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title: "Corn off the Cob Quilt Block – November Block of the Month"
date: 2021-11-02
author: "Phoebe Moon"
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# Corn off the Cob Quilt Block – November Block of the Month

This was the Super Sunday mystery quilt of 2013. It’s a very easy block, with a lot of great variations! It makes a fast and easy baby quilt or a quick charity quilt. Use up your scraps! There is a free pattern link for subscribers at the bottom of this page, or you can use the green Print Friendly button at the bottom to print this page. If that doesn’t work, try Ctrl-P or Flower-P.





## Corn off the Cob Quilt

- ![](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/corn-of-the-cob-graphic.jpg)
    
    A graphic example without sashing
- ![Pat made this Corn off the Cob Quilt](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/COTB-Pat.jpg)
    
    Pat made this as a charity quilt
- ![Melissa made this Corn off the Cob Quilt](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/COTB-Melissa.jpg)
    
    Melissa used scraps for her border
- ![Melanie made this Corn off the Cob Quilt](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/COTB-melanie.jpg)
    
    Melanie stair-stepped her design
- ![Kris made this Corn off the Cob Quilt](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/COTB-Kris.jpg)
    
    This is mine. It became a charity quilt.
- ![Karen made this Corn off the Cob Quilt](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/COTB-karen.jpg)
    
    Karen set hers on point

















## Here is the basic Corn off the Cob Quilt Block

![Quilt Tutorial: the basic block of a Corn off the Cob Quilt](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/basic-COTB.jpg)The numbers shown are unfinished sizes – what you will need to cut.

You can see that this would make a great stash buster or scrappy quilt. For reference, you can get about (4) 4-1/2″ x 12-1/2″ rectangles and (8) 2-1/2″ x 4-1/2″ rectangles from one fat quarter. (More if you have big fat quarters.) So, for the sake of argument, you can get (2) blocks from each FQ with some smaller rectangles left over. Of course, you can’t put the same color on the top and the bottom of the block so you will need at least (2) FQs to make (4) blocks.

Let’s play with some ideas. But first…

### **Things you will find helpful:**

- [A strip cut ruler](https://www.amazon.com/shop/scrapdash?listId=3JV0YQ9SKWO6J)
- [A 12-1/2″ square ruler](https://www.amazon.com/shop/scrapdash?listId=2JWHKG761189Z)
- [Best Press or other spray starch](https://www.amazon.com/shop/scrapdash?listId=3JV0YQ9SKWO6J)
- [A walking foot](https://www.amazon.com/shop/scrapdash?listId=3JV0YQ9SKWO6J)[ ](https://go.magik.ly/ml/1c3mi/)

## Here is a quilt with straight-set blocks

![Quilt with a straight-set block](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/COTB-63x75-1-673x800.jpg)This finishes 63″ x 75 with a 2-1/2″ (finished) first border and a 5″ (finished) second border.

## Here is the same quilt with blocks in sashing

![Quilt with the block set in sashing](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/COTB-73x87-1-672x800.jpg)This finishes 73″ x 87 with a 2″ (finished) sashing, a 2-1/2″ (finished) first border, and a 5″ (finished) second border.

## Here is the block set on point in a quilt

![Making a quilt with the block set on point](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/COTB-60x60-1-800x800.jpg)This finishes 60″ x 60″ with a 4″ border. 

Assuming a 12″ block, your side setting triangles would need to be made from an 18-1/4″ block cut on both diagonals. The corner setting triangles would need to be made from a 9-3/8″ square cut on the diagonal. Here is more information on [setting a quilt on point](https://scrapdash.com/tutorials/on-point.htm).

## Here is the Corn off the Cob quilt block used as the center of a Square-in-a-Square block.

![Quilt with the block as the center of a square-in-a-square block](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/COTB-76x93-1-655x800.jpg)The block is used as the center of a 17″ square-in-a-square block. So the quilt is 76″ x 93″, assuming a (finished) 4″ border. 

Here is more information on [How to Make a Square-in-a-Square block. ](https://scrapdash.com/square-in-a-square-quilt-block/)

## here is my quilt

![Kris made this Corn off the Cob Quilt](https://scrapdash.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/COTB-Kris.jpg)This is mine. It became a charity quilt.

## Which one did you like the best?

To receive the free block pattern, fill in the form below. To print this entire page with all the layout ideas, use the green Print Friendly button at the very bottom of this page.