Meet the Easy Churn Dash Quilt Block
Churn Dash is one of the most popular traditional quilt blocks, and you’ll see lots of variations to its basic design.
- Some Churn Dash blocks have an oversize center square that's perfect for pictorial prints
- Others are stitched with more narrow bars and larger half square triangle units than my block, like the example in this Churn Dash block pattern.
- You’ll also see Churn Dash quilt blocks with varying arrangements of color value – the amount of contrast between a patch and its neighboring fabric.
Churn Dash makes a wonderful scrap quilt, one reason why I chose it as block number 11 of the Scrap Happy Sampler quilt project. Another reason -- a few of the blocks have been fairly time consuming, and now that we're down to the final two I thought it was time for a break.
But remember, you can use the pattern any time you like to make a quilt of your very own design, so grab your fabric stash and stitch up a scrappy batch of Churn Dash quilt blocks.
If you aren't into scrap quilts, take a look at page 4, where you'll find yardages and piecing instructions for 56 Churn Dash quilt blocks, enough to make a quilt that finishes at about 84" x 96" if blocks are placed in a straight-set arrangement.
Finished Churn Dash Block Size
12" x 12"
Cutting Chart for One Churn Dash Quilt Block
Before you select fabrics, be sure to take a look at the Churn Dash color value variations, on page 3. You might decide to use a completely different layout for your quilt block(s).Red/Green/Gold Print
- (1) 4-1/2” x 4-1/2” square
- (2) 4-7/8” x 4-7/8” squares
Mottled Green Print
- (1) 2-1/2” x 19” strip
Light Neutral Print
- (2) 4-7/8” x 4-7/8” squares
- (1) 2-1/2” x 19” strip
