Hope, Strength, Love Free Quilt Pattern by Wendy Sheppard
Hope, Strength, Love pairs pinwheel blocks with pieced letters spelling HOPE in a 61½-inch square quilt. Designed by Wendy Sheppard for the Patches of Hope collection by Whistler Studios, this intermediate project uses flying geese to build the pinwheels and rectangles with corner triangles to form the lettering. Sashing separates the block rows, while cornerstones and three successive borders frame the center. The pattern includes individual construction directions for each letter.
About This Free Pattern
This free quilt pattern was designed by Wendy Sheppard for Windham Fabrics.
This project is marked intermediate and uses pieced.
The finished quilt measures 61.5 x 61.5.
Download the pattern to review the full cutting instructions, diagrams, and sewing steps before you begin.
Hope, Strength, Love Free Quilt Pattern by Wendy Sheppard quilt pattern summary
- Cut the labeled fabrics for the pinwheels, letter blocks, sashing and borders. Keep the small letter-block pieces organized by letter.
- Make flying geese, join them into paired subunits and rotate the subunits to form the pinwheel blocks in the specified combinations.
- Piece the H, O, P and E blocks using the separate rectangle and corner-triangle sequences. Add the surrounding background strips as shown for each letter.
- Join the pinwheel and letter blocks into four rows with sashing. Add the sashing rows, then the two inner borders and outer border.
- Layer the top, batting and backing, baste and quilt as desired. Use the Fabric E strips to bind the quilt.