders)


BINDING - 1/2 yard


I hope that you find this tutorial helpful. If you make your own Dacha quilt, please use the hashtag #dachaquilt and tag me on Instagram (@kairleoaks). I'd love to see your work!

Quilted by Utah Valley Quilting.

19 comments:

  1. I love the movement in your staggered setting

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  2. I love the picture of your quilt outside. ❤️❤️❤️ Super cute.

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  3. This is so stinkin'cute! Excellant directions. I was just admiring this on Friday(yesterday) and pouting about the dreary snow out side. What a great treat to find this tutorial today! Headed to see what I have in my stash to make a practice block. Thank you!!!

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  4. I can do this!! Love it! Thanks for sharing!! πŸ’—πŸ€—

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  5. I want to make this for my travel trailer, which is the closest thing to my own home until the hubs retires from the Army! πŸ˜‰

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  6. I love a great tutorial!!! Motivates me to get started right away!!! Thanks for your inspiration....I came to your blog from IG (railroader_wife)

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  7. I love this quilt you did a real fine job tyty for the cool idea.. happyness04431@yahoo.com

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  8. I love the simplicity of it all. The color took center stage. Even my husband loved this quilt!
    @caittyquilts

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  9. Love all the colors, especially against the snow! Thanks for sharing your talent and creativity.

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  10. Thanks for sharing the tutorial, this quilt looks great against the snow, love the quilting also

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  11. I like your quilt and tutorial. The colors are so bright and colorful. And I think the way the rows are offset makes it even more interesting. Love it.

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  12. Love your quilt!!! Thanks for the tutorial!!!

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  13. So cute!! And colourful. I can imagine how diffferent this would look in different fabrics

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  14. ❤️😍❤️😍Colorful quilt and JUST PERFECT for ME!!! Great tutorial too!

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  15. This is awesome! Thanks for the tutorial and the chance to win!πŸ‘πŸ½ My IG = aquiltedpassion

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  16. I definitely want to try making this one. It's beautiful in solids, but you're right, it would make a really pretty scrappy quilt, too. Thank you for the tutorial!

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  17. you made a happy quilt and took very nice pictures of it!
    KATRIN W.

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