Neighborhood Quilt
Just a few blocks from our Soho shop, Thompson Street Studio creates textiles fueled by the playful, exploratory spirit of hand-making. We are thrilled they have brought that energy here with their Neighborhood Quilt, a stunning example of color and geometry coming together in a communal song!

Inspired by the early 20th-century Bauhaus art movement, this quilt taps into Bauhaus titan Annie Albers and her conviction that “art is something that makes you breathe with a different kind of happiness.”* Indeed… The happiness of sandy peach against ocean blue and of patchwork blocks interrupted by sweeping arches, like bridges connecting neighborhoods.

Thomspon Street Studio mined all this vitality from a combination of our Spectrum Cotton, Daily Linen, Watercolor Linen, and Handkerchief Linen. Get them all, plus the batting and thread, with our Neighborhood Quilt Bundle, then go to town on this truly special beauty!

Designed for Purl Soho by Kiva Motnyk and Terése McCoy of Thompson Street Studio
*Quotation from 1968 interview with the Smithsonian Institution
Materials

Our Neighborhood Quilt Bundle includes…
- Fabric A: ¼ yard Purl Soho’s Spectrum Cotton in Mountain Moss
- Fabric B: 1½ yards of Spectrum Cotton in Lichen Green
- Fabric C: ½ yard of Spectrum Cotton in Duck Egg Blue
- Fabric D: ¼ yard of Spectrum Cotton in Pure Pool
- Fabric E: ½ yard of Spectrum Cotton in Ink Blue
- Fabric F: 1 yard of Spectrum Cotton in Ocean Fog
- Fabric G: ¼ yard of Purl Soho’s Watercolor Linen in Mountain Purple
- Fabric H: ½ yard of Watercolor Linen in Lilac Bark
- Fabric I: ¼ yard of Purl Soho’s Daily Linen in Milk White
- Fabric J: ¼ yard of Watercolor Linen in Pink Sand
- Fabric K: ½ yard of Purl Soho’s Handkerchief Linen in Peach
- Fabric L: ¼ yard of Daily Linen in Sweet Melon
- Fabric M: ¼ yard of Daily Linen in Warm Clay
- Fabric N: ¼ yard of Daily Linen in Pink Dune
- Fabric O: ¼ yard of Spectrum Cotton in Pebble Blue
- Quilters Dream’s Cotton Batting, Crib size, Thinnest Loft Request thickness
- Piecing Thread: Two 274-yard spools of Gutermann’s Cotton Sewing Thread in off-white
- Hand Quilting Thread A: One 220-yard spool of Gutermann’s Hand Quilting Thread in sky blue
- Hand Quilting Thread B: One 220-yard spool of Gutermann’s Hand Quilting Thread in emerald green
- Hand Quilting Thread C: One 220-yard spool of Gutermann’s Hand Quilting Thread in sea foam
You will also need…
- A Neighborhood Quilt Pattern
- A non-slip quilting ruler
- A self-healing cutting mat
- A rotary cutter
- A fabric-marking tool for marking the quilting, like a Hera Marker
- Quilter’s curved safety pins
Size
Finished Dimensions: 46 x 60 inches
Pattern

The Neighborhood Quilt Pattern is available for purchase exclusively as a PDF download.


Are there instructions in the pattern on how to hand quilt?
Hi Victoria,
Great question! While the pattern includes detailed instructions on how to mark and lay out your quilting lines, you can refer to our Hand Quilting tutorial for an in-depth lesson on how to do the actual hand quilting!
All the best,
Julianna
I would love to purchase this bundle. Are you already sold out????
Hi Polly,
Thanks for reaching out! Unfortunately, yes, these bundles sold very quickly! However, we are getting in more fabric very soon and expect they will be restocked within the next few weeks. If you enter your email address on the product page, we will let you know as soon as they are available!
All the best,
Julianna
Very pretty quilt. How much is it? Tell me is this quilt already put together? That would be the only way I could purchase it. I do not have the ability or patience to make this. But I really like it but already put together.
Thank you
Hi Lucy,
Thanks for writing in! I’m sorry, we don’t sell these already made, but we do have all of the materials and instructions for you to make one of your own! However, Thompson Street Studio, who designed the pattern for us, does sell completed handmade quilts. You may be able to find something similar from them!
All the best,
Julianna
This pattern is absolutely gorgeous. Is there a way to adapt it to cover a double size bed?
Hi Sofie,
Thank you so much for the kind words and for reaching out! At present, we don’t have instructions for changing the size of this quilt, but I will certainly pass your request along to the design team! If you would like to take a stab at it yourself, the quilt is constructed using several unique blocks of various shapes, so you may be able to use the schematic to duplicate a few blocks and rearrange them to make a larger quilt. You could also add a border for a few extra inches!
I hope that helps!
Julianna
Would really like to purchase the bundle and please put my name in for the next available bundle.
Hi Barbara,
Thanks for writing in! I’ve added your email address to our notification list! In the future, if there’s something you’re interested in that is out of stock, you can sign up to be notified by entering your email address on the product page. We will let you know as soon as it’s available!
All the best,
Julianna
I love this quilt and am very tempted to place an order for this kit if possible. I live in Australia. Are there any problems posting “down under?” How much would that cost? Also I would like to make it bigger to sit on a king size bed. Do you think I could add a border to make it measure say 60” by 72”? I could probably buy extra fabric to tone in at my usual quilting shop. And I could also buy the batting down here.
Thanking you
Susan Nottle
Hi Susan,
Thank you for reaching out! We are currently offering shipping anywhere in the world for $12!
I believe you could easily add a boarder around the quilt to expand the length and width, you could even choose one of the pre existing colors in kit for the boarder!
Happy crafting!
Gianna
Hello,
I bought the bundle and the pattern. I have problems with cutting and joining pieces 7 to 16 as there is no templates for them in the pattern. I am looking at the notches on the adjacent pieces and have no where to joint them (ie Pieces 6a and 6b to piece 10).
Thank you for your help.
Hi Catherine,
Thanks for reaching out! I am sorry you are having troubles with the pattern! Starting with piece 16, you are cutting is so that the Left side is 9 inches, right side is 14 3⁄4 inches, using Arch Template 1 for top and bottom, for piece 7 you are you are doing the same but exactly reversed from 16, you are cutting so that the Left side is 14 3⁄4 inches, right side is 9 inches and using Arch Template 1 for top and bottom. (you can find this information in the cutting list)
For sewing you will first Sew . . .Piece 7 to Piece 8, Piece 9 to Piece 8, Piece 10 to Piece 9 and then Sew . . . Piece 2b to Piece 4b, Piece 6b to Piece 4b Sew together three pieces resulting from Steps 1–3, lining up the notches when you sew the arches.
I hope this clarifies things!
Warmly,
Gianna