Chocolate and Cream Teardrop Flower Bed Cover Crochet Pattern
You should be comfortable with double crochet rounds, puff stitches and joining blocks.
Each block takes about an hour, so this is a long and cozy project to enjoy slowly.
The chocolate edges join into flowing lines that frame every caramel flower.
About This Chocolate and Cream Teardrop Flower Bed Cover Crochet Pattern Pattern
This bed cover is made from 120 square blocks, each worked in the round from the center out. A caramel puff stitch flower sits in the middle, then come open corners, three cream rounds and a chocolate brown edge with pointed corners. When the blocks are joined, the brown edges meet and form a wavy lattice across the whole bed.
The finished size is about 80 by 96 inches, enough to cover a queen bed down to the sides. The main techniques are puff stitch, double crochet, single crochet and a slip stitch seam. It suits crocheters who have finished a few granny square projects and want something bigger and more special.
Why You'll Love This Chocolate and Cream Teardrop Flower Bed Cover Crochet Pattern Pattern
I love that every block is small enough to carry in a bag, so the bed cover grows a little each day, on the sofa, in the car or at a friend's house. The caramel flower is my favorite part, because it looks so soft against the cream.
These warm earthy colors make a bedroom feel calm and cozy. It also makes a wonderful gift for a wedding or a new home, and it is a good way to use up leftover cream and brown yarn.
Switch Things Up
Try a baby blanket with 4 blocks across and 5 down, about 32 by 40 inches, or a throw with 6 across and 7 down, about 48 by 56 inches. Make two blocks and seam them into a matching pillow cover. Swap the colors for navy, cream and rust, or soft sage, cream and oatmeal. You can also add a scalloped edge in place of the reverse single crochet finish.
Materials Needed
— Main Fabric
— Tools Required
The Free Pattern
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— Teardrop Flower Block (Make 120, caramel center, cream middle, chocolate edge) :
— Layout (10 blocks wide, 12 blocks long) :
— Joining (chocolate brown) :
— Border (chocolate brown) :
Assembly Instructions
- Weave in all ends and block every square to about 8 inches, pinning the corners so they are sharp and even.
- Lay the 120 blocks on the floor in 12 rows of 10 blocks, all facing the same way, and check the layout before you join anything.
- With chocolate brown, join the blocks in each row with a sl st seam through the back loops, 27 sl sts per seam.
- Join the 12 rows together the same way, matching the corner centers so the brown lines run smoothly.
- Close the small holes where 4 corners meet with a few stitches of brown yarn.
- Work the 3 border rounds in chocolate brown: 1,152 sc, then 1,160 sc, then 1,160 rev sc.
- Weave in the last ends and gently block the whole bed cover flat so the lattice lies smooth.
Common Mistakes & How to Fix Them
In Round 4, skip exactly 4 dc between the spaces. If you skip more or less, the corners will not line up and the block turns into a diamond.
Make the puff stitches with the same loose, even loops, because tight puffs pull the flower into a cup shape.
If your seams pucker, you are joining too tightly. Use a hook one size larger for the slip stitch seams.
Always add exactly 5 sc in each corner of Round 8, otherwise the blocks will not meet cleanly at the corners.
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Important Notes
Gauge: after blocking, one finished block should measure about 8 inches (20 cm) square. Adjust your hook size to match.
Yardage is estimated from the photo, so test one block and buy a little extra yarn in every color.
Because chocolate brown and cream are used together, wash the first time with a color catcher in cold water on a gentle cycle, and dry flat.
The cover is heavy once finished, so work on it in your lap and keep the finished blocks in a basket.
Thank you for stitching along with me. Take your time with the first block, and enjoy watching the brown lattice appear as the cover grows.
Crochet Abbreviations
You Ask, We Answer
How big is the finished bed cover?
With 10 blocks across and 12 down it measures about 80 by 96 inches, which covers a queen bed with a generous drop on each side.
Can I use a different yarn weight or make a different size?
Yes. Any worsted cotton works best for the stitch definition. For a throw use 6 by 7 blocks, and for a baby blanket use 4 by 5 blocks, then work the same border.
How do I wash it?
Machine wash on a gentle cold cycle with a color catcher for the first wash, then dry flat. Avoid hot water so the brown yarn does not bleed onto the cream.
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Abbreviations
- ch — chain
- sl st — slip stitch
- sc — single crochet
- dc — double crochet
- rev sc — reverse single crochet (single crochet worked from left to right)
- sp — space
- sps — spaces
- st — stitch
- sts — stitches
- yo — yarn over
- puff — puff stitch, see the note at the start of the block