Tea and Crumpets Memorial Day Mystery – Making More Corner Blocks

Quilt Tutorial: Keeping a Quilt Block Square

This block will help you make a secondary design.  Pretty soon you will be able to see the sparks!

Assemble:

  • (12) 6-1/2″ background squares
  • (12) 2-1/2″ blue squares

Place a 2-1/2″ blue square right sides together in one corner of a background square so that the pencil line connects the two sides as shown to the left.  Stitch on the pencil line.  Make (12).

Quilt Tutorial: Keeping a Quilt Block Square

Flip the small square over the seam and press to the corner (above right.)  The edges should match.  Trim the excess on the underside, leaving a 1/4″ seam allowance.

Quilt Tutorial: Keeping a Quilt Block Square

Assemble:

  • (12) 6-1/2″ background squares
  • (12) 2-1/2″ purple squares

Place a 2-1/2″ purple square right sides together in one corner of a background square so that the pencil line connects the two sides as shown to the left.  Stitch on the pencil line.  Make (12).

Quilt Tutorial: Keeping a Quilt Block Square

Flip the small square over the seam and press to the corner (above right.)  The edges should match.  Trim the excess on the underside, leaving a 1/4″ seam allowance.

Quilt Tutorial: Keeping a Quilt Block Square

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