Riley Blake Hocus Pocus - Hounted House - Downloadable PDF

Riley Blake Hocus Pocus – Haunted House Quilt Pattern by Carta Bella

This free downloadable PDF quilt pattern from Carta Bella, featuring the Riley Blake Hocus Pocus fabric collection, guides intermediate quilters through constructing a striking Halloween-themed quilt. The finished quilt measures a generous 72" x 80", making it an ideal lap or throw quilt sized perfectly for seasonal display. The design centers on a Purple Haunted Panel (P7137 Purple) surrounded by multiple pieced borders, including decorative star blocks that frame the panel with festive, spooky charm.

What Is Being Made

The project is a multi-border panel quilt built around a single large Haunted House panel. Surrounding the central panel are several pieced borders, with the standout design elements being Corner Star Blocks (finished at 8" x 8") and Border 3 Star Blocks. A final outer border of wide strips completes the composition. The overall effect is a richly detailed Halloween quilt combining bold graphic prints with classic star block piecing.

Techniques Used

• Panel quilting – centering and framing a large printed fabric panel as the quilt's focal point
• Pieced star blocks – constructing traditional star units using half-square triangles or flying geese units from precise cut squares and rectangles
• Multiple border construction – adding sequential borders (including Borders 3 and 4) to expand the quilt to its finished size
• Corner block setting – inserting pieced Corner Star Blocks at border intersections for a polished, intentional finish
• Precise rotary cutting – cutting a large variety of squares and rectangles to exact measurements, including 1½", 2½", 4½", and 8½" increments
• Right-sides-together sewing – standard quilting construction throughout all seamed units

Stitches and Construction Details

• All piecing uses a standard ¼" seam allowance, as noted throughout the pattern
• Units are sewn right sides together unless otherwise stated
• Star block construction relies on careful alignment of small squares (1½" and 2½") with rectangles (1½" x 2½" and 2½" x 4½") to form accurate star points

Fabric and Materials

This pattern is specifically designed for the Riley Blake Hocus Pocus fabric collection by Carta Bella. It calls for a wide variety of coordinating prints and solids, all carefully specified by fabric code:

• 1 Purple Haunted Panel – P7137 Purple (central focal panel)
• ¼ yard black main – C7130 Black
• ¼ yard orange main – C7130 Orange
• 2 yards purple witch – C7131 Purple (used extensively in star blocks and Border 4 strips)
• ¼ yard black broom – C7132 Black
• 1/3 yard orange broom – C7132 Orange
• 7/8 yard purple broom – C7132 Purple
• ¼ yard gray hat – C7133 Gray
• ¼ yard orange hat – C7133 Orange
• ¼ yard black apothecary – C7134 Black
• ¼ yard gray apothecary – C7134 Gray
• ¼ yard black web – C7135 Black
• ¼ yard orange web – C7135 Orange