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For those quilters wanting a little more of a challenge, five inch quilt blocks might be the answer -- smaller blocks usually means more blocks to make. Another reason for using five inch blocks is to create a secondary pattern. By using 4 blocks and rotating each of them, you get a different larger quilt block. These larger blocks can then be laid out in variety of ways to make some very interesting original designs.
Basket Puzzle
Free Quilt Block Pattern
The Basket Puzzle quilt block is made of simple shapes -- only the square and half square triangle patches are used.
This quilt block can be used as a lesson for beginner quilters and also for a lesson on colour value. To make a really effective block, you need to use fabrics of light, medium and dark values.
The quilt block is technically a five patch as it has five distinct rows. However, the construction of this quilt block is done in the form of an uneven nine patch.
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