Prairie Queen and Jacobs Ladder – Block 5 of Your First Sampler Quilt

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Re-arrange the Design

Similar units for both these blocks but by rearranging them within the 9-patch you get a completely different look.

Precision Patchwork skills

We continue to  build on the skills you have already learnt;  there are half square triangle units that you sew and then trim back to help you with precision patchwork and also make some more 4-patch units;  Again you get a reminder of how we can sew lots of these quickly and easily with strip patchwork – again using the rotary cutter to give us complete accuracy.

Medallion Quilt option

The Jacobs Ladder block is a great block for using as a centre for a medallion quilt – you make just 4 and then set the pattern in a diamond format.  It would also be quite beautiful if you increased the size of each of the units to 5″ finished  to make each block 15″f instead of 12″f.

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