Free Pattern Friday - Red Hot Flash

Red Hot Flash is a quilt I designed for Blank Quilting in 2012. It's perfect for sets of 2-1/2" strips in two colors or several. The technique goes back 10 years before that when I first began making my Gretchen Quilt - no templates, of course! This quilt as shown is 59" x 70". (Yes, I shared the pattern again in 2019, but there are always new folks to this blog.)

Red Hot Flash by Debby Kratovil for Blank Quilting

This is what I said in 2012:

Well, I guess it's the nature of my age, that I would name a quilt after how I feel all the time. Why doesn't my husband understand that I need to have the AC turned down to 50 degrees? This pattern is for a brand new quilt I designed and sewed for Blank Quilting using ONLY one set of 2-1/2" strips.

One set of 40 strips (2-1/2")

Their sets of 40 strips are called Fabrications and other than the binding and a black and white swirly background print, I used all of the 40 strips for this 59" x 70" quilt. You can download the 6 page pattern here: Hot Flash Pattern. Any set of red strips will do, of course!

Here are a few of my sample blocks to audition my pattern before cutting up the strips above. These Spiderweb blocks are made with NO templates!

Spiderweb Blocks

Take a visit to Quilting Land to see one she made. It's just as striking as mine above. Who doesn't love a 2 color quilt?!