Sunday, 2 November 2025

waterwheel

Take a Friendship Star and add  four patches in the corners of the nine patch - result? The Waterwheel is a star block which is always popular but with a diagonal lattice that makes a fantastic pattern when actually in a quilt with other blocks.

This version is by Nancy's Notions



Click here to go to the civil war quilt blog for a waterwheel block with variable shading for lots of colourways and an example quilt top.  This post has instructions and includes other example (including one with a nine patch in the centre)


This post by quilters cache calls the block the Friendship Star Variation and has instructions for a 12 inch block plus an example layout.


This block is based upon a 3x3 grid - click here for other 3x3 blocks.

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