This block was originally used here for a Cotton + Steel quilt I had made. After making all the blocks I had an aha moment. More of that later, here is the block.
To make a 12" block you need two feature fabrics and a background fabric. From each of the feature fabrics cut two 4 3/4" blocks and one 5 7/16" block.
Cut the 5 7/16" blocks twice on the diagonal. Sew two pieces of each colour together to make a quarter square unit that should be 4 3/4"
From the background fabric cut a 7 3/16" square and two 3 7/8" square. Cut the larger square twice on the diagonal and the smaller squares once on the diagonal.
Lay out as shown and sew together. The first time I made a quilt from this block I sewed separate blocks, laid them out and sewed together. That is when I realized that there was a much easier way to make this design into a quilt.
I laid all the feature fabrics out, then cut 4 3/4" background pieces and placed them as shown. I eliminated a lot of seams in the background for a much easier quilt to put together. I still needed to cut the edge insets the same as the block above. The block calls for 7 3/8" squares, but I cut mine at 7 1/2" so I would have a little wiggle room and could trim the edges after. The corner insets were cut from 4 1/4" blocks for the same reason. I sewed the diagonal rows together first, and then sewed all the rows together to finish the quilt.
I ended up with a 36" quilt, perfect for a baby quit or table topper.
You can use any size for your feature fabric and background pieces, adjusting the edge insets to match.
That is what I did for this Cotton + Steel piece which will end up in my quilt at some point. I based it on a 3 1/2" cut size for the feature and background fabrics. I purposely cut the insets quite a bit larger so that I could trim them down to a size that will work in my quilt.
To make a 12" block you need two feature fabrics and a background fabric. From each of the feature fabrics cut two 4 3/4" blocks and one 5 7/16" block.
Cut the 5 7/16" blocks twice on the diagonal. Sew two pieces of each colour together to make a quarter square unit that should be 4 3/4"
From the background fabric cut a 7 3/16" square and two 3 7/8" square. Cut the larger square twice on the diagonal and the smaller squares once on the diagonal.
Lay out as shown and sew together. The first time I made a quilt from this block I sewed separate blocks, laid them out and sewed together. That is when I realized that there was a much easier way to make this design into a quilt.
I laid all the feature fabrics out, then cut 4 3/4" background pieces and placed them as shown. I eliminated a lot of seams in the background for a much easier quilt to put together. I still needed to cut the edge insets the same as the block above. The block calls for 7 3/8" squares, but I cut mine at 7 1/2" so I would have a little wiggle room and could trim the edges after. The corner insets were cut from 4 1/4" blocks for the same reason. I sewed the diagonal rows together first, and then sewed all the rows together to finish the quilt.
I ended up with a 36" quilt, perfect for a baby quit or table topper.
You can use any size for your feature fabric and background pieces, adjusting the edge insets to match.
That is what I did for this Cotton + Steel piece which will end up in my quilt at some point. I based it on a 3 1/2" cut size for the feature and background fabrics. I purposely cut the insets quite a bit larger so that I could trim them down to a size that will work in my quilt.
That is a great block and looks so pretty in the C&S fabrics.
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ReplyDeleteThanks for posting the details of how you created this quilt. I think rather than fussing with setting triangles and their bias edges, I would approach it differently. I would take a square of the colour/print fabric, and 'snowball' three of the four corners with the background fabric. Then simply sew the squares in rows with the colour/print corners meeting. With four units together, you have your easy "plus-sign-on-point" block.
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