BLOCKS by SIZE 5" Quilt Blocks

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.

Fool's Square

Sample Quilt Layouts

The two quilt layouts shown below both use a diagonal setting of the blocks with very different results.

The quilt layout illustrated on the left adds large corner triangles to each block to enlarge the size. Careful colour placement of these larger triangles gives a whole different design element to the quilt.

The quilt layout featured on the right also uses an on point block setting and separates each block with sashing strips. The addition of a few blank blocks offers the opportunity for an extra splash of colour as well as a perfect spot to showcase your quilting design.