Cat S Cradle Quilt Block

On wrong side of lightest fabric draw diagonal line with marking tool of your choice.

Cat s cradle quilt block.

Also called old maid s puzzle. Cut the cat s cradle patches. You ll need the most current version of adobe installed on your computer to download the. The cat s cradle quilt block is a basic quilt block mostly used in traditional quilts.

This is a video tutorial for it. This quilt block is a perfect choice for a scrap quilt. Sew 1 4 seam on each. Cat s cradle quilt fons porter lynn roddy brown s design is classic quilting at its best.

Stitch the birds in the air. Stitch piece 2d to adjacent sides of pieced square to make pieced triangle diagram ii. Sew 3 rows of 3 blocks each watching orientation. Double your fun by creating two cat s cradle units from each set of squares and rectangles.

This opens up all sorts of interesting possibilities for quilts by rotations of the some of the blocks to create a secondary pattern. As mentioned above the cat s cradle cc unit is traditionally used as a component in larger blocks. I m going for a 12 finished old maid s puzzle block like in the quilt above. Start by selecting 10 or more dark print fat quarters from your stash.

I ll want my cc units to be 6 1 2. The end result is a pretty throw in rich warm hues. Patches 1 5 below are for the paperpieced unit and are generously sized to make. The first thing to know is how large you want your finished block to be.

Trim the blocks with the cat s cradle tool to create perfect triangle blocks without ever cutting a single triangle. Make cats cradle units quickly easily and accurately two at a time from squares and rectangles. The cat s cradle quilt block is a old favourite of quilters a nine patch design featuring lots of half square triangles. The cat s cradle quilt block is nine patch with a subtle directional nature.

Create six different sizes from 1 1 2 to 4 inch finished blocks the cutting requirements for each is printed right on the tool.