Cat S Cradle Quilt Block

Make cats cradle units quickly easily and accurately two at a time from squares and rectangles.

Cat s cradle quilt block.

Also called old maid s puzzle. Start by selecting 10 or more dark print fat quarters from your stash. I m going for a 12 finished old maid s puzzle block like in the quilt above. The first thing to know is how large you want your finished block to be.

Stitch piece 2d to adjacent sides of pieced square to make pieced triangle diagram ii. Patches 1 5 below are for the paperpieced unit and are generously sized to make. Stitch the birds in the air. You never cut a single triangle but with the cats cradle t.

On wrong side of lightest fabric draw diagonal line with marking tool of your choice. Add piece 1b to make. Sew 1 4 seam on each. Create six different sizes from 1 1 2 to 4 inch finished blocks the cutting requirements for each is printed right on the tool.

The cat s cradle quilt block is a basic quilt block mostly used in traditional quilts. The end result is a pretty throw in rich warm hues. You ll need the most current version of adobe installed on your computer to download the. Cut the cat s cradle patches.

The cat s cradle quilt block is nine patch with a subtle directional nature. Trim the blocks with the cat s cradle tool to create perfect triangle blocks without ever cutting a single triangle. This opens up all sorts of interesting possibilities for quilts by rotations of the some of the blocks to create a secondary pattern. Cat s cradle quilt fons porter lynn roddy brown s design is classic quilting at its best.

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. As mentioned above the cat s cradle cc unit is traditionally used as a component in larger blocks. This quilt block is a perfect choice for a scrap quilt.

This is a video tutorial for it.