
The one that I have nearly finished is shown below.
This seemed an ideal pattern to make into a quick and easy lap quilt. I've made the quilt blocks 16" finished size so it only needs four of them to make a 40" lap quilt (including borders).
The small half square triangles for the edges are made from 2.7/8" squares in the usual way - place them right sides together, mark the diagonal and sew 1/4" either side of the line and then cut the line.
The large quarter square triangles are begun in the same way using 13.1/4" squares. To turn these into quarter square triangles, place two half square triangles right sides together with the dark part of one triangle against the light part of the other one. Mark a line along the diagonal that's at right angles to the first seam and sew a 1/4" seam either side of the line. This gives you two quarter square triangle units.
Sew the two 3 triangle strips to the top and bottom of the quarter square triangle and then sew the two 4 triangle strips to the sides.
Make three more of these quilt blocks and sew them together rotating the blocks so that they all face in different directions.
I put two simple borders on this lap quilt - both 2.1/2" wide - first in the dark fabric and next in the light fabric.
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Rose
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