Five Patch Blocks

Five Patch Blocks are those based upon a 5x5 grid.

Starlight Geese



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Starlight Geese

Separate the traditional Dutchman's puzzle to leave a square in the middle and you get the starlight geese.  Not one of your common five patch blocks but one which will give you plenty of practise with flying geese units.

Click here for the instructions from Patchwork Square.Com

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Arkansas Traveller/Autumn Puzzle

A four patch block which can easily be made using jelly roll strips and the snowball method of adding triangles,  If using precuts this would give a 12" block finished size.

To draft your own you need to start with a 2 x 2 grid, but to make your life easier choose a size where the single grid square can be divided into 3.

Divide the top left square and bottom right square into three vertically.

Add the diagonal lines at the top and bottom of each of outer strips of these triple bars. the lines should be at 45 degrees to the uprights and finish one third of the way down (or up) the strip.

Now divide the other two large squares into thirds horizontally

Add the diagonals at each end of the outer two of these triple bars, again at 45 degrees to the horizontals and finishing a third of the way into the side of the middle bar.

Patchwork Square.com has example layouts here 

Free Quilt.com has alternative colouring for the block here

Fabric 406 has a tutorial on how to make the  block here

Autumn Puzzle is another colour variation for this block

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Ann and Andy

A new one to me this block is made from whole square subunits and half square triangles which makes is an intermediate block as it will involve cutting and sewing on the bias.

Click here to go to the Patchworksquare.com page that gives the sample layout.  This is where I first found the image for the block above.

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Four Patch Blocks

Four Patch Blocks are those that are based on a 2x2 grid or multiples of 2 with the subunits being sewn together in quadrants. The Blocks listed below are alphabetical by title - the links leads to a blog post which may contain the instructions for the block or be linked to an external page or video.



Ann and Andy
Arkansas Crossroads
Arkansas Traveller
Arrows
Aunt Nancy's Favourite
Balkan Puzzle
Big Dipper
Fan
Jewel Box
Lilac Lane
Sunshine
T's In A Ring
Windmill
Woven Four Patch
Year's Favourite

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This blog is intended to be a quilting/sewing/patchwork blog.  There will be (eventually) a block library linked to youtube videos on how to make the blocks and also links around the web to other free resources.


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