Cat S Cradle Quilt Pattern

The cat s cradle quilt block is nine patch with a subtle directional nature.

Cat s cradle quilt pattern.

Cut the cat s cradle patches. That s what we re making today. That star is a 10 finished block. Oct 25 2018 explore marysue koch s board cats cradle quilts followed by 195 people on pinterest.

On wrong side of lightest fabric draw diagonal line with marking tool of your choice. Patches 1 5 below are for the paperpieced unit and are generously sized to make. 5 out of 5 stars 1 018 1 018 reviews 5 50 free shipping only 2 left favorite add to creative grids cat s cradle tool hartlandquiltshop. The version shown here of the cat s cradle quilt block is a scrappy version meaning that it is made of of several different fabrics to make the whole block.

From shop hartlandquiltshop. I haven t really thought much about this quilt unit before but it s really quite common in many traditional blocks. You ll need the most current version of adobe installed on your computer to download the. Technically these are split cat s cradles because the fish tails are made from half square triangles rather than a solid square.

Stitch the birds in the air. This is a great way to use up any scraps in your quilt fabric stash although you can certainly choose to make this using two different fabrics one light and one darker to show the contrast in the pieces. This opens up all sorts of interesting possibilities for quilts by rotations of the some of the blocks to create a secondary pattern. As you see in the old maid s puzzle quilt here the kissing fish are 2 cat s cradle units touching nose to nose.

General instructions step 1. It is made up of 12 cat s cradle units and 4 squares for the corners. Stitch piece 2d to adjacent sides of pieced square to make pieced triangle diagram ii. My mom is currently working on a sampler quilt that inspired the blocks below.

Striped rainbow cat s cradle quilt pattern 57 x 84 clpplr009 baytowntreasures. Free quilt block pattern. Sew 1 4 seam on each.