From Janet Wickell,
Your Guide to Quilting.
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Not So Much of a Trick

12" Finished Quilt Block

This quilt block is made from just two different types of quick-pieced units. To make a block like this, try to keep the lights, mediums and darks arranged as shown, but be as scrappy as you want to be when assembling the individual units.

The instructions make one 12-inch finished quilt block that's sewn from pieces small enough to find in your scrap basket. It's perfect for a scrappy block of the month choice, but keep raiding your scrap bin to make more blocks if you want to stitch an entire quilt.

Suitable for all quilting skill levels.

Cutting Chart

Lightest Fabric outermost edges

• Cut two, 3-7/8" squares

• Cut four, 6-1/2" x 3-1/2" rectangles

Medium Light Fabric inner portion, four corners

• Cut two, 3-7/8" squares

Scrappy Medium Fabric Assortment adjacent to outer edges

• Cut eight, 3-1/2" squares

Scrappy Dark Fabric Assortment center of quilt

• Cut four, 3-1/2" squares

• Cut two, 6-1/2" x 3-1/2" rectangles

The straight grain should run parallel to the outer edges of all pieces.

Beginning quilters, refer to:

Pressing for Accuracy

Rotary Cutting Patchwork Shapes

Sewing a Quarter Inch Seam