Around the Twist, an Easy Quilt Pattern for Beginning Quilters

1. Sew a medium-light strip lengthwise to a warm-dark strip. Press the seam allowance towards the darker strip. Square up one end of the strip set and cut sixteen 2-1/2" segments from it.

2. Sew a 4-1/2" dark square to each side of a segment from Step 1. Press seam allowances towards the large squares. Make a total of eight of these units.

3. Sew a Step 1 segment to opposite sides of each 2-1/2" dark center square, placing the light portion of the unit against the square. Press seam allowances towards the center square. Make a total of four of these new units.

Assemble the Inner Quilt Blocks

1. Arrange the block into three rows as shown above, placing the light squares in pieced units against the dark center squares.

2. Sew the rows together, matching seams carefully. Press the seam allowances away from the center.

3. Repeat, making a total of four blocks.