This month I'm participating in A to Z Challenge, where 100's of bloggers around the world challenge themselves to write every day for the month of April, working their way through the alphabet. I'm sewing a patchwork block for each letter of the alphabet. Each day I will share that block and a little about the block and direct you to where you can find a tutorial for that block on the Web.
I hadn't heard of this block before choosing it for this challenge however it is marked in the Quilters Cache as being a traditional block and when doing a web search I found a number of articles about it and a YouTube video on making it. I found someone's pinterest board on the block here.
The pattern for this block can be found on Quillter's Cache here The pattern is for a 9" block but I wanted a 12" block so increased the sizes of the units I cut. Instead of 2" squares I cut 2.5" and instead of 3.5" squares I cut 4.5" squares.
This is the youtube video for making the block.
I like how diagonal squares are set against regularly positioned ones. I wish I could see an entire quilt with these.
ReplyDeletethere was a diagram on Quiter's Cache of a quilt made with the block and I have added it. I only realised when coming back to respond to comments that I hadn't actually finished the blog post off... I wrote them ahead of time and came back to finish them all off and obviously missed this one. Done now
DeleteThank you!
DeleteI loved the pattern. Looks very pretty.
ReplyDeleteWow! Such patterns are common for home made baby quilts in India, I never knew they had a name. Thanks for an informative post.
ReplyDeleteQuaint
most patterns and blocks have a name and some have multiple names and some names apply to multiple blocks. The name varies across communities and cultures.
DeleteEye popping colors. Nice choice. Maui Jungalow
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