The Broken Herringbone Quilt

The Broken Herringbone Quilt is pieced from full width of fabric (WOF) strips. Instructions are included for The Broken Herringbone (left) and The Unbroken Herringbone (right).

Finished quilt measures approximately 52" x 70". Due to the construction methods, the exact size of the finished quilt may vary slightly. 

Ideas for expanding the Broken Herringbone pattern

1. Make two complete Unbroken Herringbone tops and put them side by side. This would give the quilt more of a "W" shape. This increases the width to roughly 104" wide. To increase the length you would need to add strip sets. The strips need to be added in pairs on each side. For every grouping you add, the quilt gets about 18 1/2" longer, so by adding (4) strips the quilt would be about 90" long, and with (8) strips it would be about 108".

2. To the same overall look of the broken herringbone, extend the length of the original strips. You can piece two strips together to make very long strips and then continue through the regular steps of the pattern. You would want to also add strips like I mentioned above to get the length. If you don't want a Queen or King quilt you could piece strips about 60" instead of doubling them. 

3. Another way to increase the size of this quilt is by adding borders to all four sides in the same color as the sashing. This is the easiest way to expand the size of the quilt and I really like the look of the herringbone floating in the middle.

Yardage requirements for these suggestions have not been calculated.